Famous People with Name Roelof

Roelof Hordijk            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Roelof Hordijk: was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Roelof Johannes Nelissen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Roelof Johannes Nelissen: is a retired Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Arjen Roelofs            Origin/Culture/Country:

Arjen Roelofs: was born on the Hommema-sate (estate) near Hijum in Friesland, Netherlands as the youngest of four sons and two daughters. His father was Roelof Pytters, a tennant farmer and tax receiver. His mother was Neeltje Alberts from Finkum. The oldest son Klaas trained as a steersman, but did not work as one, and instead became a doctor in Sexbierum. The other sister Lisbeth married and left the household. It was not an easy life on the farm, but this is where the other three boys, Pieter, Albert and Arjen had to work. Their mother stimulated the interest of the three sons in mathematics and science, however their father was unhappy with this.

Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs: is the Dutch-First Lady of Georgia, the wife of President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Roelofs acquired Georgian citizenship in January 2008 and is now a dual Dutch-Georgian citizen.[1]From 1999 to 2003, Sandra E. Roelofs was a visiting lecturer at Tbilisi State University, where she also worked on her doctoral thesis on linguistic aspects of French in Belgium. Aside from her native Dutch, Sandra E. Roelofs speaks French, English, German, Russian, and Georgian.[2][3][4]

Ingeborg Roelofs            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ingeborg Roelofs: is a Dutch team handball player. She plays on the Dutch national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.

Marco Roelofsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Marco Roelofsen: a retired football (soccer) midfielder from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1987/1988 season. He played for FC Twente, NEC Nijmegen, FC Zwolle, and SC Heerenveen. He retired in 2004. His nephew Richard Roelofsen also played football on the highest level in the Netherlands.

Richard Roelofsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Richard Roelofsen: a retired football (soccer) striker from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1988/1989 season. He played for FC Zwolle, Vitesse Arnhem, MVV Maastricht, Roda JC, NAC Breda, De Graafschap and Heracles Almelo. His nephew Marco Roelofsen also played football on the highest level in the Netherlands.