Roland (disambiguation)

Roland (disambiguation)

Roland (died 778) was a Frankish seneschal in Charlemagne's service, subject of the epic poem "The Song of Roland".

Roland may also refer to:

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* Saint Roland (died c. 1200), French abbot
* Roland of Cremona (1178-1259), Italian Dominican friar and theologian
* Roland of Sicily (1296-1361), Sicilian nobleman and general
* Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière (1734-1793), leader of the Girondist faction in the French Revolution
* Madame Roland (1754-1793), wife of Jean-Marie
* Pauline Roland (1805-1852), French feminist
* Ida Roland (1881-1951), Austrian actress
* Ruth Roland (1892-1937), American actress
* Gilbert Roland (1905-1994), American actor
* Edwin J. Roland (1905-1985), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
* Joe Roland (born 1920), American jazz musician
* Gene Roland (1921-1981), American jazz composer and musician
* Hans Roland (born 1931), Australian author and teacher
* John Roland (born 1941), American news anchor and reporter
* Johnny Roland (born 1943), American football player
* Floyd Roland (born 1961), Canadian politician
* Ed Roland (born 1963), American musician
* Dean Roland (born 1972), American musician
* Layne Roland (born 1974), Canadian hockey player
* Pierre Roland (born 1979), Indonesian actor
* Dennis Roland (born 1983), American football player
* Gerard Roland, Belgian economist

People with Given Name Roland:
* Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician
* Roland Deschain, fictional anti-hero from Stephen King's Dark Tower
* Roland Gift, British singer and actor

Places:
* Roland, Manitoba, Canada
* Roland, Alabama, United States
* Roland, Iowa, United States
* Roland, Oklahoma, United States

In Media:
* Roland (Lully), a 17th century opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, and a libretto by Philippe Quinault
* Roland (The X-Files), an episode of the television series "The X-Files"
* Roland, a recurring character in the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions of "The Matrix" series.
* Roland Rat, a British children's TV puppet

Other:
* Roland (air defence), a short-range air defence missile system, produced by French-German Euromissile.
* Roland Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments
* RoLand (Rosetta Lander), alternative name for the Philae lander, the surface science package of the Rosetta spacecraft

ee also

*Mount Roland disambiguation page
*Rowland


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