Roos (surname)
Roos is a surname with multiple origins. In Dutch, Low German, Swiss German and Estonian “Roos” means “Rose” and the surname is often of toponymic origin (e.g. someone lived in a house named “the rose”)[1] In 2007, 8600 people were named Roos and another 2880 “de Roos” in the Netherlands.[2] In the UK, Roos may be of patronymic origin (“Andrews”) or indicating red hair (Old English “Rouse”).[3] The name is also relatively common in Sweden (5,902 people in 2010), Finland (1219 in 2012)[4] and Estonia (934 people in 2019).[5] People with the name "Roos" or "de Roos" include:
Academics[]
- Anna Maria Roos (1862–1938), Swedish educator, author, theosophist and songwriter
- (1877–1953), Dutch philologist
- (1937–2010), Swedish theoretical chemist
- Charles F. Roos (1901–1958), American economist
- Folkert de Roos (1920–2000), Dutch economist
- Göran Roos, Swedish business theorist
- J P Roos (b. 1945), Finnish sociologist
- Johan Roos (born 1961), Swedish organizational theorist
Arts[]
- Alexander Roos (c. 1810–1881), Italian-born British architect and urban planner
- Bellan Roos (1901–1990), Swedish actress
- Cajetan Roos (1690–1770), Italian landscape painter, son of Philipp Peter
- Camilla Overbye Roos (b. 1969), Danish film actress
- Cornelis Sebille Roos (1754–1820), Dutch art dealer
- Don Roos (born 1959), American screenwriter and film director
- (born 1949), Dutch draughtsman and sculptor
- Enn Roos (1908–1990), Estonian Soviet sculptor
- Eva Roos (1872–1956), British children's books illustrator
- Ewa Roos (born 1949), Swedish singer and actress
- Fred Roos (born 1934), American film producer
- Graham Roos (b. 1966), British producer, writer and performer
- Jaime Roos (b. 1953), Uruguayan musician
- Jan Roos (c.1591-1638), Flemish painter who worked in Italy as Giovanni Rosa
- Jennifer Roos (b. 1971), American basketball coach
- Joanna Roos (1901–1989), American actress and playwright
- Johann Heinrich Roos (1631–1685), German painter, father of Philipp Peter and Johann Melchior
- Johann Melchior Roos (1663–1731), German painter, son of Johann Heinrich
- Joseph Roos (1726–1805), Austrian painter, son of Cajetan
- Kjell Roos (b. 1965), Swedish guitarist and singer
- Martin Roos (b. 1972), Swedish guitarist and manager of Kent
- Mathilda Roos (1852–1908), Swedish writer
- Mary Roos (b. 1949), German singer and actor
- Philipp Peter Roos (1655–1706), German painter, son of Johann Heinrich
- Rosalie Roos (1899–1982), American jeweller and silversmith
- S.H. de Roos (1877–1962), Dutch type and book cover designer and artist
- Stefan Roos (b. 1970), Swedish actor and screenwriter
- Theodor Roos (1638–1698), German painter, brother of Johann Heinrich
- (b. 1964), Dutch jazz saxophonist and composer
- William Roos (1808–1878), Welsh painter and engraver
Military[]
- Axel Erik Roos (1684–1765), Swedish general
- Carl Gustaf Roos (1655–1702), Swedish general
- George Roos-Keppel (1866v1921), British military officer
- Helm Roos (1930–1992), South African general
- Margareta Elisabeth Roos (1696–1772), Swedish-Estonian cross-dressing female in the Swedish army
Politics[]
- Ants Roos (1885–1962), Estonian politician
- John Roos (b. 1955), American diplomat, former Ambassador to Japan
- (1878–1940), Alsace politician
- Lawrence K. Roos (1918–2005), American (Missouri) banker and politician
- Mike Roos (b. 1946), American (Californian) politician
- Reet Roos (born 1973), Estonian politician
- Thea de Roos (b. 1949), Dutch historian and politician
- Tielman Roos (1879–1935), South African politician
Sports[]
- Aat de Roos (1919–1992), Dutch field hockey player
- Angelica Roos (b. 1989), Swedish weightlifter
- Ann-Sofi Roos (b. 1959), Swedish Olympic swimmer
- Axel Roos (b. 1964), German football player and coach
- Bertil Roos (1943–2016), Formula One driver from Sweden
- Céline Roos (1953–2021), French and Canadian chess player
- Daniël Roos (b. 1959), French chess master
- David Roos (b. 1982), South African paralympian athlete
- De Wet Roos (b. 1990), South African-born Australian rugby player
- Elena Roos (b. 1991), Swiss orienteer
- Elisandro Naressi Roos (b. 1976), a.k.a. Santiago, Brazilian footballer
- Fanny Roos (b. 1995), Swedish shot putter
- Gerrit Roos (1898 –1969), Dutch weightlifter
- JC Roos (b. 1990), South African rugby player
- Jake Roos (b. 1980), South African golfer
- Janek Roos (born 1974), Danish badminton player
- Jordan Roos (b. 1953), American football player
- Kelle Roos (b. 1992), Dutch footballer
- Louis Roos (b. 1957), French chess player
- Michael Roos (b. 1982), Estonian-born American football player
- Michel Roos (1932–2002), French chess player
- Nancy Roos (1905–1957), American chess player
- Nel Roos-Lodder (1914–1996), Dutch discus thrower
- Paul Roos (1880–1948), South African rugby player, first Springbok captain
- Paul Roos (b. 1963), Australian rules football player and coach
- Suzy Powell-Roos (b. 1976), American discus thrower
- Swede Roos (1913–1979), American professional basketball player and coach
Other[]
- Barney Roos (1888–1960), American automotive engineer
- Charlotta Roos (1771–1809), Swedish occult medium
- Christian Roos (1826-1896), German Roman Catholic bishop
- Jan Roos (b. 1977), Dutch columnist
- (1922–1998), Danish documentary filmmaker
- (1727–1803), German theologian
- Martin Roos (b. 1942), Romanian Roman Catholic bishop
- Rachel Roos (1923–1989), Dutch World War II resistance fighter
- Robert de Roos (c.1170-1227), ancestor of the Barons Ros of Helmsley
- Rosalie Roos (1823–1898), Swedish feminist activist and writer
- Victor Roos (1888–1964), American founder of several aircraft companies, including Cessna
- Wilhelm Roos (1858–1944), Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician
- (1882–1915), Dutch World War I spy for Germany executed in England
See also[]
- Roos (disambiguation)
- Roos af Hjelmsäter Swedish noble family of Norwegian origin
- Roo (disambiguation)
- Rose (surname)
References[]
- ^ Roos Name Meaning at ancestry.com
- ^ Roos at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands
- ^ Roos at the HouseofNames.com
- ^ Roos in Finland
- ^ https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/pere/Roos[dead link]
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