Famous People with Name Rodney

Rodney Bush            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Rodney Bush: is a South African former international footballer who played as a defender. Bush played mostly in his native country for East London Celtic (he was born and bred in East London) and later Moroka Swallows but also had spells with Scottish side Dundee United and American team San Diego Sockers.[2]

Rodney Strasser            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Rodney Strasser: is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as midfielder for A.C. Milan, currently in their youth team. Strasser was discovered by one of his country's biggest clubs, F.C. Kallon at a local under-17 street football league in Freetown in 2007.

Lester Rodney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lester Rodney: is an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.Rodney was born in Manhattan, New York, the third of four children of Isabel Cotton and Max Rodney. The Rodneys moved from the Bronx to Brooklyn when Lester was 6, where his lifelong love of the Dodgers developed. Rodney’s father lost his business, and then the family home, in the 1929 stock market crash that began the Great Depression, an era in which Communism and other radical social philosophies captured the attention of the intelligentsia. Rodney earned a partial track scholarship to Syracuse University, but his family could not afford the other half of his tuition so he did not complete his formal education. To supplement the family income, he took odd jobs, including helping his attorney brother-in-law and chauffeuring rich children to school.

Walter Rodney            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Walter Rodney: was a prominent Guyanese historian and political figure.Walter Rodney earned his PhD in 1966 at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, England. His dissertation focused on the slave trade on the upper Guinea coast.

Winston Rodney            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Winston Rodney: is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaican reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.

Shane Rodney            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Shane Rodney: is a professional rugby league player for the Manly Sea Eagles in the NRL. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers. Rodney primarily plays at lock or in the second-row.He is a member of the 2003 Penrith Panthers team which defeated the Sydney Rooste

Caesar Rodney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Caesar Rodney: was an American lawyer and politician from St. Jones Neck, in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, east of Dover. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Indep