Roeland

Roeland, Roelandt or Roelant (all pronounced ) is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to English Roland. It is a Germanic name consisting of the elements -hrod- ("fame") and -land- (i.e. "famous in the land") or -nand- ("brave"). A common short form is Roel. People with the name include:


 * Roeland van Duijn (born 1943), Dutch politician, political activist and writer
 * (born 1940), Dutch movie director
 * Roeland van Laer (1598 – aft. 1635), Dutch landscape painter
 * Roeland Lievens (born 1983), Dutch rower
 * (born 1967), Dutch astronomer, NASA space telescope project leader
 * Roeland Nusse (born 1950), Dutch developmental biologist
 * Roelant Oltmans (born 1954), Dutch hockey coach
 * (born 1970), Dutch archaeologist
 * Roeland Pruijssers (born 1989), Dutch chess grandmaster
 * Roeland Raes (born 1934), Belgian politician
 * Roelant Roghman (1627–1692), Dutch painter, sketcher and engraver
 * Roelant Savery (1576–1639), Dutch still life and bird painter
 * Roeland Schaftenaar (born 1988), Dutch basketball player
 * Roeland J. in 't Veld (born 1942), Dutch public administration scholar
 * Roeland Vertegaal (born 1968), Dutch-Canadian computer interface designer
 * Roeland Wiesnekker (born 1967), Swiss actor