Rollo (disambiguation)

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

Rollo may also refer to:

First name

• Rollo Armstrong (born 1966), member of British dance act Faithless
• Rollo Beck (1870–1950), American ornithologist
• Rollo Graham Campbell (1903–1978), Anglican Bishop of Colombo
• Rollo Carpenter (born 1965), British computer scientist
• Rollo Davidson (1944–1970), British mathematician
• Rollo Ahmed (1899-1958), Guyanese occultist
• Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766–1814), British Army major-general
• Rollo Hayman (1925–2008), Rhodesian politician
• Rollo Jack (1902–1994), English footballer
• Rollo Mainguy (1901–1979), Canadian vice-admiral
• Rollo May (1909–1994), American psychologist
• Rollo Pain (1921–2005), British Army lieutenant-general
• Rollo Weeks (born 1987), British actor

Last name

• Clan Rollo, a Scottish clan
• Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo (1703–1765), British army general in Canada and Dominica
• Alex Rollo (1926–2004), Scottish football player and manager
• Sir Bill Rollo (born 1955), British Army officer
• David Rollo (footballer) (1891–1963), Northern Ireland Association Football player
• David Rollo (rugby union) (born 1934), Scottish rugby union footballer
• Hamish Rollo (1955-2009), British Army Officer
• Jim Rollo (1937–2012), Scottish footballer
• Jimmy Rollo (born 1976), English footballer
• John Rollo (dead 1809), Scottish military surgeon
• Marcus Di Rollo (born 1978), Scottish rugby union footballer
• Robert Rollo (1887–1917), Scottish footballer
• Robert Rollo, 4th Lord Rollo (1679–1758), Scottish nobleman and Jacobite; father of Andrew Rollo
• William Rollo (academic) (1894–1960), South African linguist and classicist
• Sir William Rollo (died 1645), Scottish Royalist soldier

Fictional characters

• Rollo, in books by Jacob Abbott
• King Rollo, a children's cartoon character
• Rollo, the rich little kid in Nancy comic books and the comic strip
• Rollo, on the American television show Sanford and Son
• Rollo Lee, the lead character in the film Fierce Creatures, played by John Cleese
• Rollo the Rhino, on the American children's television show Captain Kangaroo
• Rollo Tomasi, imaginary character from the 1997 film L.A. Confidential
• Rollo Rhubarb, the teacher's pet and foil to Hans and Fritz in The Katzenjammer Kids comic strip by Harold Knerr
• Rollo Lothbrok, character in the TV series Vikings
• Rollo, the title character in a satirical work by George Shepard Chappell
• The Rollo Boys, title characters in a literary parody by Corey Ford
• Rollo, a character used by Charles Ives to personify overly conventional music.

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

• Lord Rollo, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
• Rollo, a side-project from Atsuo, the drummer of Japanese metal band Boris
• Rollo, a chocolate coated swiss roll manufactured by Ceylon Biscuits Limited
• Rollo, a part of Frank Zappa's "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" suite

See also

• Rolo, a chocolate-covered caramel candy
• Rolla (disambiguation)