Namesakes
Roland
(m) ?-778 
Fictional Characters from Traditional Tales French
Notable Military Figures
Orlando of Medicis
(a.k.a. Roland) (m) ?-1386
Saints
Orlande de Lassus
(a.k.a. Roland) (m) c. 1532-1594
Notable Musicians
Roland Young
(m) 1887-1953
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Roland Garros
(m) 1888-1918
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Jon Pertwee
(middle name Roland) (m) 1919-1996
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
François Truffaut
(middle name Roland) (m) 1932-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Rollie Fingers
(m) 1946-
Hall-of-Famers 1992 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1981 baseball
Roland Matthes
(m) 1950-2019
Olympic Medalists 1968; 1972; 1976 swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 100 m backstroke (gold/silver/bronze)
Roland Freund
(m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1984 water polo (bronze)
Roland Emmerich
(m) 1955-
Notable Filmmakers
Roland Wieser
(m) 1956-
Olympic Medalists 1980 20 km walk (bronze)
Sean Pertwee
(middle name Roland) (m) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Allain Roy
(middle name Roland) (m) 1970-
Olympic Medalists 1994 ice hockey (silver)
Roland Kökény
(m) 1975-
Olympic Medalists 2012 canoe sprint (gold)
Roland
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1976 Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Roland Deschain
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1978 The Gunslinger
Champ Bailey
(a.k.a. Roland) (m) 1978-
Hall-of-Famers 2019 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Sam Heughan
(middle name Roland) (m) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Roland Schoeman
(m) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2004 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 50 m freestyle (silver/gold/bronze)
Roland Juhász
(m) 1983-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jason Seaver
(middle name Roland) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 Growing Pains
Guy N'Dy Assembé
(middle name Roland) (m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (soccer)