Roller may refer to:

Birds

*Roller, a bird of the family

Coraciidae Coraciidae () is a family of Old World birds, which are known as rollers because of the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. The family contains 13 species and is divided into two genera. Rollers ...

* Roller (pigeon), a domesticated breed or variety of pigeon

Devices

* Roller, an element of a

rolling-element bearing In mechanical engineering, a rolling-element bearing, also known as a rolling bearing,ISO 15 is a bearing (mechanical), bearing which carries a load by placing rolling elements (such as balls, cylinders, or cones) between two concentric, Groove ...

* Roller, used in

rolling (metalworking) In metalworking, rolling is a metal forming process in which metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness, to make the thickness uniform, and/or to impart a desired mechanical property. The concept is simi ...

* Roller, in a roller mill, to crush or grind various materials * Roller, or training

surcingle A surcingle is a strap made of leather or leather-like synthetic materials such as nylon or neoprene, sometimes with elastic, that fastens around the horse's girth. A surcingle may be used for ground training, some types of in-hand exhibition ...

, around a horse's girth *

Roller (agricultural tool) The roller is an agriculture, agricultural tool used for flattening land or breaking up large clumps of soil, especially after ploughing or disc harrowing. Typically, rollers are pulled by tractors or, prior to mechanisation, a team of animals ...

, a non-powered tool for flattening ground * Roller (BEAM), a robot * Rolling pin, a compacting device used for preparing dough for cooking * Bicycle rollers, a type of bicycle trainer * Foam roller, therapeutic exercise device * Hair roller, used to curl hair * Paint roller, a paint application tool *

Road roller A road roller (sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller) is a compactor-type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the construction of roads and foundations. Similar rollers are used also at lan ...

, a vehicle for compacting **

Steamroller A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for leveling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine. The leveling/flattening action is achieved through ...

, a form of road roller

Arts and entertainment

Bay City Rollers The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity, as a band in the 1970s. One of many 70s acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beatles", they were called the "tartan teen sensations fro ...

, or the Rollers, a Scottish pop rock band * " The Roller", a 2011 song by Beady Eye * "Roller" (Apache 207 song), 2019 * "Roller" (April Wine song), 1978 * ''Roller'' (Goblin album), 1976 * Roller, partner of the

Optimus Prime Optimus Prime, also known in Japan as is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Transformers'' franchise. Generally depicted as a brave and noble leader, Optimus Prime is the supreme commander of the Autobots in their fight ag ...

character from the ''Transformers'' universe

People with the surname

Andreas Roller Andreas Leonhard Roller (Russian: Андреас Леонгард Роллер, also known as "Андрей Адамович Роллер"; 8 January 1805, Regensburg – 20 June 1891, St. Petersburg) was a German-born Russian landscape painter ...

(1805–1891), German painter and theatrical set designer *

Arnold Roller Stephen Naft (born Siegfried Nacht; 1878–1956), also known by the pseudonym Arnold Roller, was a writer, translator, and anarcho-syndicalist. Life Siegfried Nacht was born in 1878 in Vienna. He worked as an electrical engineer in cities a ...

(1878–1956), a pseudonym of Stephen Naft, Austrian writer and anarchist *

Charles Roller Charles Summerville Roller Jr. (September 8, 1879 – March 16, 1963) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Furman University from 1901 to 1902 and at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) f ...

(1879–1963), American football player and coach * A. Clyde Roller (1914–2005), American conductor and music educator * Duane W. Roller (born 1946), American archaeologist, author, and professor emeritus *

Edeltraud Roller Edeltraud is a Germanic feminine given name derived from two Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a ...

(1957-2020), German political scientist *

Florian Roller Florian Roller (born 16 November 1992) is a German lightweight rower. He began rowing in 2004, and continued on to win a gold medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight, at the 2016 World R ...

(born 1992), German rower *

Gustav Roller Gustav Roller (19 February 1895 – 20 October 1959) was a German footballer who played as a defender and made one appearance for the Germany national team. Career Roller earned his first and only cap for Germany on 21 September 1924 in a fr ...

(1895–1959), German footballer *

Jochen Roller Jochen Roller (born 1971) is a German choreographer and performance artist. Life Born in Berlin, Roller studied applied theatre studies at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen and choreography at the Rudolf von Laban centre in London. H ...

(born 1971), German choreographer *

Joseph Roller Joseph "Jos" Roller (21 August 1929 – 4 January 1998) was a Luxembourgish footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ...

(1929–1998), Luxembourgish footballer *

Kelly Roller Francisco José Cabrera Martínez, known by the stage name Kelly Roller, is a Spanish drag queen known for competing on the third season of '' Drag Race España''. Career In 2018, Kelly Roller was interviewed by ''Togayther'', a magazine focus ...

, Spanish drag queen * Kyle Roller (born 1988), American baseball player * Léon Roller (1928–1993), Luxembourgish boxer *

Mihail Roller Mihail Roller (, first name also Mihai, also known as Rolea or Rollea; Mihai Stoian"Mihail Roller între 'nemuritorii' de ieri și de azi" ''România Literară'', 32/1999 6 May 1908 – 21 June 1958) was a Romanian communist activist, historian a ...

(1908–1958), Romanian communist politician * Mileva Roller (1886–1949), Austrian painter * Olivier Roller (born 1972), French photographer * Philip Roller (born 1994), Thai footballer * Steve Roller (born 1954), American athlete * Ulrich Roller (1911–1941), putschist, stage designer and SS guard * William Roller (1858–1949), English cricketer

Other uses

Apache Roller Apache Roller is a Java-based open-source "full-featured, Multi-blog, Multi-user, and group-blog server suitable for blog sites large and small". Roller was originally written by Dave Johnson in 2002 for a magazine article on open source dev ...

, a blog server written in Java * Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, or Rollers *

Roller (typeface) Roller may refer to: Birds *Roller, a bird of the family Coraciidae * Roller (pigeon), a domesticated breed or variety of pigeon Devices * Roller, an element of a rolling-element bearing * Roller, used in rolling (metalworking) * Roller, in a ...

, originally Iberica, by Carlos Winkow *

Roller printing on textiles Roller printing, also called cylinder printing or machine printing, on textile, fabrics is a textile printing process patented by Thomas Bell (printer), Thomas Bell of Scotland in 1783 in an attempt to reduce the cost of the earlier copperplate ...

Birds

Devices

Arts and entertainment

People with the surname

Other uses

See also