Roth (surname)

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Roth Family Name
Meaning	"red", or "wood", or "renown"
Related names	Rothe, Rother, Rothert, Roiter, Roter, Rotheman, Rothman, Rothmann, Rottmann, Roitman, Reitman
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Roth

Roth is an English, German or Jewish origin surname. There are four theories:

1. ethnic name for an Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot (meaning "red" in pre 7th century), referencing red haired people.
2. topographical name, derived from rod (meaning "wood"), referencing a dweller in such a location.
3. derivative from hrod (meaning "renown" in German).
4. locale name for 18th century Ashkenazi refugees to Germany.

The first historical record of Roth appears in both Colchester and Essex public records in 1346. People with the surname Roth include:^[1]

• Andrew Roth (b. 1919)), British political biographer
• Ann Roth (b. 1931), American costume designer
• Arnold Roth (b. 1929), American cartoonist
• Cecil Roth (1899 – 1970), British-Israeli historian
• Cecilia Roth (b. 1958), Argentine actress
• Claudia Roth (b. 1955), German politician
• Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (b. 1953), German lawyer and politician
• Daniel Roth (organist) (b. 1942), French organist
• David Roth (b. 1952), American magician
• David Lee Roth (b. 1954), American, original lead singer of Van Halen
• Dieter Roth (1930 – 1998), German-born Swiss printmaker and mixed-media artist
• Ed Roth (1932 – 2001), American artist and cartoonist
• Eli Roth (b. 1972), American film director, producer, writer and actor
• Emery Roth (1871 – 1948), Hungarian-American architect
• Eric Roth (b. 1945), American screenwriter
• Ernie Roth (1929 - 1983), American wrestling manager of heels
• Esther Roth-Shachamarov (b. 1952), Israeli track and field athlete
• Eugen Roth (1895 - 1976), German lyricist and poet
• Frederick Roth (1872 – 1944), American sculptor and animalier
• Friederike Roth (b. 1948), German writer
• Gerhard Roth, (various)
• Heinrich Roth (1620 – 1668), German missionary
• Henry Roth (1906 - 1995), American novelist and short story writer
• J. D. Roth (b. 1968), American TV personality, actor, children's game show host, TV voice-over performer, TV reality show producer
• Jane Richards Roth (b. 1935), American federal judge
• Joanna Roth (b. 1965), Danish-born actress
• Joe Roth (b. 1948), American entertainment executive, producer and film director
• Joe Roth (American football) (c. 1955 - 1977), American college football player
• Joel Roth (b.?), American rabbi
• Johannes Roth (1815 – 1858), German zoologist
• John Roth (b. 1942), Canadian CEO of Nortel
• Joseph Roth (1894 - 1939), Austrian novelist
• Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth (1818 – 1892), German geologist and mineralogist
• Klaus Roth (b. 1925), British mathematician
• Ludwig Roth (1909 - 1967), German rocket scientist
• Marco Roth (b.?), American journal founder
• Martin Roth (1917 - 2006), British psychiatrist
• Marty Roth (b. 1958), Canadian race car driver
• Matt Roth (b. 1982), American football player
• Michael Roth (b. 1962), West German handball player
• Petra Roth (b. 1944), German politician, mayor of Frankfurt
• Philip Roth, American novelist
• Philipp Roth (b. 1933), American novelist
• Richard Roth (b. 1955), American journalist
• Sanford H. Roth (1906―1962), American photographer
• Sid Roth (b.?), messianic Jewish host of a daily radio show
• Stephan Ludwig Roth (1796 ― 1849), Transylvanian Saxon intellectual, pedagogue and Lutheran pastor
• Tim Roth (b. 1961), English film actor and director
• Ulrich Roth (b. 1954), German electric guitarist
• Werner Roth (comics) (b.?), American comic book artist
• Werner Roth (soccer) (b. 1948), American soccer player
• William V. Roth, Jr. (1921 – 2003), American lawyer and politician

[edit] See also

• Rothe

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