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Woodes Rogers was an 18th century English privateer who became Governor of Bermuda.
Henry H. Rogers was known as the brains of the Standard Oil Trust and considered one of the last great robber barons of his day.
Will Rogers, known as Oklahoma's favorite son, was a popular vaudeville artist and movie actor of the 1920's and 1930's.
Ginger Rogers, the dance partner to Fred Astaire, was born Virginia McMath.
Roy Rogers was the well-known cowboy actor and singer.
Carl Rogers from Chicago was one of the foremost psychologists of the 20th century.
Richard Rogers is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs, most notably with the Pompidou Center in Paris.
Kenny Rogers is the popular American country music singer from Texas.
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Rogers is a patromymic surname,
deriving from the given name Roger (from hrod meaning "renown" and gari "spear") that was commonly
used by the Normans. It was mainly to be found in the west
country. Henry Rogeres was recorded in the tax rolls for
Worcestershire
in 1327; Thomas Rogers built Rogers Manor in Bradford in Wiltshire in
1450; and Rogers were prominent merchants in Bristol and Plymouth in
the 16th century. The name also cropped up in Devon and
Cornwall.
This patronymic surname was to be found in SW Scotland as Rodgers and in Wales (with the "g" silent) as Prosser (ap Roger). Rogers was taken to Ireland in Cromwellian times where it became used as an anglicization for the Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí or McRory, an Ulster name n Derry and Tyrone meaning "red king."
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This patronymic surname was to be found in SW Scotland as Rodgers and in Wales (with the "g" silent) as Prosser (ap Roger). Rogers was taken to Ireland in Cromwellian times where it became used as an anglicization for the Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí or McRory, an Ulster name n Derry and Tyrone meaning "red king."
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- Rogers Family Records. Rogers family and names in England and America.
- The Rogers Family. The Rogers family from Plymouth.
- English Ancestry of the Pilgrim Thomas Rogers. Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower.
- Rogers Family Genealogy. Descendants of Adam Rogers in Connecticut.
- Rogers DNA Project. Rogers DNA.
Woodes Rogers was an 18th century English privateer who became Governor of Bermuda.
Henry H. Rogers was known as the brains of the Standard Oil Trust and considered one of the last great robber barons of his day.
Will Rogers, known as Oklahoma's favorite son, was a popular vaudeville artist and movie actor of the 1920's and 1930's.
Ginger Rogers, the dance partner to Fred Astaire, was born Virginia McMath.
Roy Rogers was the well-known cowboy actor and singer.
Carl Rogers from Chicago was one of the foremost psychologists of the 20th century.
Richard Rogers is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs, most notably with the Pompidou Center in Paris.
Kenny Rogers is the popular American country music singer from Texas.
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- 75,000 in the UK (most numerous in Surrey)
- 95,000 in America (most numerous in Texas)
- 44,000 elsewhere (most numerous in Australia)