Rood (surname)
Introduction '''Rood''' is a Dutch surname. Meaning "red", it often originally referred to a person with red hair. The name can also be toponymic, since in Middle Dutch "rood" or "rode" was a name for a cleared area in the woods. Among variant forms are ''De Rood(e)'', ''Roode'', Roodt'' and 'Van Rood''. The name can also be of English toponymic origin, referring to someone living near a ''rood'' ("cross"). Notable people with the surname include:*Anson Rood (1827–1898), American businessman and Wisconsin politician*Davenport Rood (fl. 1840s), American carpenter and Wisconsin councilman*Denise Rood (born 1955), American violinist*Grace Alexandra Rood (1893–1981), New Zealand school dental nurse*Harold W. Rood (1922–2011), American political scientist*John Rood (born 1968), American businessman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy since 2018*John D. Rood (born 1955), American businessman, Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2004 to 2007*Jon van Rood (1926–2017), Dutch immunologist* (born 1955), Dutch screenwriter, film director and philosopher*Katie Rood (born 1992), New Zealand football forward*Mary Rood, British silversmith*Max Rood (1927–2001), Dutch legal scholar and D66 politician*Ogden Rood (1831–1902), American physicist and color theorist*Richard Rood (violinist) (born 1955), American violinist*Richard B. Rood (born c. 1955), American climatologist*Richard E. Rood, better known as Rick Rude (1958–1999), American professional wrestler*Ronald Rood (1920–2001), American author, naturalist and radio commentator*Theoderic Rood (fl. 1470s), English printer*Tim Rood (born 1960s), British classical scholar;Variant spellings*Bobby Roode (born 1977), Canadian professional wrestler*Dan Roodt (born 1967), Afrikaner author, publisher, and commentator*Darrell Roodt (born 1962), South African film director, screenwriter and producer*Dewald Roode (1940–2009), South African computer scientist and information systems researcher*Hendrik Roodt (born 1987), South African rugby player;Middle names derived from the surname*Charles Rood Keeran (1883–1948), American (Illinois) inventor and businessman*James Rood Doolittle (1815–1897), American politician, US Senator from Wisconsin 1857–69*John Rood Cunningham (1891–1980), American college president
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