Johannes François Adriaan Cateau van Rosevelt (7 September 1824[1] – 20 October 1891) was a Dutch navy officer and civil servant in Suriname where he was, among other things, agent-general for immigration and a member of the Colonial Estates of Suriname.

In 1870 he married the former slave Josephina Leentje Haver (1832-1906),[2] with whom he had six premarital children and who had obtained a manumission from her owner A.M. Brandon in 1849.

He worked as post commander in Commewijne and Nickerie, and studied mathematics and engineering.

[4] Between 1868 and 1871, Cateau van Rosevelt was District Commissioner for Lower and Upper Saramacca.

[6] In that position, he oversaw the immigration of contract workers and mediated in labour disputes.