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
  • Antoon Gerard Roos (1877–1953), Dutch philologist
  • Björn Roos (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
  • Eddy Roos (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
  • Noëlla Roos (b. 1969), Dutch painter, daughter of Eddy
  • 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
  • Toon Roos (b. 1964), Dutch jazz saxophonist and composer
  • William Roos (1808–1878), Welsh painter and engraver
Military
Politics
  • John Roos (b. 1955), American diplomat, former Ambassador to Japan
  • Karl Roos (1878–1940), Alsace politician
  • Lawrence K. Roos (1918–2005), American (Missouri) banker and politician
  • Mike Roos (b. 1946), American (Californian) 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 (b. 1953), 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
  • 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
  • Michael Roos (b. 1991), Swiss ice hockey 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
  • Jørgen Roos (1922–1998), Danish documentary filmmaker
  • Magnus Friedrich Roos (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
  • Willem Roos (1882–1915), Dutch World War I spy for Germany executed in England

See also

References
  1. Roos Name Meaning at ancestry.com
  2. Roos at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands
  3. Roos at the HouseofNames.com
  4. Roos in Finland
  5. https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/pere/Roos
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