Roe (disambiguation)

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Roe may refer to:

• Roe (egg), the fully ripe egg masses of fish and certain marine invertebrates
• The Roe deer, the deer of Britain and Europe
• Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion in the United States

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Places

• The Roe River, Montana, the shortest river in the world
• The Roe River, Western Australia
• The River Roe in Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
• Roe, Arkansas, a town located in Monroe County, Arkansas
• Electoral district of Roe
• Mallee (biogeographic region), formerly known as Roe Botanical District

[edit] People

• Norma McCorvey, known as "Jane Roe" in Roe v. Wade
• Alliott Verdon Roe, British aircraft manufacturer
• Charles Roe (1715–1781), English industialist
• David Roe, English professional snooker player
• Edward Payson Roe, American novelist
• Eugene Roe, medic of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
• Francis Asbury Roe, United States Navy admiral
• James M. Roe, American astronomer
• Jane Roe and Richard Roe, pseudonyms for anonymous litigants in the United States legal system
• John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. Roe Highway was named for him upon its construction.
• Kris Roe, member of The Ataris
• Marie Roe, married name of Marie Stopes
• Dame Marion Roe, United Kingdom politician
• Michael Roe, American record producer
• Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, 1st Vice Chancellor of University of Queensland
• Raigh Roe, former Australian of the Year
• Sir Thomas Roe (or Row), English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods
• Tommy Roe, American pop music singer and songwriter

[edit] Other

• USS Roe, the name of two ships in the United States Navy
• Charles H. Roe the UK coachbuilding company

[edit] See also

• ROE
• Rubies of Eventide (RoE), a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
• Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, an expansion pack for the video game Doom 3.