Roth (surname)
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Roth is an English
, German
or Jewish origin surname
. There are five theories:
The first historical record of Roth appears in both Colchester
and Essex
public records in 1346.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
, German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
or Jewish origin surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. There are five theories:
- ethnic name for an Anglo-SaxonAnglo-SaxonsAnglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
, derived from rot (meaning "red" in pre-7th century), referencing red-haired people. - topographical name, derived from rod (meaning "wood"), referencing a dweller in such a location.
- derivative from hroth (from the Proto-Germanic word for "fame"; related to hrod).
- locale name for 18th century AshkenaziAshkenazi JewsAshkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew name for this region and thus for Germany...
refugees to Germany. - derivative from roe in the ancient Danish language to signify (of) a king.
The first historical record of Roth appears in both Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
and Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
public records in 1346.
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- Albrecht Wilhelm RothAlbrecht Wilhelm RothAlbrecht Wilhelm Roth was a physician and botanist who was a native of Dötlingen, Germany.He studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Erlangen, where he received his doctorate in 1778....
(1757–1834), German physician and botanist - Andrew RothAndrew RothAndrew Roth was a biographer and journalist known for his compilation of Parliamentary Profiles, a directory of British Members of Parliament, which is available online in The Guardian...
(1919–2010), British political biographer - Ann RothAnn RothAnn Roth is an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre.Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Roth was a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the...
(born 1931), American costume designer - Arnie RothArnie RothArnold "Arnie" Roth is an American, Chicago-based Grammy Award-winning conductor, composer, and record producer, best known for conducting numerous video game concerts. He is also a classically-trained violinist and a member of the Grammy Award-winning music group Mannheim Steamroller...
, American musician - Arnold RothArnold RothArnold Roth is an American freelance cartoonist and illustrator for advertisements, album covers, books, magazines and newspapers.Novelist John Updike wrote, "All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so."...
(born 1929), American cartoonist - Asher RothAsher RothAsher Paul Roth is an American rapper.-Early life:Asher Roth was born and raised in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, a small town about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia. His mother, Elizabeth , is a yoga instructor, and his father, David Roth, is the executive director of a design firm...
(born 1985), American rapper
- Cecil RothCecil RothCecil Roth , was a British Jewish historian.He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and returned to Oxford as reader in Jewish Studies from 1939 to 1964...
(1899–1970), British-Israeli historian - Cecilia RothCecilia RothCecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...
(born 1958), Argentine actress - Celso RothCelso RothCelso Juarez Roth, usually known as Celso Roth , is a Brazilian football manager.- Coaching career :...
(born 1957), Brazilian football (soccer) coach - Claudia RothClaudia RothClaudia Benedikta Roth is a German Green Party politician and one of the two current party chairs, together with Cem Özdemir.- Biography :...
(born 1955), German politician
- Dagmar Roth-BehrendtDagmar Roth-BehrendtDagmar Roth-Behrendt is a German Member of the European Parliament, and a lawyer. She was elected on the SPD ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group....
(born 1953), German lawyer and politician - Daniel Roth (organist)Daniel Roth (organist)Daniel François Roth , is a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Roth began his musical training at the conservatory in his home town, Mulhouse with Professeur Joseph Victor Meyer...
(born 1942), French organist - Daniel Roth (writer)Daniel Roth (writer)Daniel Roth is a financial journalist. His current title is managing editor at Fortune.com Magazine, owned by Time Inc.Roth's focus is largely on the business of innovation. Before joining Fortune, he was a senior writer at Wired...
, financial journalist and senior writer at Wired magazine - David RothDavid RothDavid Roth is an American magician.Roth is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living coin magicians. Roth is known both for tremendous technical mastery and for playful and surrealistic formal performance pieces...
(born 1952), American magician - David Lee RothDavid Lee RothDavid Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality. Roth was ranked nineteenth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Singers of All Time....
(born 1954), American, original and present lead singer of Van Halen - Dieter RothDieter RothDieter Roth was an Icelandic artist of Swiss German origin best known for his artist's books and for his sculptures and pictures made with rotting food stuffs. He was also known as Dieter Rot and Diter Rot....
(1930–1998), German-born Swiss printmaker and mixed-media artist
- Ed RothEd Roth"Big Daddy" Ed Roth was an artist, cartoonist, custom car painter, and pinstriper who created the hot-rod icon Rat Fink and other extreme characters. As a custom car builder, Roth was a key figure in Southern California's Kustom Kulture and hot-rod movement of the late 50's and 1960's...
(1932–2001), American artist and cartoonist - Eli RothEli RothEli Raphael Roth is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Award and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award...
(born 1972), American film director, producer, writer and actor - Emery RothEmery RothEmery Roth was an American architect who designed many of the definitive New York City hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 30s, incorporating Beaux-Arts and Art Deco details...
(1871–1948), Hungarian-American architect - Eric RothEric RothEric Roth is an American screenwriter. He won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump . He also co-wrote the screenplay for Michael Mann's The Insider , the Steven Spielberg film Munich , and David Fincher's film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , all of which were nominated for...
