Rodney (name)

The personal name Rodney is a toponymic surname derived from the name of an unidentified place near the Somerset/Wiltshire border. Rodney became a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as Baron Rodney. Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name in the 18th century, originally in honour of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

Surnames

 * Brenda Solzano-Rodney (born 1962), West Indian cricketer
 * Caesar Rodney (1728–1784), lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware
 * Caesar A. Rodney (1772–1824), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
 * Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), merchant and Governor of Delaware
 * Daniel Rodney (1764–1846), merchant, Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware
 * Fernando Rodney (born 1977), relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals
 * George B. Rodney (1803–1883), lawyer and U.S. Representative from Delaware
 * George B. Rodney, Jr. (1842–1927) Governor of Alaska and U.S. Army officer
 * George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718–1792), admiral in the British Royal Navy
 * George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (1753–1802)
 * George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (1782–1842)
 * Sir John Rodney (13??-1400)
 * Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (1785–1846)
 * Thomas Rodney (1744–1811), lawyer and Continental Congressman from Delaware
 * Walter Rodney (1942–1980), Guyanese historian and politician

Given name
See also: 
 * Rodney (wrestler) (born 1971), American professional wrestler
 * Rodney Adams (born 1994), American football player
 * Rodney Alcala (1943–2021), convicted American rapist and serial killer
 * Rodney Allison (born 1956), American football coach
 * Rodney Anderson (Wyoming politician) (born 1931), American politician
 * Rodney Anderson (born 1968), American politician
 * Rodney Anderson (American football) (born 1996), American football player
 * Rodney Anoaʻi, (1966–2000), American professional wrestler better known as Yokozuna and member of Anoaʻi family
 * Rodney Ansell (1954–1999), Australian man who inspired the "Crocodile" Dundee films
 * Rodney Atkins (born 1969), an American country singer
 * Boss Bailey (born 1979), an American football linebacker whose real name is Rodney
 * Rodney Bailey (born 1979), an American football player
 * Rodney Begnaud (born 1973), American professional wrestler
 * Rodney Bewes (1937–2017), English actor
 * Rodney Bingenheimer (born 1946), radio disc jockey
 * Rod Bonella (1945/46–2000), Australian long-distance runner and horse trainer
 * Rod Carew (born 1945), baseball player
 * Rodney Carrington (born 1968), comedian and star of Rodney (TV series)
 * Rodney Caston (born 1977), American writer
 * Rodney Clavell, former South Australian corrections officer and prisoner at Yatala Labour Prison
 * Rodney Collin (1909–1956), British writer
 * Rodney Craig (born 1945), British fencer
 * Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian
 * Rodney Eastman (born 1967), Canadian actor
 * Rodney Fox (born 1940), Australian film maker and shark attack survivor
 * Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (born 1946), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
 * Rodney A. Hawes, Jr. (born 1939), American business executive and philanthropist.
 * Rodney Howard-Browne (born 1961), South African, American Evangelist
 * Rodney Jack (born 1972), St. Vincent football player
 * Rodney Jerkins (born 1977), producer
 * Rodney King (1965–2012), African-American whose beating by the LAPD sparked race riots in Los Angeles, California
 * Rodney Linderman (born 1963), better known as Rodney Anonymous, of the Dead Milkmen
 * Rodney MacDonald (born 1972), Canadian politician and former Premier of Nova Scotia
 * Rod McKuen (1933–2015), American singer, poet
 * Rodney Marks (1968—2000), Australian astrophysicist
 * Rodney Marsh (footballer) (born 1944), English footballer
 * Rod Marsh (1947–2022), Australian cricketer
 * Rodney Matthews (born 1945), English artist and illustrator
 * Rodney Mazion (born 1971), American football and baseball player
 * Rodney Mullen (born 1966), professional skateboarder
 * Rodney Price (born 1972), Jamaican artist
 * Rodney Reed (born 1967), American death row inmate
 * Rodney Robert Porter (1917–1985), English biochemist
 * Rodney Rowland (born 1964), American actor
 * Rodney Scott (actor) (born 1978), American actor
 * Rodney Scott (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player
 * Rodney Scott (pitmaster) (born 1971), American chef and whole-hog barbecue pitmaster
 * Rodney Seaborn (1912−2008), Australian psychiatrist and performing arts philanthropist
 * Rodney Stuckey (born 1986), American basketball player
 * Rodney Vandergert (1935–2009), Sri Lankan diplomat
 * Rod Wallace (born 1969), English footballer
 * Rodney Wallace (American football) (1949–2013), American football offensive lineman
 * Rodney Wallace (fighter) (born 1981), American professional mixed martial arts fighter
 * Rodney Wallace (footballer) (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer for New York City FC
 * Rodney Wallace (Massachusetts politician) (1823–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
 * Rodney Warnakula (born 1961), Sri Lankan actor
 * Rodney Williams (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

 * Rodney, a hamster villager in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and New Horizons
 * Rodney Copperbottom, character in the movie Robots
 * Rodney McKay, character in science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis
 * Rodney Trotter, character in British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
 * Rodney J. Squirrel, one of the main characters from Squirrel Boy
 * Rodney Ford, character from manga and anime series Element Hunters
 * Rodney Stone, the narrator of boxing novel Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle
 * Rodney Wilson, a character in the 2012 American comedy movie Wanderlust
 * Rodney, character from Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
 * Sir Rodney, character in the American comic strip The Wizard of Id