# De Rooij

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**De Rooij** or **de Rooy** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch-language) surname meaning "the red one".[1] People with this surname include:

- [Gerard de Rooy](/source/Gerard_de_Rooy) (born 1980), Dutch truck racer, son of Jan
- [Jan de Rooy](/source/Jan_de_Rooy) (1943–2024), Dutch truck racer, father of Gerard
- [Jan de Rooij](/source/Jan_de_Rooij) (1932–2008), Dutch Olympic boxer
- [Jessica de Rooij](/source/Jessica_de_Rooij) (born 1981), German film score composer
- [Karel de Rooij](/source/Karel_de_Rooij) (born 1946), Dutch cabaretier
- [Nelly de Rooij](/source/Nelly_de_Rooij) (1883–1964), Dutch zoologist and herpetologist
- [Theo de Rooij](/source/Theo_de_Rooij) (born 1957), Dutch bicycle racer and directeur sportif
- [Willem de Rooij](/source/Willem_de_Rooij) (born 1969), Dutch film and installation artist

## See also

- [De Roy](/source/De_Roy), a French variant of the surname

## References

1. [Rooij, de /Rooy, de](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=de%20Rooij&nfd_naam=Rooij,%20de%20(y)&info=analyse%20en%20verklaring&operator=eq&taal=) at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands

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