List of Famous people with last name Rogers
Todd Rogers
Todd Rogers is an American video game player. In the 1980s, he was recognized by Activision for having achieved many record-setting high scores and was the first professional video game player. In 1986, he was invited to be part of the U.S. National Video Game Team. Later many of his records would be disputed, either for a lack any evidence for verification or having been proven to be impossible to achieve. In January 2018, the Twin Galaxies record database removed all of his scores from their leaderboards and banned him permanently, and Guinness World Records stripped his records.
Todd Rogers
Todd Jonathan Rogers is an American professional beach volleyball player who is an Olympic and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship gold medalist. He and his former partner, Phil Dalhausser, were the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 AVP Tour champions.
Mat Rogers
Mathew Steve Rogers is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He also played rugby union at the highest level, becoming a dual-code international. The son of the late Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks legend and CEO Steve Rogers, Mat played for the Sharks as well. He played in two State of Origin series for Queensland, and 7 Tests for the Australian national side before his switch to union in 2001. Rogers played at fly half in his final season for the Waratahs and started in a number of games for the Wallabies in various positions in the backline. He returned to rugby league in 2007 with the newly formed Gold Coast Titans club and retired in 2010. With the Titans beset by injuries and poor form, Rogers announced his comeback to help out the club on-field in 2011, but a serious injury forced him to announce his retirement again just minutes into his first game back. Rogers is also well known for another career path on the Network Ten revival of Australian Survivor competing in both the third and fifth seasons. Despite not winning he has since become a massive fan favourite amongst the Survivor fan base being dubbed "The Godfather".
Woodes Rogers
Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain and privateer and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Philip Rogers
Philip Tingley Rogers was a sailor from Canada. He represented his country at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and earned a bronze medal in the 6 metre class.
Jessie Rogers
Jessie Rogers is a Brazilian-American internet celebrity and former pornographic actress.
Jim Rogers
James Beeland Rogers Jr. is an American investor and financial commentator based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and Soros Fund Management. He was also the creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).
Carl Rogers
Carl Ransom Rogers was an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach in psychology. Rogers is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and was honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1956.
Jason Rogers
Jason Douglas Rogers is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League. He previously played for the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates in Major League Baseball.
Doug Rogers
Alfred Harold Douglas Rogers was a Canadian Olympic competitor in judo, and the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the sport. He was an honoured member in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. His best results were a silver medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and gold medals at two Pan American Games, in 1965 and 1967. He was a student of Masahiko Kimura.