Roland Jaccard was a Swiss writer, journalist, and literary critic.

Roland Lazenby is an American sportswriter and educator.

Roland Aubrey Leighton was a British poet and soldier, made posthumously famous by his fiancée Vera Brittain's memoir, Testament of Youth.

Roland Merullo is an American author who writes novels, essays and memoir. His best-known works are the novels Breakfast with Buddha, In Revere, In Those Days, A Little Love Story, Revere Beach Boulevard and the memoir Revere Beach Elegy. His books have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, German, Chinese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech and Italian.

Roland Émile Mousnier was a French historian of the early modern period in France and of the comparative studies of different civilizations.

Roland Anthony Oliver FBA was an Indian-born English academic and Emeritus Professor of African history at the University of London.

Roland Post Falkner was an American economist and statistician.

Roland John Perry OAM is an Australian author and historian. His work includes three works of fiction and more than twenty documentary films. His book Monash: The Outsider Who Won the War was awarded the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Melbourne University Publishing Award in 2004 and described as "a model of the biographer's art."

Roland Pertwee was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor. He was the father of Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee and playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee. He was also the second cousin of actor Bill Pertwee and grandfather of actors Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee.

Roland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children.