Roger facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Roger
Roger of Lauria
Pronunciation	/ˈrɒdʒər, ˈroʊdʒər/
Gender	Masculine
Origin
Language(s)	English
Derivation	hrōd + gār, gēr
Meaning	"fame", "renown" + "spear", "lance" literally - "famous spear"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Rodger, Rüdiger, Rutger
Related pages	Robert, Rudolph, Rodney, Roderick

Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names Roger and Rogier. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements hrōd, χrōþi ("fame", "renown", "honour") and gār, gēr ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate Hróðgeirr. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate Hroðgar. Roger became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name Roger that is closer to the name's origin is Rodger.

Slang and other uses

In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlorine bleach factories periodically.

From circa 1940 in US and UK wartime communication, "Roger" came to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in "received", used to acknowledge understanding a message. This spread to civilian usage as "ROGER" replaced "received" in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Hodge meaning Rustic, from Middle English Hoge a nickname of Roger

People

Given name

Medieval period

See also All pages beginning with "Roger de", All pages beginning with "Roger of" and All pages beginning with "Roger van" for people with these names

Kings and rulers

• Hrothgar, semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD
• Roger I of Sicily, Norman ruler of Sicily
• Roger II of Sicily (1095–1154), Norman King of Sicily and Africa, one of the principal commanders of the Second Crusade
• Roger III of Sicily (1175–1193), briefly King of Sicily

Others

• Roger, Archbishop of Patras (in post 1337–1347)
• Roger (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (in post from 1155)
• Roger (archbishop of Benevento) (died 1221)
• Roger (bishop of Ross) (died c. 1350)
• Roger (larderer) (died 1102), Bishop-elect of Hereford
• Roger Borsa (1060/61–1111), Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria
• Roger (son of Dagobert) (fl. 1098–1108), Norman magnate who served the Byzantine empire
• Roger I. de Sentes, 12th century French bishop
• Roger I Trencavel (died 1150), Viscount of Carcassonne
• Roger I de Fézensaguet (1190–1245), Viscount of Fézensaguet
• Roger I of Carcassonne (died 1012), Count of Carcassonne
• Roger I of Tosny (died c. 1040), Norman nobleman
• Roger II Trencavel (died 1194), Viscount of Carcassonne
• Roger III, Duke of Apulia (1118–1148), Duke of Apulia, Sicily
• Roger IV, Count of Foix (died 1265)
• Roger IV, Duke of Apulia (1152–1161)
• Roger of Lauria (c. 1245–1305), Italian admiral
• Roger Bacon, English philosopher
• Roger Bigod of Norfolk (died 1107), Norman knight who participated in the Norman Conquest of England
• Roger Frugardi (c. 1140 – c. 1195), Salernitan surgeon
• Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374–1398)
• Roger Niger (c. 1173–1241), Bishop of London
• Roger Norreis (died c. 1224), Abbot of Evesham
• Roger of Salisbury (died 1139), also known as Roger le Poer, Norman Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England
• Roger of Worcester from 1163 to 1179

