# Rodwell

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'''Rodwell''', a name of [Old English](/source/Old_English) origin, is a [locational surname](/source/locational_surname) deriving from any one of various places in [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire), [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), and [Kent](/source/Kent), England.In English, the meaning of the name Rodwell is "lives by the spring near the road".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/rodwell|title=Rodwell name meaning|website=www.sheknows.com}}</ref> Notable people and characters with the name include:

==Surname==

* [Benjamin Hunter-Rodwell](/source/Benjamin_Rodwell), British lawyer and Conservative politician 
* [Brett Rodwell](/source/Brett_Rodwell), Australian rugby league footballer
* [Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell](/source/Cecil_Hunter-Rodwell), British colonial administrator and Governor 
* [Charles Rodwell](/source/Charles_Rodwell) (born 1996), British-born French politician 
*[Craig Rodwell](/source/Craig_Rodwell), American gay rights activist and founder of the first gay bookstore
*[Emerson Rodwell](/source/Emerson_Rodwell), Australian soldier, cricket player, umpire, commentator and administrator
* [Eric Rodwell](/source/Eric_Rodwell), American bridge player
* [George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell](/source/George_Rodwell), English composer, musical director, and author
* [Jack Rodwell](/source/Jack_Rodwell), English footballer
* [James Rodwell](/source/James_Rodwell), English rugby union sevens player
* [Jim Rodwell](/source/Jim_Rodwell), English footballer and former chairman of Boston United
* [John Medows Rodwell](/source/John_Medows_Rodwell), English translator of the Koran
* [John S. Rodwell](/source/John_S._Rodwell), British ecologist based at the University of Lancaster
* [Lindy Rodwell](/source/Lindy_Rodwell), South African zoologist and conservationist 
*[Matt Rodwell](/source/Matt_Rodwell), Australian rugby league footballer
*[Roger de Rodwell](/source/Roger_de_Rodwell), English medieval university chancellor
*[Sally Rodwell](/source/Sally_Rodwell) (1950–2006), New Zealand multi-disciplinary artist
*[Tony Rodwell](/source/Tony_Rodwell), English footballer
*[Warren Rodwell](/source/Warren_Rodwell), former soldier, university teacher, hostage survivor and songwriter 
*[Warwick Rodwell](/source/Warwick_Rodwell), English author, archaeologist, architectural historian and academic

===In fiction===

* [Andrew Rodwell](/source/Andrew_Rodwell), a fictional character from the Australia soap opera ''[Neighbours](/source/Neighbours)''
* [Michael Marlon Rodwell](/source/Michael_Rodwell), character in ''Coronation Street'' played by [Les Dennis](/source/Les_Dennis)
*[Gail Rodwell](/source/Gail_Rodwell), a fictional character from the soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* Lord Rodwell Stark, in American TV series ''[Game of Thrones](/source/Game_of_Thrones)''
* [Michael Rodwell](/source/Michael_Rodwell), a fictional character from the soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* [Sadie Rodwell](/source/Sadie_Rodwell), a fictional character from the Australia soap opera ''Neighbours''
* [Wendy Rodwell](/source/Wendy_Rodwell), a fictional character from the Australia soap opera ''Neighbours''

===Hyphenated name===

*[Verna L. Jones-Rodwell](/source/Verna_L._Jones), American politician
*[Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell](/source/Caitlin_O'Connell-Rodwell), American scientific consultant, author, co-founder and CEO of Utopia Scientific, elephant expert

==First name==

* [Rodwell Ferguson](/source/Rodwell_Ferguson), Belizean politician
* [Rodwell Makoto](/source/Rodwell_Makoto), Zimbabwean chess international master
* [Rodwell Munyenyembe](/source/Rodwell_Munyenyembe), Malawi politician
* [Rodwell Williams](/source/Rodwell_Williams), Belizean lawyer

==See also==
* [Rodwell, California](/source/Rodwell%2C_California), United States
* [Rodwell, Dorset](/source/Rodwell%2C_Dorset)
** [Rodwell Trail](/source/Rodwell_Trail), Weymouth, Dorset, England
** [Rodwell Railway Station](/source/Rodwell_railway_station), Dorset, England
* [Rodwell](/source/Rodriguez_well), a means of obtaining drinking water from snow

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