Rolando (given name)
Rolando is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese variant of Roland, the Frankish military hero who served under Charlemagne and whose life became the basis for the medieval French epic Chanson de Roland and various other works of European literature. The name appears most frequently as a Spanish given name. Its presence is said to be from Spain, however it has also been used in Italy, sometimes as a surname. Related names include Roland, Orlando and Roldán.
List of people with the given name Rolando
- Rolando (footballer), Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca
- Rolando Aarons, English footballer
- Rolando Alarcón, Chilean folk musician
- Rolando Bianchi, Italian footballer
- Rolando Blackman American basketball player
- Rolando Cruz, Puerto Rican pole vaulter
- Rolando Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
- Rolando Frazer, Panamanian basketball player
- Rolando Garibotti, Argentinian-American climber
- Rolando Jurquin, volleyball player
- Rolando Pinedo Larrea, Afro-Bolivian crown prince
- Rolando McClain, American football player
- Rolando Mendoza, Nicaraguan athlete
- Rolando Perez, American mixed martial artist
- Rolando Zárate, Argentine football player
- Edson Rolando Silva Sousa, Portuguese footballer
- Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster, US-based Argentine businessman