Modern era

• Roger (footballer, born 1972), Roger José de Noronha Silva, Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Roger (footballer, born 1978), Roger Galera Flores, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
• Roger (footballer, born 1985), Roger Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian football manager and former player
• Roger (footballer, born 1996), Roger Junio Rodrigues Ferreira, Brazilian football midfielder
• Roger Adams, American Nobel Prize organic chemist
• Roger Ailes, American television executive, chairman and CEO of Fox News
• Roger Angell (1920–2022), American writer and editor for The New Yorker
• Roger Ashton (footballer), Welsh footballer
• Roger Avary, Canadian producer, screenwriter and director
• Roger Ballen, American artist working in South Africa
• Roger Bannister, British athlete, first man to run the four-minute mile
• Roger "Syd" Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd
• Roger Bart, American actor and singer
• Roger Berrio, Colombian weightlifter
• Roger Binny, Indian cricketer
• Roger Joseph Boscovich, Croatian-Ragusan physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, and Jesuit
• Roger Boylan, American writer
• Roger Buckley (1937–2020), American historian
• Roger Bumpass (born 1951), American voice actor
• Roger Burnley (born 1966), British businessman, former CEO of Asda
• Roger C. Carmel, American character actor
• Roger A. Caras, American wildlife photographer and writer
• Roger Carter (disambiguation), multiple people
• Roger Casement, Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary, and British diplomat
• Roger Chaffee, American astronaut
• Roger Chan, the bus uncle
• Roger Chao, Australian explorer and mountain climber
• Roger Christian (songwriter) (1934–1991), American radio personality and songwriter
• Roger Clarke (rugby union administrator), British rugby administrator
• Roger Clemens, baseball player
• Roger Cook (journalist), British journalist
• Roger Corman, American film director, producer, and actor
• Roger Craig (baseball), baseball player
• Roger Craig (American football), American football player
• Roger Craig Smith (born 1975), American voice actor
• Roger Daltrey, lead singer of British rock band The Who
• Roger Davis (television actor), American actor
• Roger O. DeBruler (1934–2017), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
• Roger Delgado, British actor
• Roger Dobkowitz, American television producer, statistics expert for The Price is Right
• Roger Donaldson, New Zealand filmmaker
• Roger Ebert (1942–2013), American film critic and writer
• Roger M. Enoka, American neurophysiologist
• Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
• Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., American CEO and former Federal Reserve official
• Roger C. Field, British inventor and industrial designer
• Roger Fortin, Canadian boxer
• Roger Frampton, Australian jazz musician
• Roger García Junyent, Spanish football player
• Roger Gibbon, Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist
• Roger Glover, Welsh/English bassist, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
• Roger Godement, French mathematician
• Roger Goldammer, Canadian bikebuilder
• Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL
• Roger Guerreiro, Polish football player of Brazilian descent
• Roger Hall (disambiguation), several people
• Roger Hamby (born 1943), American racing car driver
• Roger Hodgman, Australian stage and television director
• Roger Hodgson, British vocalist and songwriter from Supertramp
• Roger Howarth, American actor
• Roger Ilegems, Belgian track cyclist and road bicycle racer
• Roger Ingram, American trumpeter, educator, and author
• Roger Jackson (rower), Canadian rower and academic
• Roger Jackson (wide receiver), American football player
• Roger L. Jackson, American actor
• Roger Jouret, birth name of Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer, musician and television presenter
• Roger Kettlewell, Canadian football player
• Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Royal Navy officer prominent in World War I, and Member of Parliament
• Roger Köppel, Swiss journalist
• Roger Machado Marques, Brazilian football player
• Roger Lloyd-Pack, British actor
• Rogério Manganelli, Brazilian-American bass guitarist for Less Than Jake, known as Roger Lima
• Roger Manvell, first director of the British Film Academy
• Roger Maris, baseball player
• Roger Mason Jr, American basketball player
• Roger Mayweather (1961–2020), American boxer
• Roger McCreary (born 2000), American football player
• Roger McGuinn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist for The Byrds
• Roger McMurrin, American conductor
• Roger Michell (1956–2021), South African-born British film director
• Roger Milla, Cameroon footballer
• Roger Miller, American musician
• Roger Mills (racewalker), English race walker
• Roger Moore, English actor, James Bond
• Roger Moreira, Brazilian musician
• Roger Moret (1949–2020), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Roger E. Mosley, American actor
• Roger Mudd (1928–2021), American TV journalist
• Roger Muñoz, Nicaraguan basketball player
• Roger Myerson, American economist and professor
• Roger Penrose, English mathematical physicist
• Roger Penske, American businessman
• Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist
• Roger Pierre (1923–2010), French actor
• Roger Price (comedy) (1918–1990), American humorist who created Droodles and Mad Libs
• Roger Price (television producer) (born 1941), English television producer
• Roger Price (Australian politician) (born 1945), Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives (1984–2010)
• Roger Rees, British actor
• Roger Roger (composer), French composer
• Roger Rose (born 1958), American actor
• Roger Rogerson, former detective of the NSW Police Force and convicted murderer
• Roger Sablonier (1941–2010), Swiss historian and writer
• Brother Roger (1915–2005), baptised Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche, Swiss initiator of the Taizé community
• Roger Scruton (1944–2020), English philosopher and writer
• Roger Sessions, American music composer
• Roger Hale Sheaffe, British general, one of the principal commanders of War of 1812
• Roger Sheaffe (politician), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Roger Sherman, American revolutionary, signer of many famous documents, inventor of congressional system, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
• Roger Smith (actor), American actor
• Roger Smith (executive) (1925–2007), American chairman and CEO of General Motors and the subject of Michael Moore's documentary film Roger & Me
• Roger Spink (born 1958), Falkland Islands politician
• Roger Staubach, American football player
• Roger Stone, American political lobbyist, strategist, and author
• Roger Sumich, New Zealand cyclist
• Roger Taylor, British drummer for Queen
• Roger Taylor, British drummer for Duran Duran
• Roger Toussaint, American transit worker's union official
• Roger Troutman (1951–1999), also known as Roger, American R&B recording artist, singer for Zapp
• Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (born 1993), New Zealand rugby player
• Roger Vadim, French film director
• Roger Waters, English rock musician and songwriter
• Roger Whittaker (born 1936), British singer
• Roger Wicker (born 1951), U.S. Senator from Mississippi
• Roger Williams (pianist) (1924–2011), American pianist
• Roger Williams (theologian) (1603–1683), English minister, theologian, and author, co-founder of Rhode Island
• Roger Williams (soldier) (1539/40–1595), Welsh soldier of fortune and military theorist, one of the principal commanders of Eighty Years' War and Battle of Arques
• Roger L. Worsley, American educator
• Roger Wrightson, English cricketer
• Roger Arliner Young (1899–1964), American scientist, first African American woman to earn a PhD in Zoology
• Roger Zelazny, American science-fiction author

Surname

• Neil Munroe Bunny Roger (1911–1997), English couturier
• Charles Rogier, Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution, Prime Minister of Belgium 1847–1852 and 1857–1868
• Christophe Roger-Vasselin (born 1957), French former tennis player, father of Édouard
• Dimitri Roger, American rapper known as Rich the Kid
• Édouard Roger-Vasselin (born 1983), French tennis player, son of Christophe
• Julius Roger (1819–1865), German entomologist and medical doctor
• Marie-Sabine Roger (born 1957), French writer
• Mircea Roger (born 1947), Romanian Olympic rower
• Pierre Roger, birth name of Pope Clement VI
• Roger Roger (composer) (1911–1995), French composer

Fictional characters

Animal

• Roger (kangaroo), Australian kangaroo with an extraordinary physique, aka "Ripped Roger" (circa 2006 – 2018)

See also

• Roger Dodger (phrase)
• Roger-Vasselin (disambiguation)
• Roger (voice procedure)
• Ruggiero (character)
• Raja (similarly pronounced in some accents)