Roller Explained

Roller may refer to:

Birds

• Roller, a bird of the family Coraciidae
• Roller (pigeon), a domesticated breed or variety of pigeon

Devices

• Roller, an element of a rolling-element bearing
• Roller, used in rolling (metalworking)
• Roller, in a roller mill, to crush or grind various materials
• Roller, or training surcingle, around a horse's girth
• Roller (agricultural tool), a non-powered tool for flattening ground
• Roller (BEAM), a robot
• Rolling pin, a compacting device used for preparing dough for cooking
• Bicycle rollers, a type of bicycle trainer
• Foam roller, therapeutic exercise device
• Hair roller, used to curl hair
• Paint roller, a paint application tool
• Road roller, a vehicle for compacting
  • Steamroller, a form of road roller

Arts and entertainment

• Bay City Rollers, or the Rollers, a Scottish pop rock band
• "The Roller", a 2011 song by Beady Eye
• "Roller" (Apache 207 song), 2019
• "Roller" (April Wine song), 1978
• Roller (Goblin album), 1976
• Roller, partner of the Optimus Prime character from the Transformers universe

People with the surname

• Andreas Roller (1805–1891), German painter and theatrical set designer
• Arnold Roller (1878–1956), a pseudonym of Stephen Naft, Austrian writer and anarchist
• Charles Roller (1879–1963), American football player and coach
• A. Clyde Roller (1914–2005), American conductor and music educator
• Duane W. Roller (born 1946), American archaeologist, author, and professor emeritus
• Edeltraud Roller (1957-2020), German political scientist
• Florian Roller (born 1992), German rower
• Gustav Roller (1895–1959), German footballer
• Jochen Roller (born 1971), German choreographer
• Joseph Roller (1929–1998), Luxembourgian footballer
• Kelly Roller, Spanish drag queen
• Kyle Roller (born 1988), American baseball player
• Léon Roller (1928–1993), Luxembourgian boxer
• Mihail Roller (1908–1958), Romanian communist politician
• Mileva Roller (1886–1949), Austrian painter
• Olivier Roller (born 1972), French photographer
• Philip Roller (born 1994), Thai footballer
• Steve Roller (born 1954), American athlete
• Ulrich Roller (1911–1941), putschist, stage designer and SS guard
• William Roller (1858–1949), English cricketer

Other uses

• Apache Roller, a blog server written in Java
• Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, or Rollers
• Roller (typeface), originally Iberica, by Carlos Winkow
• Roller printing on textiles

See also

• Roll (disambiguation)
• Rollerball pen
• List of Rolls-Royce motor cars