List of Famous people named Roland

Name Roland is among the most common names in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria. Similar names: Rolando, Rolande. Here are some famous Rolands:

Roland Kaiser

Ronald Keiler
First Name Roland
Last Name Kaiser
Born on May 10, 1952 (age 71)
Born in Germany

Roland Kaiser is a German schlager singer-songwriter. He is one of the most successful German speaking schlager-singers.

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Roland the Farter

First Name Roland
Last Name Farter
Born on November 30, 1099 (age 924)

Roland the Farter was a medieval flatulist who lived in twelfth-century England. He was given Hemingstone manor in Suffolk and 12 hectares of land in return for his services as a jester for King Henry II. Each year he was obliged to perform "Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum" for the King's court at Christmas.

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Roland Orzabal

Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana
First Name Roland
Last Name Orzabal
Born on August 22, 1961 (age 62)

Roland Orzabal is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a co-founder of Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and joint vocalist, but he has also achieved success as a producer of other artists such as Oleta Adams. In 2014, Orzabal published his first novel.

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Roland Garros

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros
First Name Roland
Last Name Garros
Born on October 6, 1888
Died on October 5, 1918 (aged 29)
Born in France, Réunion

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros was a French pioneering aviator and fighter pilot during World War I and early days of aviation. In 1928, the Roland Garros tennis stadium was named in his memory; the French Open tennis tournament takes the name of Roland-Garros from the stadium in which it is held.

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Roland Freisler

First Name Roland
Last Name Freisler
Born on October 30, 1893
Died on February 3, 1945 (aged 51)

Roland Freisler was a German Nazi jurist, judge, and politician who served as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice from 1934 to 1942 and President of the People's Court from 1942 to 1945.

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Roland Ratzenberger

First Name Roland
Last Name Ratzenberger
Born on July 4, 1960
Died on April 30, 1994 (aged 33)
Born in Austria, Salzburg

Roland Ratzenberger was an Austrian racing driver who raced in sports prototype, British Formula 3000, Japanese Formula 3000 and Formula One. He died in a crash during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event at which three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna died the following day. As a direct result of his death, the Grand Prix Drivers' Association was reformed.

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Roland Emmerich

First Name Roland
Last Name Emmerich
Born on November 10, 1955 (age 68)

Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer, widely known for his disaster films. His films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the country's 15th-highest-grossing director of all time. He began his work in the film industry by directing the film The Noah's Ark Principle (1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. He is a collector of art and an active campaigner for the LGBT community, and is openly gay.

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Roland Leitinger

First Name Roland
Last Name Leitinger
Born on May 13, 1991 (age 32)
Born in Austria, Tyrol
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Roland Leitinger is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes primarily in giant slalom, occasionally in slalom, and made his World Cup debut in February 2011.

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Roland de la Poype

First Name Roland
Last Name Poype
Born on July 28, 1920
Died on October 23, 2012 (aged 92)

Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype was a Second World War fighter ace, a member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front. He was also a plastic industry pioneer and founder of the Antibes Marineland in 1970.

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Roland Moreno

First Name Roland
Last Name Moreno
Born on June 11, 1945
Died on April 29, 2012 (aged 66)

Roland Moreno was a French inventor, engineer, humorist and author who was the inventor of the smart card. Moreno's smart card, or la carte à puce in French, was little known internationally. However, he became a national hero in France and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 2009.

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