Roque is a given name. It is the Spanish version of Rocco. Notable persons with that name include: *

Roque (footballer) Marcelo José Ribeiro (born 16 April 1973), commonly known as Roque , is a former Brazilian footballer. Club career Roque played for Portuguesa and Guarani in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He also spent one season with Panionios in the ...

(born 1973), Brazilian football player * Roque Alfaro (born 1956), Argentine football player and manager *

Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez (November 8, 1928 – October 31, 2009) was Catholic bishop of what is now the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Ordained on April 17, 1954, Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, P ...

(1928–2009), Dominican Republic Roman Catholic bishop * Roque Avallay (born 1945), Argentine football player *

Roque Balduque Roque Balduque (or Roque de Balduque) (died February 1561) was a sculptor and maker of altarpieces. Born at an unknown date in Bois-le-Duc (now 's-Hertogenbosch, capital of North Brabant in the Netherlands), he is known for his work in Spain in the ...

(died 1561), Spanish sculptor and maker of altarpieces * Roque Cordero (1917–2008), Panamanian-American composer *

Roque Dalton Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard, smooth surface. Popular in the first quarter of the 20th century and billed "the Game of the Century" by its enthusiasts, it was an Olympic sport in the 1904 Summer Games, replacing cr ...

(1935–1975), Salvadoran poet * Roque de la Cruz (1580–1644), Irish Dominican prelate and Tridentine reformist *

Roque De La Fuente Guerra Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra (born October 10, 1954) is an American businessman and politician. A perennial candidate, De La Fuente was the Reform Party nominee in the 2016 and 2020 United States presidential elections. He also appeared on ...

(born 1954), American businessman and 2016 presidential candidate * Roque Esteban Scarpa (1914-1995), Chilean writer, literary critic and scholar * Roque Estrada Reynoso (born 1883), Mexican lawyer, journalist and writer * Roque Fernández (born 1947), Argentine economist and politician * Roque Funes (1897-1981), Argentine cinematographer * Roque González Garza (1885-1962), Mexican general and politician * Roque Júnior (born 1976), Brazilian football player * Roque Máspoli (1917-2004), Uruguayan football player and coach * Roque Olsen (1925-1992), Argentine football player and manager * Roque Pinto, Indian doctor *

Roque Ponce Roque Ponce (late 17th century) was a Spanish painter of landscapes, active in Madrid, where he trained with Juan de la Corte Juan de la Corte, a Spanish painter of Flemish origin, who was born in Antwerp, Flanders in c. 1590. He was instructed ...

(late 17th century), Spanish painter * Roque Ruaño (1877–1935), Spanish priest-civil engineer *

Roque Sáenz Peña Roque José Antonio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Sáenz Peña Lahitte (19 March 1851 – 9 August 1914) was an Argentine politician and lawyer who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1910 to his death in office on 9 August 1914. ...

(1851–1914), Argentine politician *

Roque Santa Cruz Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero (; born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan club Club Libertad. He is the record goal scorer and has earned over 100 caps for the Paraguay national team ...

(born 1981), Paraguayan football player *

Dom Roque Tello de Menezes Dom Roque Tello de Menezes was a Portuguese nobleman. The villages of Trombay and Chembur in Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ...

, Portuguese nobleman * Roque Vallejos (1943-2006), Paraguayan poet, psychiatrist and essayist * Roque "Rocky" Versace, (1937–1965), American soldier

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