Roscoe (name)

Roscoe (also spelled Rosco, Roscow,^[1] and Ruscoe^[2]) is a Cornish name^[3] originating from the Old Norse words for "doe wood"^[4] or "roebuck copse".^[5] It is also an Americanized spelling of the French name Racicot,^[5] and possibly a corruption of Roscrowe.^[3]

People with the given name

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1877–1933), American silent film star
Roscoe Bartlett (born 1926), U.S. Representative from the state of Maryland
Roscoe Beck, American bass guitarist and record producer
Roscoe Born (1950–2020), American actor
Roscoe Brady (1923–2016), American biochemist
Roscoe Brown (1922–2016), US Army Air Force pilot
Roscoe Lee Browne (1925–2007), American actor and director
Roscoe Bulmer (1874–1919), US Navy captain
Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888), American politician
Roscoe G. Dickinson (1894–1945), American chemist
Roscoe Dixon (1949–2021), American politician
Roscoe D'Sane (born 1980), English footballer
Roscoe Goose (1891–1971), American jockey
Rosco Gordon (1928–2002), American blues singer and songwriter
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (1897–1982), US Navy vice admiral and first director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Roscoe Holcomb (1912–1981), American singer and musician
Roscoe Karns (1891–1970), American actor
Roscoe R. Koch (1887–1963), American politician
Roscoe C. McCulloch (1880–1958), American politician
Rosco McGlashan (born 1950), Australian drag racing driver
Roscoe Miller (1876–1913), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940), African-American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator,
Roscoe Nicholson (1887–1959), American surveyor and conservationist
Roscoe Orman (born 1944), American actor and comedian best known for playing Gordon on Sesame Street
Roscoe Parrish (born 1982), American National Football League wide receiver
Roscoe C. Patterson (1876–1954), American Senator and US Representative from Missouri
Roscoe Pondexter (born 1952), American basketball player
Roscoe Pound (1870–1964), American legal scholar and educator
Roscoe Reynolds (born 1942), US Senator from Virginia
Roscoe Robinson, Jr. (1928–1993), first African American four-star general in the US Army
Roscoe Sarles (1892–1922), American race car driver
Roscow Shedden, Anglican Bishop of Nassau (1919–1931)
Roscoe Shelton (1931–2002), American electric blues and R&B singer
Roscoe Tanner (born 1951), American tennis player
Roscoe Thompson (1922–1988), American NASCAR driver
Roscoe Troxler (1883–1976), American jockey
Roscoe Turner (1895–1970), American aviator
Roscoe B. Woodruff (1891–1975), American major general

People with the surname

Alan Roscoe (1886–1933), American film actor
Andy Roscoe, English footballer
Bill Roscoe (born 1956), British professor of computing
B. J. Rosco (born 1932), American composer
Francis James Roscoe (1831–1878), Canadian entrepreneur and politician
Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833–1915), English chemist and university vice-chancellor
Ingrid Roscoe (1944–2020), British art historian and Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
James Roscoe (1820–1890), English locomotive engineer and colliery owner
Kenneth H. Roscoe (1914–1970), British civil engineer
Margaret Roscoe (c. 1786 – 1840), English botanical illustrator and author whose standard author abbreviation is M.Roscoe
Martin Roscoe (born 1952), English classical pianist
Patrick Roscoe (born 1962), Canadian writer
Samantha Roscoe (born 1995), Australian-British basketball player
Theodore Roscoe (1906–1992), American writer
Will Roscoe (born 1964), American activist and author
William Roscoe (1753–1831), English historian and botanist whose standard author abbreviation is Roscoe
William Caldwell Roscoe (1823–1859), English journalist and poet
Alan Ruscoe (born 1972), British actor
John Ruscoe (1623–1702), English founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut
Melissa Ruscoe (born 1976), New Zealand association football and rugby player
Scott Ruscoe (born 1977), Welsh footballer and manager
Sybil Ruscoe (born 1960), English radio and television presenter

People with the nickname or stage name

Roscoe Dash, stage name of American rapper Jeffery Johnson Jr. (born 1990)
Ross Taylor ("Roscoe" Taylor) (born 1984), New Zealand cricketer
Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III (1951–2011), American drummer
Roscoe (rapper) (born 1983), brother of Kurupt
Bronco Mendenhall (born 1966), Brigham Young University football coach
Ian Ross (newsreader) (1940–2014), Australian news presenter
Sterling Roswell, drummer in the British band Spacemen 3
Terry Ruskowski (born 1954), Canadian National Hockey League player nicknamed "Roscow"

Fictional characters

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, from The Dukes of Hazzard
Michael J. Roscoe and his son Paul Roscoe, from the second book in Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series, Point Blanc
Roscoe, mascot of the Milwaukee Admirals minor league hockey team
Roscoe, character from the British Channel 4 programme Shameless
Roscoe Babatunde, character from the British Channel 4 programme It's a Sin
Roscoe, character from Oliver & Company
Roscoe family, characters in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Roscoe Rodriguez, the main protagonist of the British comic book series MPH
Roscoe Sweeney, character in the newspaper comic strip Buz Sawyer
Roscoe Sweeney, character from Marvel's Daredevil
Roscoe, from The Killing Floor by Lee Child

References

^ Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Clearfield. p. 123. ISBN 9780806301716. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Google Books.
^ Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica, a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. John Russell Smith. p. 297. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.
^ ^a ^b Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica, a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. John Russell Smith. pp. 293–294. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.
^ Thomas, Siobhan (30 August 2018). Best Baby Names for 2019: Over 8,000 names and 100 inspiration lists. Random House. ISBN 9781473560345. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Hanks, Patrick, ed. (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 221. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Google Books.

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[1] Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Clearfield. p. 123. ISBN 9780806301716. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Google Books.

[2] Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica, a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. John Russell Smith. p. 297. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.

[Lower293–294-3] Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica, a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. John Russell Smith. pp. 293–294. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.

[4] Thomas, Siobhan (30 August 2018). Best Baby Names for 2019: Over 8,000 names and 100 inspiration lists. Random House. ISBN 9781473560345. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Google Books.

[Hanks-5] Hanks, Patrick, ed. (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 221. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Google Books.

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