Famous People with Name Rogge

Jacques, Count Rogge            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jacques, Count Rogge: is a Belgian sports functionary. He is the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee.Rogge was elected as president of the IOC on July 16, 2001 at the 112th IOC Session in Moscow as the successor to Juan Antonio Samaranch, who had led the IOC since 1980

Herbert Rogge            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Herbert Rogge: is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored five goals.

George Clifford Van Roggen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Clifford Van Roggen: was a Canadian Senator and a long time advocate of free trade with the United States. He was a Liberal Party activist and served as British Columbia campaign chair for the Liberals under Lester Pearson and served in the same role under Pierre Trudeau for the 1968 and 1972 federal elections. He was appointed to the Senate in 1971. In 1974, he became chairman of the Senate's Committee of Foreign Affairs[1] and had the committee conduct a study of free trade with the United States which recommended the negotiation of a free trade agreement. This recommendation was endorsed by the Senate in 1982 and was adopted by the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada in 1985. In turn, the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney accepted the Commission's recommendation and proceeded to negotiate the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1987 which was ratified in 1988.

Jacob Roggeveen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jacob Roggeveen: was a Dutch explorer who was sent to find Terra Australis, but he instead came across Easter Island by chance.