List of Famous people named Rod

Name Rod is among the most common names in Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Rodney. Similar names: Rodney, Roddy, Rhoda, Roddie, Rhode, Rodd, Rhod. Here are some famous Rods:

Rod Stewart

Roderick David Stewart
First Name Rod
Born on January 10, 1945 (age 79)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Sir Roderick David Stewart is a British rock and pop singer, songwriter and record producer. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide. He has had ten number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, six of which reached number one. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.

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Rod Laver

Rodney George Laver
First Name Rod
Born on August 9, 1938 (age 85)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Rodney George Laver, better known as Rod Laver, is an Australian former tennis player. He was the No. 1 ranked professional from 1964 to 1970, spanning four years before and three years after the start of the Open Era in 1968. He also was the No. 1 ranked amateur in 1961–62. He is the second and last male player to win each grand slam twice after Roy Emerson.

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Rod Blagojevich

First Name Rod
Born on December 10, 1956 (age 67)

Rod Blagojevich, often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American former politician, political commentator, and convicted felon who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to his 2009 impeachment following charges of public corruption for which he was later sentenced to federal prison. A member of the Democratic Party, Blagojevich previously worked in both the state and federal legislatures. He served as a congressman for Illinois from 1997 to 2003 and an Illinois state representative from 1993 to 1997.

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Rod J. Rosenstein

Rod Jay Rosenstein
First Name Rod
Born on January 13, 1965 (age 59)

Rod Jay Rosenstein is an American attorney who served as the 37th United States Deputy Attorney General from April 2017 until May 2019. Prior to his appointment, he served as a United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. At the time of his confirmation as Deputy Attorney General in April 2017, he was the nation's longest-serving U.S. Attorney. Rosenstein had also been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2007, but his nomination was never considered by the U.S. Senate.

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Rod Carew

First Name Rod
Born on October 1, 1945 (age 78)

Rodney Cline Carew is a Panamanian former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, second baseman and coach who played from 1967 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels. The greatest contact hitter in Twins history, he won the 1977 AL Most Valuable Player Award, setting a Twins record with a .388 batting average. Carew appeared in 18 straight All-Star Games and led the AL in hits three times, with his 239 hits in 1977 being twelfth most at the time. He won seven AL batting titles, the second most AL batting titles in history behind Ty Cobb, and on July 12, 2016 the AL batting title was renamed to the Rod Carew American League batting title.

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Rod Smart

Torrold DeShaun "Rod" Smart is a former professional American football running back. He played college football for Western Kentucky. He was originally signed by the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent after the 2000 NFL Draft.

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Rod Phillips

First Name Rod
Born on March 2, 1965 (age 59)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Rodney Allan Phillips is a Canadian businessman and politician. Since the 2018 Ontario election, he has sat as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the Durham Region riding of Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. Previously a provincial Cabinet minister, Philips was appointed finance minister in 2019. He resigned from that role in 2020 after taking a vacation to St. Barts, contrary to his government's public health advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, but continued in his role as MPP. Prior to his role in finance, he held the environment, conservation and parks portfolio from 2018 to 2019.

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Rod Paradot

First Name Rod
Born on April 4, 1996 (age 27)

Rod Paradot is a French actor. He won the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2016 for his role in Standing Tall.

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Rod Brind'Amour

First Name Rod
Born on August 9, 1970 (age 53)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Roderic Jean Brind'Amour is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the head coach for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Rod Salka

Rod Salka is an American professional boxer and politician.

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