Roosevelt (given name)

Roosevelt is a masculine given name borne by:

People

• Roosevelt Adams (born 1994), Filipino-American basketball player
• Booba Barnes (1936–1996), American Delta blues guitar player and singer
• Roosevelt Barnes (American football) (born 1958), American sports agent and former National Football League player
• Roosevelt Bouie (born 1958), American retired basketball player
• Roosevelt Brown (baseball) (born 1975), American retired Major League Baseball player
• Rosey Brown (1932–2004), American National Football League player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Theodore Roosevelt Cox (born 1914), American retired Negro league baseball player
• Sandy Gilliam (1932–2014), American football and baseball coach and pro football scout
• Rosey Grier (born 1932), American former National Football League player, actor and singer
• Roosevelt Mercer Jr., United States Air Force retired major general and Federal Aviation Administration executive
• Roosevelt Nix (defensive end) (born 1967), American former National Football League player
• Roosevelt Nix (fullback) (born 1992), American former National Football League player, son of the above
• Roosevelt Oyola (born 1991), Ecuadorian footballer
• Roosevelt Polite (1912–1981), American politician
• Roosevelt Roberts (born 1994), American mixed martial artist
• Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983), American blues singer, songwriter and musician
• Baby Face Willette (1933–1971), American hard bop and soul jazz musician
• Roosevelt Zanders (1912–1995), owner of the New York City limousine service Zanders Auto Rental Service

Fictional characters

• Roosevelt Franklin, a Muppet featured on the children's television series Sesame Street during the early 1970s