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Rollo was the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy.

Rollo may also refer to:

Places

Rollo Department, Burkina Faso
- Rollo, Burkina Faso, a town in Rollo Department
Rollo, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community
A common nickname for the city of Rovaniemi, Finland

Other uses

Rollo (record producer), an English music producer
Rollo (name), including lists of people and characters with the given name or surname
Clan Rollo, a Scottish clan
Lord Rollo, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
"Rollo," a part of Frank Zappa's "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" suite
An Italian roll cake

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+'''[[Rollo]]''' was the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy.
-'''Rollo''' has multiple meanings. It may mean:
-;a first name
-*[[Rollo Armstrong]], member of British dance act Faithless
-* [[Rollo May]], American psychologist
-* [[Rollo of Normandy]], the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy (in Old Norse sources identified with Hrolf Ganger)
-* [[Rollo Weeks]] (born 1987), British actor
+'''Rollo''' may also refer to:
-;a last name
+{{TOC right}}
-* [[Clan Rollo]], Scottish clan
-** [[Lord Rollo]], the clan chief
-* [[Jimmy Rollo]], English footballer
-* [[Piero Rollo]], Italian boxer
-* Primula Rollo, first wife of actor [[David Niven]]
-* [[Bill_Rollo| Sir William Rollo]], a British Army officer
+==Places==
-;a fictional character
+* [[Rollo Department]], Burkina Faso
-* Rollo, character in books by [[Jacob Abbott]]
-* [[King Rollo]], a children's cartoon character
+** [[Rollo, Burkina Faso]], a town in Rollo Department
+* [[Rollo, Illinois]], United States, an unincorporated community
-* Rollo, the rich little kid in ''[[Nancy (comic strip)|Nancy]]'' comic books and the comic strip
+* A common nickname for the city of [[Rovaniemi]], Finland
-* [[Rollo Tomasi]], the name given to an anonymous criminal by Edmund Exley in the novel and movie ''L.A. Confidential''
-* Rollo, a character on the American television show ''[[Sanford and Son]]''
-* Rollo Lee, the lead character in the film [[Fierce Creatures]], played by [[John Cleese]].
-;other uses
+==Other uses==
+* [[Rollo (record producer)]], an English music producer
-* ''Rollo'', a crab fishing boat in the fleet at [[Dutch Harbor]], during the late 1970s and early 1980s
+* [[Rollo (name)]], including lists of people and characters with the given name or surname
-* The local nickname for the Finnish city of [[Rovaniemi]]
+* [[Clan Rollo]], a Scottish clan
-* [[Rollo Department]], a department of Bam Province in north-western Burkina Faso
-** [[Rollo, Burkina Faso|Rollo]], a town in the Rollo Department, Burkina Faso
+* [[Lord Rollo]], a title in the Peerage of Scotland
+* "Rollo," a part of Frank Zappa's "[[Don't Eat the Yellow Snow#Rollo|Don't Eat the Yellow Snow]]" suite
-* Rollo, a side-project from Atsuo, the drummer of Japanese metal band [[Boris (band)]]
+* An Italian [[roll cake#Italy|roll cake]]
-* Rollo, a chocolate coated [[swiss roll]] manufactured by Ceylon Biscuits Limited
-; See also:
+==See also==
+* {{in title}}
 * [[Rolo]], a chocolate-covered caramel candy
+* [[Rolla (disambiguation)]]
-{{disambig|given name|surname}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Rollo}}
-[[Category:Germanic given names]]
-[[Category:Germanic-language surnames]]
-[[Category:Latin given names]]
-[[Category:Latin-language surnames]]
-[[Category:Germanic loanwords]]
+{{Disambiguation|geo}}
-[[de:Rollo]]
-[[es:Rollo]]
-[[fr:Rollo]]
-[[it:Rollo]]
-[[pl:Rollo]]