Roscoe (also spelled Rosco, Roscow, and Ruscoe) is a Cornish name originating from the Old Norse words for "doe wood" or "roebuck copse". It is also an Americanized spelling of the French name Racicot, and possibly a corruption of Roscrowe.
People with the given name Roscoe Arbuckle (1877–1933), American silent film star Roscoe Bartlett (born 1926), U.S. Representative from the state of Maryland Roscoe Beck, American bass guitarist and record producer Roscoe Bellamy (born 2000), American professional pickleball player Roscoe Born (1950–2020), American actor Roscoe Brady (1923–2016), American biochemist Roscoe Brown (1922–2016), US Army Air Force pilot Roscoe Lee Browne (1925–2007), American actor and director Roscoe Bulmer (1874–1919), US Navy captain Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888), American politician Roscoe G. Dickinson (1894–1945), American chemist Roscoe Dixon (1949–2021), American politician Roscoe D'Sane (born 1980), English footballer Roscoe Goose (1891–1971), American jockey Rosco Gordon (1928–2002), American blues singer and songwriter Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (1897–1982), US Navy vice admiral and first director of the Central Intelligence Agency Roscoe Holcomb (1912–1981), American singer and musician Roscoe Karns (1891–1970), American actor Roscoe R. Koch (1887–1963), American politician Roscoe C. McCulloch (1880–1958), American politician Rosco McGlashan (born 1950), Australian drag racing driver Roscoe Miller (1876–1913), American Major League Baseball pitcher Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940), African-American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, Roscoe Nicholson (1887–1959), American surveyor and conservationist Roscoe Orman (born 1944), American actor and comedian best known for playing Gordon on Sesame Street Roscoe Parrish (born 1982), American National Football League wide receiver Roscoe C. Patterson (1876–1954), American Senator and US Representative from Missouri Roscoe Pondexter (born 1952), American basketball player Roscoe Pound (1870–1964), American legal scholar and educator Roscoe Reynolds (born 1942), US Senator from Virginia Roscoe Robinson, Jr. (1928–1993), first African American four-star general in the US Army Roscoe Sarles (1892–1922), American race car driver Roscow Shedden, Anglican Bishop of Nassau (1919–1931) Roscoe Shelton (1931–2002), American electric blues and R&B singer Roscoe Tanner (born 1951), American tennis player Roscoe Thompson (1922–1988), American NASCAR driver Roscoe Troxler (1883–1976), American jockey Roscoe Turner (1895–1970), American aviator Roscoe B. Woodruff (1891–1975), American major general
People with the surname Alan Roscoe (1886–1933), American film actor Andy Roscoe (born 1973), English footballer Bill Roscoe (born 1956), British professor of computing B. J. Rosco (born 1932), American composer Francis James Roscoe (1831–1878), Canadian entrepreneur and politician Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833–1915), English chemist and university vice-chancellor Ingrid Roscoe (1944–2020), British art historian and Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire James Roscoe (disambiguation), several people Kenneth H. Roscoe (1914–1970), British civil engineer Margaret Roscoe (c. 1786 – 1840), English botanical illustrator and author whose standard author abbreviation is M.Roscoe Martin Roscoe (born 1952), English classical pianist Patrick Roscoe (born 1962), Canadian writer Samantha Roscoe (born 1995), Australian-British basketball player Theodore Roscoe (1906–1992), American writer Will Roscoe (born 1964), American activist and author William Roscoe (1753–1831), English historian and botanist whose standard author abbreviation is Roscoe William Caldwell Roscoe (1823–1859), English journalist and poet Alan Ruscoe (born 1972), British actor Melissa Ruscoe (born 1976), New Zealand association football and rugby player Scott Ruscoe (born 1977), Welsh footballer and manager Sybil Ruscoe (born 1960), English radio and television presenter
People with the nickname or stage name Roscoe Dash, stage name of American rapper Jeffery Johnson Jr. (born 1990) Lewis De Payne, American Computer Hacker using the handle Rosco or Roscoe Ross Taylor ("Roscoe" Taylor) (born 1984), New Zealand cricketer Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III (1951–2011), American drummer Roscoe (rapper) (born 1983), brother of Kurupt Bronco Mendenhall (born 1966), Brigham Young University football coach Ian Ross (newsreader) (1940–2014), Australian news presenter Sterling Roswell, drummer in the British band Spacemen 3 Terry Ruskowski (born 1954), Canadian National Hockey League player nicknamed "Roscow"
Fictional characters Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, from The Dukes of Hazzard Michael J. Roscoe and his son Paul Roscoe, from the second book in Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series, Point Blanc Roscoe, mascot of the Milwaukee Admirals minor league hockey team Roscoe, character from the British Channel 4 programme Shameless Roscoe Babatunde, character from the British Channel 4 programme It's a Sin Roscoe Conklin, police officer in the American TV Series Reacher Roscoe, character from Oliver & Company Roscoe family, characters in the British soap opera Hollyoaks Roscoe Rodriguez, the main protagonist of the British comic book series MPH Roscoe Sweeney, character in the newspaper comic strip Buz Sawyer Roscoe Sweeney, character from Marvel's Daredevil Roscoe, from The Killing Floor by Lee Child
See also Roscoe (disambiguation)
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