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Rodolphe Ardant

Rodolphe Ardant is a French technology entrepreneur who co-founded Spendesk, the Paris-based spend management platform, in 2016 and led it as CEO to unicorn status in 2022.

Sep 21, 2026

Rodolphe Barrangou

Rodolphe Barrangou is a French-born food scientist at North Carolina State University who established CRISPR as bacteria's adaptive immune system, leading the 2007 Science paper proving it.

Rodolphe Haykal (رودولف هيكل), born 1969 in Beirut, is a Lebanese army general appointed Commander in Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces on 13 March 2025, overseeing the 'Shield of the Homeland' Hezbollah disarmament plan and army diplomacy.

Rodolphe Saadé

Rodolphe Saadé, born in Lebanon in 1970, is a French-Lebanese businessman who has been chairman and CEO of the Marseille container shipping group CMA CGM since 2017.

Rodong

Rodong, also written Nodong or Rodong 1, is a North Korean road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile first flight-tested in 1993, the design basis for Iran's Shahab-3 and Pakistan's Ghauri.

Rodovia BR-319

Rodovia BR-319, officially the Rodovia Álvaro Maia, is an 885 km Brazilian federal highway linking Manaus to Porto Velho, one of the Amazon's most contested infrastructure projects.

Rodovia Fernão Dias

Rodovia Fernão Dias, officially BR-381/MG/SP, is a federal toll highway in Brazil linking Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais to the São Paulo metropolitan region over 562 km.

Rodovia Transamazônica

Rodovia Transamazônica, officially BR-230, is a Brazilian federal highway crossing the country east-west through seven states. Opened in 1972, it was designed under the Médici military government as the centerpiece of the Program of National Integration.

Rodri

Rodri (Rodri Hernández), Spanish defensive midfielder; 2024 Men's Ballon d'Or winner, EURO 2024 Player of the Tournament, and 2026 World Cup champion with Spain; starred for Manchester City before joining Barcelona in 2026.

Sep 27, 2026

Rodric Bray

Rodric Bray is an American politician and attorney who represents Indiana Senate District 37 as a Republican and has served as the Senate's President pro tempore since 2018.

Rodrick Cardale Reed

Rodrick Cardale Reed, aka Boulevard or Li'l Rod, is a Compton Fruit Town Piru figure who led a Southern California PCP ring, was convicted in 2005, and is the younger brother of Texas death-row inmate Rodney Reed.

Oct 20, 2026

Rodrigao

Rodrigao (Rodrigão), chiefly Rodrigo Santana, Brazilian volleyball middle blocker born 1979 in São Paulo; Olympic gold 2004 and silvers 2008, 2012; also the nickname of a footballer and MMA fighters.

Oct 22, 2026

Rodrigazo

The Rodrigazo was the shock adjustment plan announced on 4 June 1975 by Argentine Economy Minister Celestino Rodrigo, causing inflation, a general strike, and his fall.

Rodrigo (footballer, born 1991)

Rodrigo Moreno Machado (born 1991, Rio de Janeiro) is a Spanish forward of Benfica, Valencia, Leeds United, and Al-Rayyan; Spain international with 28 caps and 8 goals, Copa del Rey winner 2019 and U-21 Euro 2013 champion.

Rodrigo Batista

Rodrigo Batista is a Brazilian entrepreneur who created the cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin in 2013, led it as CEO until selling his stake in 2019, and founded the global exchange Digitra.com.

Rodrigo Bellão

Rodrigo Bellão (Rodrigo Dias Bellão, born 1987) is a Brazilian football coach, Botafogo U20 manager and thrice caretaker of its first team in 2026, now Tite's assistant under contract to December 2028.

Rodrigo Bentancur

Rodrigo Bentancur (Bentancur Colmán), Uruguayan midfielder at Tottenham Hotspur and Uruguay; ex-Boca Juniors and Juventus; Europa League 2024/25 winner, 2026 World Cup squad member.

Rodrigo Blankenship

Rodrigo Blankenship, aka Hot Rod or Specs, is an American placekicker from Marietta, Georgia; 2019 Lou Groza Award winner at Georgia, then Colts, Cardinals, Buccaneers, and UFL Battlehawks kicker.

Sep 21, 2026

Rodrigo Bravo

Rodrigo Bravo is a molecular biologist known for work on actin isoforms, PCNA, c-fos induction, and the 1995 RelB knockout mouse study, done at Aarhus University, EMBL, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Rodrigo de la Serna

Rodrigo de la Serna (Lionel Rodrigo de la Serna, born 1976) is an Argentine actor and musician, star of Okupas, Alberto Granado in The Motorcycle Diaries, and Palermo in Money Heist.

Rodrigo De Paul

Rodrigo Javier De Paul, El Motorcito, Argentine midfielder for Inter Miami CF and Argentina; 2022 World Cup and 2021, 2024 Copa América winner; ex-Racing, Valencia, Udinese, Atlético Madrid; 78 caps.

Oct 22, 2026

Rodrigo de Quiroga

Rodrigo de Quiroga (1512–1580) was a Spanish conquistador from Galicia who took part in the conquest of Chile under Pedro de Valdivia and served three times as its governor.

Oct 21, 2026

Rodrigo Dourado

Rodrigo Dourado (Rodrigo Dourado Cunha), Brazilian defensive midfielder born 1994 in Pelotas; Internacional veteran, Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist, now at FC Juárez on loan from Club América for Apertura 2026.

Rodrigo Duterte

Rodrigo Roa Duterte, born 1945, Filipino lawyer and politician, longtime Davao City mayor and 16th president of the Philippines (2016–2022), known for the deadly war on drugs; now in ICC custody facing a crimes-against-humanity trial opening 30 November 2026.