Rothe or Roethe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bendt Rothe, Danish actor Camilla Rothe (born 1974), German physician and tropical medicine expert David Rothe (1573–1650), Irish Roman Catholic bishop Edward J. Roethe (1878–1952), American politician Erich Rothe (1895–1988), German-born American mathematician Jessica Rothe (born 1987), American actress Johannes Rothe, (1628-1702), prophetic preacher and Fifth Monarchist Heinrich August Rothe (1773–1842), German mathematician Henry Edgar Roethe (1866–1939), American politician Mechtild Rothe (1947), German politician Paul Rothe (1890-1961), German flying ace Peter Rothe (born 1935), German art director Richard Roethe (1865–1944), German military officer Richard Rothe (1799–1867), German theologian Rudolf Rothe (1873–1942), German mathematician Rudolph Rothe (1802–1877), Danish landscape architect Sjur Røthe (born 1988), Norwegian cross-country skier Utz Rothe (born 1940), Austrian artist Ursula Rothe (classicist), Australian classicist Rothé, a form of cattle in various roleplaying games See also Roth (disambiguation) Surnames from nicknames