(born 1945), American screenwriter - Ernie RothErnie RothErnie Roth , best known as The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, also well known as Abdullah Farouk, was a professional wrestling manager of many infamous heels...
(1929–1983), American wrestling manager of heels - Esther Roth-Shahamorov (born 1952), Israeli track and field athlete
- Eugen RothEugen RothEugen Roth was a German lyricist and poet, he wrote mostly humorous verse.Roth was the son of the well-known Munich writer Hermann Roth. He volunteered for service in the first world war and was severely wounded. He studied history, art history, and philosophy earning in 1922 his doctorate degree...
(1895–1976), German lyricist and poet
- Frederick RothFrederick RothFrederick George Richard Roth was an American sculptor and animalier, well known for portraying living animals. The statue of the sled dog Balto in New York City's Central Park is perhaps his most famous piece.-Biography:...
(1872–1944), American sculptor and animalier - Friederike RothFriederike RothFrederike Roth is a German writer. She is especially active as a playwright.Roth won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1983.-References:...
(born 1948), German writer
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- Gabrielle RothGabrielle RothGabrielle Roth is a musician, author, music director, dancer, philosopher and recording artist in the world music and trance dance genres, with a special interest in shamanism. Known as the "urban shaman", she is music director of the theatre company The Mirrors and has been a member of the...
, American musician, "urban shaman" - Gerhard RothGerhard RothGerhard Roth is an Austrian writer.-Life:The son of a medical practitioner, Roth originally also wanted to study medicine himself, but soon focussed on literature. Initially, he earned his living as a computer programmer; he has been a freelance writer since 1976...
, (several people)
- Heinrich RothHeinrich RothHeinrich Roth was a missionary and pioneering Sanskrit scholar.- Life :...
(1620–1668), German missionary - Henry RothHenry RothHenry Roth was an American novelist and short story writer.-Biography:Roth was born in Tysmenitz near Stanislaviv, Galicia, Austro-Hungary...
(1906–1995), American novelist and short story writer - Henry Ling RothHenry Ling RothHenry Ling Roth was an English-born anthropologist and museum curator, active in Australia.-Early life:Roth was born in London, the son of Dr Mathias Roth, an Austrian-born surgeon, and his English wife Anna Maria, née Collins. Henry was educated at University College School, London, and studied...
(1855–1925), English-born anthropologist, active in Australia
- J. D. Roth (born 1968), American TV personality, actor, children's game show host, TV voice-over performer, TV reality show producer
- Jane Richards RothJane Richards RothJane Richards Roth is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She assumed senior status on May 31, 2006.-Biography:...
(born 1935), American federal judge - Joanna RothJoanna RothJoanna Roth born 1965 in Århus, Denmark is an actress.She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has appeared in film, TV, video games and theatre, in roles such as Ophelia in the film Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead....
(born 1965), Danish-born actress - Joe RothJoe RothJoe Roth is an American film executive, producer and film director. He co-founded Morgan Creek Productions in 1987 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox , Caravan Pictures , and Walt Disney Studios before founding Revolution Studios in 2000.-Life and career:Roth was born in New York, New York,...
(born 1948), American entertainment executive, producer and film director - Joe Roth (American football)Joe Roth (American football)Joe Roth was a college football player, an All-American quarterback at the University of California, Berkeley. Roth played the 1976 season with melanoma and died 3 months after his last regular season game , in February 1977...
(c. 1955–1977), American college football player - Joel RothJoel RothJoel Roth is a prominent American rabbi in the Rabbinical Assembly, which is the rabbinical body of Conservative Judaism. He is a former member and chair of the assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards which deals with questions of Jewish law and tradition, and serves as the Louis...
(born ?), American rabbi - Johannes RothJohannes RothJohannes Rudolf Roth was a German zoologist and traveler.Roth was born in Nuremberg to Karl Johann Friedrich von Roth, supreme president of the Bavarian consistory...
(1815–1858), German zoologist - John Roth (born 1942), Canadian CEO of Nortel
- Joseph RothJoseph RothJoseph Roth, born Moses Joseph Roth , was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for his novel of Jewish life, Job as well as the seminal essay 'Juden auf Wanderschaft' translated in...
(1894–1939), Austrian novelist - Justus Ludwig Adolf RothJustus Ludwig Adolf RothJustus Ludwig Adolf Roth was a German geologist and mineralogist.-Biography:In 1848 he went to the University of Berlin as privatdocent of geology, and in 1867 he was appointed professor of mineralogy there. He may be regarded as one of the founders of petrographical science...
(1818–1892), German geologist and mineralogist
- Klaus RothKlaus RothKlaus Friedrich Roth is a British mathematician known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution. He was born in Breslau, Prussia, but raised and educated in the UK. He graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1945...
