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Rohan (name)

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Rohan can be both a surname and given name. The surname is derived from Rohan, a commune in northwestern France. Rohan is also a masculine given name in the Sanskrit and Hindi languages.

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Notable people with the name include:

Surname

  • Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (c. 1580–1642), Huguenot leader
  • Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise (1715–1787), peer and marshal of France
  • Denis Michael Rohan (1941–1995), Australian who attempted to burn down the al-Aqsa mosque in 1969
  • Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1683–1760), also called Chevalier de Rohan, an opponent of Voltaire
  • Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc (1725–1797), Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
  • Henri, Duke of Rohan (1579–1638), French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots
  • Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan (1669–1749)
  • Jiří Rohan (born 1964), Czechoslovak and Czech slalom canoer
  • Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan (1734–1803), prince de Rohan-Guemenée, archbishop of Strasbourg
  • Michael Scott Rohan (born 1951), Scottish fantasy and science fiction author

    • Given name

  • Rohan Amerasekera, first indigenous Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
  • Rohan Bewick (born 1989), Australian rules footballer for the Brisbane Lions
  • Rohan Bopanna (born 1980), professional Indian tennis player
  • Rohan Davey (born 1978), Jamaican-born American football quarterback
  • Rohan Dennis (born 1990), Australian racing cyclist
  • Rohan Gavaskar (born 1976), Indian former cricketer
  • Rohan Gunaratna (born 1961), terrorism expert
  • Rohan Jayasekera (cricketer) (born 1957), former cricketer who represented Sri Lanka and Canada
  • Rohan Jayasekera (writer) (born 1961), Associate Editor of Index on Censorship
  • Rohan Kanhai, a West Indian cricketer
  • Rohan Marley, businessman, Bob Marley's son
  • Rohan Pethiyagoda (born 1955), Sri Lankan taxonomist
  • Rohan Ricketts (born 1981), English footballer
  • Rohan Sippy, Indian film director
  • Rohan Smith (born 1973), Australian rules footballer
  • Rohan Suppiah (born 1982), Malaysian cricketer

    • References

    Rohan (name) Wikipedia
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