Roque (surname)

Roque is a Spanish surname. The surname is also common in Portuguese speaking countries as it spread throughout Iberia and the globe through colonization. Notable people include:

• Ademir Roque Kaefer (born 1960), Brazilian football player
• Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844-1907), French philologist
• Ana Roque de Duprey (1853–1933), Puerto Rican educator and suffragist
• Bruno Roque de Sousa (born 1989), Brazilian football player
• Carlos Roque (1936–2006), Portuguese comics artist
• Christine Roque (born 1965) French singer
• Felipe Pérez Roque (born 1965), Cuban politician
• Francis Xavier Roque (1928-2019), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Frank Roque (born 1959), American convicted murderer
• Harry Roque (born 1966), Filipino lawyer and former law professor
• Hélio Roque (born 1985), Portuguese football player
• Horácio Roque (1944–2010), Portuguese financier and businessman
• Humbert Roque Versace (1937–1965), American soldier
• Humberto Roque Villanueva (born 1943), Mexican politician
• Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira (1784–1850), Portuguese sailor
• Jacqueline Roque (1927–1986), French model
• Joao Roque (born 1971), Angolan mixed martial arts fighter
• Juan Roque (born 1974), American football player
• Maicon Pereira Roque (born 1988), Brazilian football player
• Marian P. Roque, Filipina mathematician
• Mariano Roque Alonzo (died 1853), Paraguayan politician
• Marta Beatriz Roque (born 1945), Cuban political dissident
• Miki Roque (born 1988), Spanish football player
• Nuno Roque, Portuguese actor and singer
• Rafael Roque (born 1972), Dominican baseball player
• Randolph Roque Calvo, American Roman Catholic bishop

See also

• Roque (disambiguation)