(born 1925), British mathematician - Leonard RothLeonard RothLeonard Roth was a mathematician working in the Italian school of algebraic geometry...
(1904–1968)), British mathematician - Ludwig RothLudwig RothLudwig Roth was the Aerospace engineer who was the head of the Peenemünde Future Projects Office which designed the Wasserfall and created advanced rockets designs such as the A9/A10 ICBM....
(1909–1967), German rocket scientist
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- Martin RothMartin RothProfessor Sir Martin Roth FRS was a British psychiatrist.He was Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, 1977–85, then Professor Emeritus, and was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1977. He was one of the pioneers in developing Psychogeriatrics as a subspecialty.-References:...
(1917–2006), British psychiatrist - Marty RothMarty RothMarty Roth is a former Canadian race car driver who most recently competed in the IndyCar Series where he owned his own team, Roth Racing....
(born 1958), Canadian race car driver - Matt RothMatt RothMatthew M. Roth is an American football defensive end and outside linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
(born 1982), American football player - Matt Roth (actor)Matt Roth (actor)Matthew Roth is an American actor. He had a recurring role on Roseanne as Jackie's abusive boyfriend, Fisher from 1992-1993.He joined the cast of Desperate Housewives in fall 2006 as new neighbor Art Shephard....
(born 1964), American actor - Michael RothMichael RothMichael Roth is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal...
(born 1962), West German handball player
- Petra RothPetra RothPetra Roth is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union . Since 1995 she is mayor of Frankfurt. In addition and in a rerun she is president of Deutscher Städtetag since 2009 which is the head organisation and lobby group of all German cities obverse the Cabinet of Germany, the German...
(born 1944), German politician, mayor of Frankfurt - Philip RothPhilip RothPhilip Milton Roth is an American novelist. He gained fame with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an irreverent and humorous portrait of Jewish-American life that earned him a National Book Award...
(born 1933), American novelist - Philipp RothPhilipp RothPhilipp Roth was a German violoncellist. He was born at Tarnowitz in Prussian Silesia....
(1853–1898), German cellist
- Richard RothRichard RothRichard Roth is an American journalist, a CNN correspondent who covers the United Nations and was the host of Diplomatic License , a weekly program that was devoted to United Nations affairs. Roth is a CNN "original" — one of the first employees when the network launched in 1980...
(born 1955), American journalist
- Sanford H. RothSanford H. RothSanford H. Roth was an internationally known photographer whose work has appeared in Time, Life, Look, Fortune, Paris Match, Elle, Der Stern, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Oggi, People, and other publications...
(1906―1962), American photographer - Stephen John RothStephen John RothStephen John Roth was a United States federal judge.Roth received a Ph.B. from the University of Notre Dame in 1931, and an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1935. He was in private practice in Flint, Michigan, 1935–37, 1939–41, 1943, 1945-48 from 1950 to 52...
, United States federal judgeUnited States federal judgeIn the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution.... - Stephan Ludwig RothStephan Ludwig RothStephan Ludwig Roth was a Transylvanian Saxon intellectual, pedagogue and Lutheran pastor....
(1796―1849), Transylvanian Saxon intellectual, pedagogue and Lutheran pastor
- Tim RothTim RothSimon Timothy "Tim" Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films,Legend of 1900, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Skellig, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for...
(born 1961), English film actor and director
- Ulrich RothUlrich RothUlrich Roth , more commonly known as Uli Jon Roth, is a Germanguitarist and one of the earliest contributors to the neo-classical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky Academy and inventor of the Sky Guitar. He is the older brother of fellow guitarist and artist Zeno Roth.-Career:In the early...
(born 1954), German electric guitarist
- Valentina RothValentina RothValentina Alejandra Roth Soracco is a dancer, model and television personality best known for her participations in Rojo, Yingo and Calle 7-Career:...
(born 1991), Chilean dancer and television personality - Vladimír RothVladimír RothVladimír Roth is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC Slavia Praha of the Czech Extraliga.Roth played previously for London Knights.-External links:...
, Czech ice hockey player
- Walter RothWalter RothWalter Edmund Roth was an English anthropologist and physician, active in Australia. He and his brother, Henry Ling Roth, are the subject of The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration....
(1861–1933), English Ethnologist in Australia - Werner Roth (comics)Werner Roth (comics)Werner Roth was an American comic book artist, perhaps best known for immediately succeeding Jack Kirby on Marvel Comics' X-Men....
(1921–1973), American comic book artist - Werner Roth (soccer)Werner Roth (soccer)Werner Roth is a retired American professional football defender.Mainly associated with the New York Cosmos, he also represented the United States men's national soccer team for three years...
(born 1948), American soccer player - William M. RothWilliam M. RothWilliam Matson Roth was a shipping executive, special ambassador for trade, member of the ACLU executive committee, and Regent for the University of California....
(born 1916), American politician - William V. Roth, Jr.William V. Roth, Jr.William Victor "Bill" Roth, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative and U.S...
(1921–2003), American lawyer and politician