List of Famous people named Roger
Roger Schmidt
Roger Schmidt is a German professional football manager and former player. He currently manages Primeira Liga club Benfica.
Roger Bart
Roger Bart is an American actor and singer. He won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
Roger Penske
Roger Searle Penske is an American businessman and entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing and a retired professional auto racing driver. He is most famous for his ownership of Team Penske, DJR Team Penske, the Penske Corporation, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, and other automotive-related businesses.
Roger Marshall
Roger Wayne Marshall is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Kansas, having been elected to succeed Pat Roberts in 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district in 2017-2021, a mostly rural district covering much of the western and northern parts of the state.
Roger Kibbe
Roger Reece Kibbe was an American serial killer and rapist known as the "I-5 Strangler".
Roger Glover
Roger David Glover is a British bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the bassist for hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.
Roger Abdelmassih
Roger Abdelmassih is a former Brazilian physician, an expert on human reproduction, and one of the pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in Brazil. In early 2009 he was accused of sexually abusing sedated patients. Abdelmassih was sentenced to 278 years in prison for 52 rapes and 39 attempted sexual abuses on women.
Roger Clemens
William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams, most notably the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average (ERA), and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, more than any other pitcher in history. Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and hard-throwing pitching style, which he used to intimidate batters.
Roger Torrent i Ramió
Roger Torrent i Ramió is a Spanish politician and urban planner. A former mayor of the municipality of Sarrià de Ter in north-eastern Spain, Torrent was President of the Parliament of Catalonia from January 2018 until March 2021.
Roger O'Donnell
Roger O'Donnell is an English keyboardist best known for his work with The Cure. O'Donnell has also performed in The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and Berlin, as well as having an active solo career.