'''Rothe''' or '''Roethe''' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Bendt Rothe, Danish actor * Camilla Rothe (born 1974), German physician and tropical medicine expert * David Rothe (1573–1650), Irish Roman Catholic bishop * Edward J. Roethe (1878–1952), American politician * Erich Rothe (1895–1988), German-born American mathematician * Jessica Rothe (born 1987), American actress * Johannes Rothe, (1628–1702), prophetic preacher and Fifth Monarchist * Heinrich August Rothe (1773–1842), German mathematician * Henry Edgar Roethe (1866–1939), American politician * Mechtild Rothe (1947), German politician * Paul Rothe (1890-1961), German flying ace * Peter Rothe (born 1935), German art director * Richard Roethe (1865–1944), German military officer * Richard Rothe (1799–1867), German theologian * Rudolf Rothe (1873–1942), German mathematician * Rudolph Rothe (1802–1877), Danish landscape architect * Sjur Røthe (born 1988), Norwegian cross-country skier * Utz Rothe (born 1940), Austrian artist * Ursula Rothe (classicist), Australian classicist

== Places == * Rothe, Lesotho

== See also == * Roth (disambiguation)

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