Roland (died 778) was a Frankish military leader in Charlemagne's service, and subject of the epic poem The Song of Roland.
Roland may also refer to:
Places Rural Municipality of Roland, Manitoba, Canada Roland, Manitoba, a village Roland, Arkansas, United States, a census-designated place Roland, Iowa, United States, a city Roland, Oklahoma, United States, a town Roland, Tasmania, a locality in Australia Roland, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community Mount Roland (disambiguation) Lake Roland (disambiguation)
Music Roland (Lully), a 17th-century opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, and a libretto by Philippe Quinault Roland (Piccinni), an opera by Niccolò Piccinni "Roland", a song on the 2002 album Turn On the Bright Lights by Interpol "Roland", a song on the 2008 album Oh No, It's Love by the Bicycles "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", a 1978 song by Warren Zevon
Military Roland, the brand name of the Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft for a series of military aircraft flown during World War I MOWAG Roland, an armored personnel carrier Roland missile, a short-range air defence missile system, produced by French-German company Euromissile Roland Battalion, a German World War II unit in 1941
Businesses Roland Aircraft, a German aircraft manufacturer Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment, and software Roland Foods Corporation, an American food product company
People Roland (name), a given name and family name Roland (entertainer), Japanese host, model, TV personality and entrepreneur Roland Van Campenhout (born 1944), Flemish blues musician, known mononymously as Roland Madame Roland (1754–1793), French revolutionary, salonnière and writer
Fictional characters King Roland, a Spaceballs character Roland, in the 2021 book Roland in Moonlight by David Bentley Hart Roland Burton, in the TV series Army Wives Roland Deschain, in the Stephen King The Dark Tower novels Roland Jackson, in the 1997 animated TV show Extreme Ghostbusters Roland LeBay, in the Stephen King novel Christine Roland Rat, British children's TV puppet Roland, in the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions Roland (game character), a video game character from the 1980s Roland Ironfist, a king from the Might and Magic series Roland, a playable character featured in the video game Borderlands Roland, the main character of Library of Ruina
Other uses Roland (statue), a type of statue depicting Roland in some municipalities, including: Bremen Roland Roland (Haldensleben) "Roland" (The X-Files), an episode of the television series The X-Files Safir (cycling team), a Belgian professional cycling team known as Roland between 1986 and 1988 RC Roland, a Ukrainian rugby club in Ivano-Frankivsk Rohrbach Roland, a 1920s German airliner Roland (train), an express train that ran in Germany, and at times also in Switzerland and Italy Roland Institute of Technology, Berhampur, Odisha, India
See also Rolland (disambiguation) Rowland (disambiguation)