Hall-of-Famers: 1 baseball, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Rod Carew   1991  
(ice hockey) Rod Langway   2002  
Most Valuable Players: 1 winner
Rod Carew   1977   baseball  
Nobel Prize Winners: 1 medicine
(medicine) Rodney Robert Porter   1972  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 4 actors, 1 comedian/actor
Rodney Dangerfield   1921-2004  
Rod Steiger   1925-2002  
Rodney A. Grant   1959-  
Ryan Reynolds (a.k.a. Rodney)   1976-  
Zayne Emory (a.k.a. Rodney)   1998-  
Notable Athletes: 1 baseball, 1 tennis
(tennis) Rod Laver   1938-  
(baseball) Rod Carew   1945-  
Notable Filmmakers: 1 director
Steve McQueen (a.k.a. Rodney)   1969-  
Notable Writers: 1 author
R. D. Wingfield (a.k.a. Rodney)   1928-2007  
Olympic Medalists: 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze, 1 gold/bronze
(gold) Rod Milburn Jr.   1972   110 m hurdles  
(bronze) Rod Dixon   1972   1500 m  
(gold) Rod Strachan   1976   swimming - 400 m medley  
(silver) Trevor Kidd (a.k.a. Rodney)   1992   ice hockey  
(gold/bronze) Rod White   1996; 2000   archery - team  
(silver) Rodney van Buizen   2004   baseball  
Oscar Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Rod Steiger   1968   In the Heat of the Night  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 1 musician
Rod Argent   2019   The Zombies