Roman (name)

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Roman is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language. It comes from the Latin word "romanus", which means "of Rome". In this initial sense, the title "Roman" means "a citizen of the Roman Empire", a man of Roman (or Byzantine) culture, Latin or Greek. The name day festival for Roman may take place on different days depending on the country.

Variations of the name include:

• French: Romain
• Hungarian: Román
• Italian: Romano
• Portuguese: Romão
• Spanish: Román
• Polish: Roman
• Russian: Роман (Roman)

Roman may refer to:

Famous Persons named "Roman"

• Roman Abramovich (born 1966), Russian oligarch
• Roman Berezovsky (born 1974), Armenian football player
• Roman Borys (born 1965), Ukrainian-Canadian cellist, member of the Gryphon Trio (Classical chamber music ensemble)
• Roman Coppola (born 1965), American film director
• Roman Eremenko (born 1987), Finnish football player
• Roman Glick, American bass guitarist for American rock band Jackyl
• Roman Golanowski (born 1969), Polish long jumper
• Roman Greenberg ("The Lion from Zion"; born 1982), Israeli International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental champion heavyweight boxer
• Roman Harper (born 1982), American football player
• Roman Herzog (born 1934), former President of Germany
• Roman Hubník (born 1984), Czech football player
• Roman Ingarden (1893-1970), Polish philosopher
• Roman Ivanovsky (born 1977), Russian swimmer
• Roman Kantor (1912-43), Polish épée fencer, Nordic champion & Soviet champion
• Roman Kroitor (born 1926), Canadian filmmaker
• Roman Madrolle, music artist and producer
• Roman Neustädter (born 1988), German football player
• Roman Opałka (born 1931), Polish painter
• Roman Pavlyuchenko (born 1981), Russian football player
• Roman Polanski (born 1933), Polish director
• Juan Román Riquelme (born 1978), Argentine football player
• Roman Romanenko (born 1971), Russian cosmonaut
• Roman U. Sexl (1939-1986), Austrian theoretical physicist
• Roman Shirokov (born 1981), Russian football player
• Roman Shukhevych (1907-1950), Ukrainian politician and military leader
• Roman Tam (1950-2002), Hong Kong singer
• Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), Russian photographer
• Roman Volodkov (born 1973), Ukrainian diver
• Roman Weidenfeller (born 1980), German football player
• Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
• Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
• Roman Yegorov (born 1974), Russian swimmer
• Roman Zaretski (born 1983), Belarusian-born Israeli Olympic ice dancer
• Roman Bellic, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV

See also

• Romain (disambiguation)
• Romano (disambiguation)
• Romanus (disambiguation)