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Rod of Iron Ministries
Rod of Iron Ministries, also known as the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, is a gun-centered church in Pennsylvania founded by Sean Moon, son of Sun Myung Moon.
Rod Paavola
Rod Paavola (Rodney Earland Paavola, 1939-1995) was an American ice hockey defenseman from Hancock, Michigan, who won gold with the United States at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics and later played for the Muskegon Zephyrs and coached the Portage Lake Pioneers.
Rod Pelton
Rod Pelton is an American politician and Republican member of the Colorado Senate from the 35th district, elected in 2022 after two terms in the Colorado House.
Rod Plaxton
Rod Plaxton (Hayward Alan Roger Plaxton, 1904-1963), Canadian defenseman with the Toronto Graduates; won ice hockey gold for Canada at the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics, playing three games without scoring; later a Canada Life mortgage manager.
Rod Roddenberry
Rod Roddenberry (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Jr., born 1974) is an American producer, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, executive producer of recent Star Trek series, and founder of the Roddenberry Foundation.
Rod Roddy
Rod Roddy (Robert Ray Roddy, 1937-2003) was an American game show announcer, famous for The Price Is Right (1986-2003), Soap, Press Your Luck, Love Connection, and his Thai silk jackets.
Rod Rosenstein
Rod Rosenstein (born 1965) is an American lawyer, 37th Deputy Attorney General of the United States (2017-2019) and former U.S. Attorney for Maryland (2005-2017) who wrote the Comey firing memo and appointed Robert Mueller special counsel.
Rod Serling
Rod Serling (1924–1975), American screenwriter and creator, host, and principal writer of The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); also known for Playhouse 90's Patterns, Night Gallery, Planet of the Apes, and record Emmy wins for dramatic writing.
Rod Smart
Rod Smart (Torrold Smart), NFL running back and kick returner known as "He Hate Me" from the 2001 XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws; played 53 NFL games, mostly for the Carolina Panthers, including Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Rod Smith (politician)
Rod Smith is an American attorney and Democratic politician from Florida who served as a state senator, State Attorney, and chairman of the Florida Democratic Party.
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger (1925-2002), American Method actor; won the Best Actor Oscar as Sheriff Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967); known for On the Waterfront, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago.
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart (Roderick David Stewart), British singer born 1945 in London, known for his raspy voice; Jeff Beck Group and Faces frontman, "Maggie May" hitmaker, over 150 million records sold, twice a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and knighted in 2016.
Rod Stewart discography
Rod Stewart discography: catalog of the British singer's roughly 32 solo studio albums (1969–2024, Mercury, Warner Bros., Capitol), Faces and Jeff Beck Group recordings, UK number-one singles like Maggie May, certifications, and 2024–2025 releases.
Rod Strachan
Rod Strachan (Rodney Strachan), American swimmer born 1955 in Santa Monica; 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m individual medley with world record 4:23.68, 1973 world silver medalist, later an internal medicine physician.
Rod Strickland
Rod Strickland (born 1966) is an American basketball coach and former NBA point guard, 1988 Knicks first-rounder from DePaul; 17 seasons, 1998 All-NBA second team, league-leading 10.5 assists, never an All-Star; now LIU Brooklyn head coach.
Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor (Rodney Sturt Taylor, 1930-2015), Australian-born Hollywood leading man of The Time Machine (1960), Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), and the voice of Pongo in 101 Dalmatians; final role as Churchill in Inglourious Basterds.
Rod Temperton
Rod Temperton (Rodney Lynn Temperton), English songwriter and Heatwave keyboardist, wrote Boogie Nights, Rock With You, Off the Wall, and Thriller for Michael Jackson, plus Give Me the Night; nicknamed the Invisible Man; died 2016 of cancer.
Rod Wave
Rod Wave (Rodarius Marcell Green, born 1998) is an American rapper-singer from St. Petersburg, Florida, signed to Alamo Records, known for soul-trap pain music, the viral "Heart on Ice," and three consecutive Billboard 200 number-one albums.
Rod White
Rod White (Rodney E. White, born 1977, Sharon, Pennsylvania) is an American archer, not the NFL or NBA players of similar name; Olympic team recurve gold 1996, bronze 2000, later bowhunting outfitter and NFAA coordinator.
Rod Woodson
Rod Woodson (Roderick Kevin Woodson), NFL cornerback and safety 1987-2003 (Steelers, 49ers, Ravens, Raiders); Hall of Fame 2009; records of 12 interception-return TDs and 1,483 INT return yards; Super Bowl XXXV champion.
Rod's Surfshop
Rod's Surfshop (Rod's Surf Shop, Rod's Surfboard) is a surf shop, custom shaper workshop, and Les Loubines surf school at 10 Av. de la Plage, Carcans-Plage, Gironde, France, run by shaper Rodolphe Scheel; distinct from Rodhes Surfshop Royan and Rod's NRS Columbus.
Roda JC Kerkrade
Roda JC Kerkrade (Roda Juliana Combinatie) is a Dutch professional football club from Kerkrade, Limburg, founded 27 June 1962 from the merger of Rapid JC and Roda Sport; two-time KNVB Cup winner (1997, 2000), 41 straight Eredivisie seasons until 2014, now in the Eerste Divisie.
Rodacy Kamraci
Rodacy Kamraci (Compatriots Comrades) is a Polish far-right, pro-Russian, antisemitic movement led by Wojciech Olszański and Marcin Osadowski; its party was deregistered in 2024 and its leaders convicted and prosecuted on hate-speech charges.
Rodadero Sea Aquarium and Museum
Rodadero Sea Aquarium and Museum, also known as Acuario Rodadero, is a Santa Marta, Colombia, marine exhibition founded in 1965, currently rebranding as Centro de Vida Marina.
Rodan (ラドン)
Rodan (ラドン) is a 1956 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda, about a giant flying monster that devastates Kyushu before perishing in the eruption of Mount Aso.
Rodange
FC Rodange 91, Luxembourgish football club from Rodange founded 30 April 1991 by merger of FC Chiers (1907) and FC Racing (1931); second-tier champions 1995 and 2019, yo-yo National Division side, home Stade Jos Philippart.
Rodanthe, North Carolina
Rodanthe, North Carolina: village of about 200 on Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, Dare County; home of the 1874 Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and site of severe coastal erosion, with over a dozen oceanfront houses collapsing into the Atlantic since 2020.
Roddam Narasimha
Roddam Narasimha (1933–2020) was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist who reshaped the study of turbulence transition and relaminarisation, directing the National Aerospace Laboratories from 1984 to 1993.
Roddenberry (Martian crater)
Roddenberry crater, Mars: 139.15 km IAU-approved impact crater at 49.37S, 355.57E in the southern hemisphere, named in 1994 for Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator; shows lava fields within it.
Roddie Edmonds
Roddie Edmonds (Roderick W. Edmonds, 1919-1985), U.S. Army master sergeant of Knoxville, Tennessee, senior NCO of 1,200 American POWs at Stalag IX-A, Ziegenhain, who declared "We are all Jews here" on January 27, 1945, saving about 200 Jewish prisoners; Righteous Among the Nations 2015, posthumous Medal of Honor 2026.