# Rodney (name)

The personal name Rodney is a toponymic surname derived from the name of an unidentified place near the Somerset/Wiltshire border. Rodney became a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as Baron Rodney. Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name in the 18th century, originally in honour of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

## Surnames

* Brenda Solzano-Rodney (born 1962), West Indian cricketer
* Caesar Rodney (1728–1784), lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware
* Caesar A. Rodney (1772–1824), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
* Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), merchant and Governor of Delaware
* Daniel Rodney (1764–1846), merchant, Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware
* Fernando Rodney (born 1977), relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals
* George B. Rodney (1803–1883), lawyer and U.S. Representative from Delaware
* George B. Rodney, Jr. (1842–1927) Governor of Alaska and U.S. Army officer
* George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718–1792), admiral in the British Royal Navy
* George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (1753–1802)
* George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (1782–1842)
* Sir John Rodney (13??-1400)
* Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (1785–1846)
* Thomas Rodney (1744–1811), lawyer and Continental Congressman from Delaware
* Walter Rodney (1942–1980), Guyanese historian and politician

## Given name

See also: All pages with titles beginning with Rodney
* Rodney (wrestler) (born 1971), American professional wrestler
* Rodney Adams (born 1994), American football player
* Rodney Alcala (1943–2021), convicted American rapist and serial killer
* Rodney Allison (born 1956), American football coach
* Rodney Anderson (Wyoming politician) (born 1931), American politician
* Rodney Anderson (born 1968), American politician
* Rodney Anderson (American football) (born 1996), American football player
* Rodney Anoaʻi (1966–2000), American professional wrestler better known as Yokozuna and member of Anoaʻi family
* Rodney Ansell (1954–1999), Australian man who inspired the "Crocodile" Dundee films
* Rodney Atkins (born 1969), an American country singer
* Boss Bailey (born 1979), an American football linebacker whose real name is Rodney
* Rodney Bailey (born 1979), an American football player
* Rodney Begnaud (born 1973), American professional wrestler
* Rodney Bewes (1937–2017), English actor
* Rodney Bingenheimer (born 1946), radio disc jockey
* Rod Bonella (1945/46–2000), Australian long-distance runner and horse trainer
* Rod Carew (born 1945), baseball player
* Rodney Carrington (born 1968), comedian and star of Rodney (TV series)
* Rodney Caston (born 1977), American writer
* Rodney Clavell, former South Australian corrections officer and prisoner at Yatala Labour Prison
* Rodney Collin (1909–1956), British writer
* Rodney Craig (born 1945), British fencer
* Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian
* Rodney Eastman (born 1967), Canadian actor
* Rodney Fox (born 1940), Australian film maker and shark attack survivor
* Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (born 1946), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
* Rodney A. Hawes, Jr. (born 1939), American business executive and philanthropist.
* Rodney Hawkins (born 1993), American basketball player
* Rodney Howard-Browne (born 1961), South African, American Evangelist
* Rodney Jack (born 1972), St. Vincent football player
* Rodney Jenkins (1944–2024), American equestrian
* Rodney Jerkins (born 1977), American record producer, rapper, and songwriter
* Rodney King (1965–2012), African-American whose beating by the LAPD sparked race riots in Los Angeles, California
* Rodney Linderman (born 1963), better known as Rodney Anonymous, of the Dead Milkmen
* Rodney MacDonald (born 1972), Canadian politician and former Premier of Nova Scotia
* Rod McKuen (1933–2015), American singer, poet
* Rodney Marks (1968–2000), Australian astrophysicist
* Rodney Marsh (footballer) (born 1944), English footballer
* Rod Marsh (1947–2022), Australian cricketer
* Rodney Matthews (born 1945), English artist and illustrator
* Rodney Mazion (born 1971), American football and baseball player
* Rodney Mullen (born 1966), professional skateboarder
* Rodney Price (born 1972), Jamaican artist
* Rodney Reed (born 1967), American death row inmate
* Rodney Robert Porter (1917–1985), English biochemist
* Rodney Rowland (born 1964), American actor
* Rodney Scott (actor) (born 1978), American actor
* Rodney Scott (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player
* Rodney Scott (pitmaster) (born 1971), American chef and whole-hog barbecue pitmaster
* Rodney Seaborn (1912−2008), Australian psychiatrist and performing arts philanthropist
* Rodney Stuckey (born 1986), American basketball player
* Rodney Vandergert (1935–2009), Sri Lankan diplomat
* Rod Wallace (born 1969), English footballer
* Rodney Wallace (American football) (1949–2013), American football offensive lineman
* Rodney Wallace (fighter) (born 1981), American professional mixed martial arts fighter
* Rodney Wallace (footballer) (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer for New York City FC
* Rodney Wallace (Massachusetts politician) (1823–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
* Rodney Warnakula (born 1961), Sri Lankan actor
* Rodney Williams (disambiguation), multiple people

## Fictional characters

* Rodney, a hamster villager in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and New Horizons
* Rodney Copperbottom, character in the movie Robots
* Rodney McKay, character in science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis
* Rodney Trotter, character in British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
* Rodney J. Squirrel, one of the main characters from Squirrel Boy
* Rodney Ford, character from manga and anime series Element Hunters
* Rodney Stone, the narrator of boxing novel Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle
* Rodney Wilson, a character in the 2012 American comedy movie Wanderlust
* Rodney, character from Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
* Sir Rodney, character in the American comic strip The Wizard of Id