Roark

Roark is a name which may refer to:

People

• Charles Thomas Irvine Roark, British polo player
• Roark Critchlow (born 1963), Canadian actor
• James Roark (1946?-1995), pseudonym of James Barnas, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer
• William Marshall Roark (1943-1965), United States fighter pilot killed over North Vietnam

Fictional people

• Howard Roark, the protagonist of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead
• The Roark family, a fictional dynasty in Frank Miller's graphic novel series Sin City
  • Cardinal Roark
  • Senator Roark
  • Roark Junior, the primary villain of That Yellow Bastard
• Roark, the Gym Leader of the Oreburgh Gym in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
• Ted Roark, who appeared in three episodes in NBC's Chuck.

Companies

• Roark Capital Group, a US based private equity firm

Other

• USS Roark (FF-1053), a United States Navy frigate named for William Marshall Roark