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Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. '' Afrikaan ...
patronymic surname. The common Dutch given name Roelof is equivalent to Rudolph. People with this surname include: * Al Roelofs (1906–1990), Dutch-born American art director * (1877–1920), Dutch painter, son of Willem *
Annemarie Roelofs Annemarie Roelofs (born 1955) is a Dutch trombone player, violinist, and professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She was a member of Henry Cow and the Feminist Improvising Group. Biography Roelofs studied violin at t ...
(born 1955), Dutch trombone player and violinist * Arjen Roelofs (1754–1828), Dutch astronomer * Ingeborg Roelofs (born 1983), Dutch handball player * Jan Roelofs (born 1985), Dutch motorcycle racer * (born 1984), Dutch jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist * Justin Roelofs, American musician *
Karl Roelofs Karl Roelofs (born September 11, 1964) is an American video game developer known for creating the MacVenture game '' Shadowgate''. He is a co-founder of the video game development company Zojoi, LLC with Dave Marsh. Biography ICOM Simulatio ...
(born 1964), American video game developer * (born 1968), Dutch DJ * Sandra Roelofs (born 1968), Dutch linguist and the First Lady of
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from 2004 to 2013 * Wendell L. Roelofs (born 1938), American organic chemist *
Willem Roelofs Willem Roelofs (10 March 1822 – 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th cent ...
(1822–1897), Dutch painter A less common spelling is Roeloffs: * Eleanor Roeloffs (born 1940), American political reporter *
Hugo Roeloffs Hugo Amandus Roeloffs (1844 –1928), was a Syndicus of the Senate of Hamburg. Early life Roeloffs was born on 2 May 1844 in Hamburg, then an independent free city and member of the German Confederation The German Confederation (german: Deu ...
(1844-1928),
Syndicus Syndic (Late Latin: '; Greek: ' – one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative) is a term applied in certain countries to an officer of government with varying powers, and secondly to a representative or delegate of a universi ...
of
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* Roelof * Roelofsen, Dutch surname of the same origin {{surname Dutch-language surnames Patronymic surnames