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Salvador Illa Roca is a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Health of Spain from 2020 to 2021. He has been the Secretary for Organization of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia since 2016, and the candidate for the presidency of Catalonia for this party. Previously, Illa served as Mayor of La Roca del Vallès from 1995 to 2005.

Fahrettin Koca is a Turkish physician and politician. He is the Minister of Health of the 66th government of Turkey. He is from Konya, Kulu, Tavşancalı village.

Philippe de Broca was a French movie director.

Mehmed Âtıf Hoca was an Islamist. He was born in the village of Toyhane, in the district of Bayat, Çorum Province, in the Ottoman Empire and went to school there. After a couple of years as a imam in İskilip in 1893 he went to Istanbul to continue his education, first at a madrasah and from 1902 at Darü'l-fünun Faculty of Divinity. He graduated in 1903 and took a job teaching as Ders-i Amm (Ulama), at the madrasah in the Fatih Mosque, Istanbul. He was later arrested and jailed several times, but freed. He and Mustafa Sabri were the founding members of Cemiyet-i Müderrisin, an Islamic group that supported the government of Damat Ferid Pasha and advocated the British mandate for Turkey and the Greek invasion of Turkey. They were fiercely against the national government in Ankara which led the Turks to the Turkish War of Independence.

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the "Conquest of the Desert", a series of military campaigns against the indigenous peoples of Patagonia. During his two terms as president, many important changes occurred, particularly major infrastructure projects of railroads and port facilities; increased foreign investment, along with immigration from Europe; large-scale immigration from southern Europe; expansion of the agricultural and pastoral sectors of the economy; and laicizing legislation strengthening state power. Roca's main foreign policy concern was to set the limits with Chile, which had never been determined with precision. Roca took advantage of the fact that year of 1881, Chile was fighting the War of the Pacific against Bolivia and Peru, so for Chile it was strategically important not to have a second military front. Argentina gained territory by treaty with Chile.

Florian Sotoca is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club RC Lens.

Margarita Miriam Díaz Aroca is a Spanish actress and television presenter.

Marcelo Pereira Surcin, known as Marcelinho Carioca, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was noted for his accuracy from free kicks, earning him the nickname "Pé-de-Anjo".

Andrea del Boca is an Argentine actress and singer. She began her career as a child actress and subsequently became popular in the 1980s and 1990s for her roles in telenovelas, such as Estrellita mía, Celeste, Antonella and Perla negra. She has also appeared in numerous films and several theatre productions. Del Boca has won three Martín Fierro Awards.

Rafael de Souza Pereira, known as Rafael Carioca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.

Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca is a Spanish politician and radiation physicist who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2014, and served as First Vice President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007.

Elisenda Roca Palet is a Spanish journalist, theater director, children's book writer, university professor, and television presenter.

Javier Leopoldo Roca Sepúlveda is a Chilean professional football coach and former player who is currently head coach of Liga 1 club Persik Kediri.

Joan Roca i Fontané is a chef of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. In 2013 & 2015, it was named the best restaurant in the world by the Restaurant Magazine. It was ranked second by the same magazine in 2011, 2012 & 2014.