Ross (disambiguation)

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Ross is the name of many places, persons and things:

Contents 1 Places 2 Persons 2.1 Fictional characters 3 Things 3.1 Ships

[edit] Places

• Ross, an historical area in Scotland.
  • The County of Ross, also known as Ross-shire, and
  • Ross and Cromarty, later administrative areas, which include most or all of Ross.
• Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
• Ross, County Wexford, Ireland may refer to
  • the town of Old Ross
  • the town of New Ross
  • the former Diocese of Ross
• Ross, New Zealand is a gold mining town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
• Ross, Tasmania is a town in the midlands of Tasmania, Australia.
• Ross Sea, a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica.
• Ross Ice Shelf, an ice shelf near the Ross Sea.
• Ross Island, an island on the Ross Sea
• Fort Ross, California, a former Russian fur trade outpost, in present-day California, USA.
• Ross, California (not the same as Fort Ross)
• Ross County, Ohio
• Ross 248, a Star System approximately 10.32 light years from Earth.
• Ross (lunar crater), is a crater on Earth's moon.

[edit] Persons

Ross is the name of many people, such as:

• Alexander Ross
• Alan Ross, poet
• Alf Ross
• Arnold Ross
• Ben Ross
• Betsy Ross, flag maker
• Bob Ross, painter
• Diana Ross, singer
• Edward Ross (Edward A. Ross, Edward Alsworth Ross)
• Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), Governor of New Mexico Territory
• George Ross (1730-1779), Signer of the Declaration of Independence
• George Ross (1892-1935), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Glenn Ross U.K Strongman/Powerlifter
• Henry Howard Ross (1790-1862), US Congressman from New York
• Hugh Ross disambiguation page
• J. Percy Ross Scouts Canada Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1978
• James Ross (1762-1847), US Senator from Pennsylvania
• James Clark Ross
• James Daniel Ross Author of The Radiation Angels
• James Martin of Ross, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
• John Ross disambiguation page
• Jonathan Ross, presenter and film critic
• Jonathan Ross (1826-1905), U.S. Senator from Vermont
• Katharine Ross, actress
• Laura Ross, chess player
• Lawrence Sullivan Ross (a.k.a. Sul Ross) (1838-1898), Governor of Texas
• Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), US Congressman from Illinois
• Luke Francis Warren Ross Key supporter of Soviet Union Communist Movement
• Martin Ross, pen name of Violet Florence Martin and Edith Anna Somerville
• Mike Ross (b. 1961), US Congressman from Arkansas
• Miles Ross (1827-1903), US Congressman from New Jersey
• Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977), Governor of Wyoming
• Paul Ross, journalist and TV personality
• Percy Ross, philanthropist
• Robert Ross
• Robert Tripp Ross (1903-1981), US Congressman from New York
• Ronald Ross
• Ryan Ross, guitarist and lyricst for Panic! at the Disco
• Scott Ross, harpsichordist
• Shavar Ross, actor
• Sobieski Ross (1828-1877), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Sinclair Ross
• Thomas Ross (1806-1865), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Thomas Randolph Ross (1788-1869), US Congressman from Ohio
• W. D. Ross (William David Ross)
• William B. Ross (1873-1924), Governor of Wyoming
• William Henry Harrison Ross (1814-1887), Governor of Delaware

• Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan

• Ross Perot, presidental candidate

• Ross Bagdasarian

[edit] Fictional characters

• Ross Geller on the TV show Friends
• Thunderbolt Ross, in Marvel Comics
• Dr. Doug Ross- A character on ER, portrayed by George Clooney

[edit] Things

• The Ross Mathematics Program, an eight-week summer program in number theory, at Ohio State University.
• Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
• Ross (optics), a lens making company.
• Ross procedure, a type of aortic valve surgery
• Ross Products, a division of Abbott Laboratories.
• Ross Stores, a California-based department store chain that focuses mainly on off-price clothing.
• Ross University, a for-profit university with a medical school and veterinary school located in the Caribbean.
• Ross (Play), a play by English dramatist Terence Rattigan.
• an acronym for Resource Ordering Status System.
• ROSS, Russian martial system
• Ross (bicycles), a U.S. built line of bikes between 1950 and 1989.
• Ross Technology, Inc., a U.S. semiconductor company of the 1980s and 1990s.

[edit] Ships

Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Ross. The first ship was named for Captain David Ross and the second for Donald Kirby Ross.

• Ross (DD-563) was a Fletcher-class destroyer, commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1959.
• Ross (DDG-71) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, commissioned in 1997 and actively serving as of 2005.