Roland was a Frankish seneschal in Charlemagne's service, killed in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778. He is known due to the epic poem La Chanson de Roland and for his popularization of the name. Roland may also mean:
- Roland (air defence), a short-range air defence missile system, produced by French-German Euromissile.
- Roland Brunner (born 1970), an Austrian ice speed skater
- Roland Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, see also Category:Roland synthesizers
- Roland Freisler, Nazi judge and president of the Volksgerichtshof (a court that dealt with perceived political crimes).
- Philae lander, the surface science package of the Rosetta spacecraft, was formerly known as RoLand (Rosetta Lander)
- Roland Ratzenberger, former formula one driver. Killed at Imola in 1994.
- Roland, Iowa is a place in the State of Iowa in the United States of America.
- Roland of Gilead, a.k.a Roland Deschain, the Gunslinger, is the main character in Stephen King's Dark Tower series of novels.
- Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner is a song by Warren Zevon.
- Roland (The X-Files episode), an episode of the television series The X-Files
- Roland Bonaparte, French prince and president of the Société de Géographie
- Roland Orzabal, English musician and founder of Tears for Fears
- Roland, Oklahoma, town that sold a Powerball winner on June 27, 2007
- Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière and his wife, Madame Roland, supporters of the French Revolution.
