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, Czech: Roman
- Russian: Роман (Roman)
Roman may refer to:
Persons
Pre-20th century
- Roman of Bulgaria (early 930s-997), Tsar of Bulgaria
- Roman Svyatoslavich (c. 1052-1079), Prince of Tmutarakan in Kievan Rus'
- Roman I of Kiev (died 1180), Prince of Smolensk, Grand Prince of Kiev and Prince of Novgorod
- Roman the Great (c. 1152-1205), Grand Prince of Kiev
- Roman Danylovich (c. 1230-c. 1261), Prince of Black Ruthenia (Navahradak), Prince of Slonim?
- Roman I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (1391-1394)
- Roman II of Moldavia, co-ruler of Moldavia (1447-1448)
- Roman Bagration (1778–1834), Georgian prince and Imperial Russian Army general
Modern
- Roman Abramovich (born 1966), Russian oligarch
- Roman Atwood (born 1983), American comedian and prankster
- 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 (born 1982), Israeli heavyweight boxer
- Roman Hamrlík (born 1975), Czech retired National Hockey League defenceman
- Roman Harper (born 1982), American football player
- Roman Herzog (born 1934), former President of Germany
- Roman Hruska (1904-1999), U.S. Senator from Nebraska
- Roman Hubník (born 1984), Czech football player
- Roman Ingarden (1893-1970), Polish philosopher
- Roman Ivanovsky (born 1977), Russian swimmer
- Roman Jakobson (1896-1982), Russian-American philologist
- Roman Kantor (1912–43), Polish épée fencer, Nordic champion and 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
- Roman Quinn (born 1993), American baseball player
- Roman Rasskazov (born 1979), Russian race walker
- 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
Fictional characters
- Roman Bellic, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
- Roman Brady, a character in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Roman Grant, a character in the TV series Big Love
- Roman, a character in the TV series Star-Crossed
- Roman Godfrey, main character in the Netflix original TV series, Hemlock Grove
- Roman Torchwick second antagonist in the American style anime series RWBY.
See also
- Romain (disambiguation)
- Romano (disambiguation)
- Romanus (disambiguation)