Rowan (name)

Rowan is an Irish given name and surname. Variants of the name include "Roan",^[1] Ruadhán", and "Ruadh". The name comes from the Irish surname "Ó Ruadháin".^[2] It is also an Arabic feminine name referring to a river in Paradise.^[3]

Surname

• Andrew Summers Rowan (1857–1943), American army officer
• Archibald Hamilton Rowan (1751–1834), Irish celebrity and founding member of The Dublin Society of United Irishmen
• Athol Rowan (1921–1998), South African cricketer
• Carl Rowan (born 1925-2000), American journalist and author
• Sir Charles Rowan (c. 1782–1852), officer in the British Army and Commissioner of Police of the (London) Metropolis
• Dan Rowan (died 1987), actor and comedian featured in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• Dave Rowan (1882–1955), Canadian baseball player
• Dawn Rowan (born 1946), Australian therapist specialising in counselling adult survivors of childhood ritual, satanic, emotional, sexual and physical abuse
• Dominic Rowan (born 1970), English actor
• Ellis Rowan (1847–1922), Australia naturalist and illustrator
• Eric Rowan (1909–1993), South African cricketer
• Erick Rowan (born 1981), ring name of American professional wrestler Joseph Rudd
• Ev Rowan (1902–1956), American football player
• Ford Rowan, American television reporter for NBC News and panelist on Meet the Press
• George Rowan, Scottish footballer
• Gordon Lee Rowan, American killed in Algeria in the In Aménas hostage crisis^[4][5]
• Henry Rowan (1923-2015), American philanthropist and engineer, namesake of Rowan University
• John Rowan (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Rowan (born 1981), English footballer
• Joseph Rowan (1870–1930) was a U.S. Representative from New York
• Kelly Rowan (born 1965), Canadian actress and model
• Lou Rowan (born 1925), Australian Test cricket match umpire
• Louis R. Rowan (1911–1988), American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder
• Matthew Rowan (died 1769) acting governor of North Carolina in 1753 and 1754
• Peter Rowan (born 1942), American bluegrass musician and composer
• Ron Rowan (born 1962), retired American basketball player
• Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), Vice Admiral, US Navy
• William Rowan (1789–1879), British military commander

Given name

• Rowan Alexander, Scottish footballer and manager
• Rowan Atkinson (born 1955), English actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• Rowan Blanchard (born 2001), American child actress
• Rowan Crothers (born 1997), Australian swimmer
• Rowan Cronjé (1937–2014), Rhodesian politician
• Rowan Pelling (born 1968), British editrice and columnist
• Rowan Vine (born 1982), football player
• Rowan Williams (born 1950), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), mathematician

Fictional

• Rowan Mayfair, a fictional character in the Mayfair Chronicles by Anne Rice
• Professor Rowan, a fictional character from the video games Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
• Rowan, a fictional character from the film Jason X
• Lily Rowan, a fictional character in the series of novels and narratives about detective Nero Wolfe by American writer Rex Stout
• The Rowan / Angharad Gwyn, a fictional character in "The Tower and the Hive" series by Irish author Anne Inez McCaffrey
• Rowan Morrison, a character in The Wicker Man.
  • In the 2006 remake, the character is renamed Rowan Woodward.
• Rowan Whitethorn, A Character From The Book Series; Throne of Glass
• Rowan Theirin (née Guerrin), a fictional character in Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne by David Gaider.

References

1. ↑ "Roan – meaning of Roan – name Roan". Retrieved 2012-07-19. 
2. ↑ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Rowan". Retrieved 2012-07-19. 
3. ↑ http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/684/li1.htm
4. ↑ "Abdelmalek Sellal: Canadian ID'd as Shadad coordinated Algeria attack". UPI. Retrieved 23 January 2013. 
5. ↑ ADAM NOSSITER and ALAN COWELL (1 March 2011). "Official says 38 hostages were killed at gas field". Herald Tribune. Retrieved 23 January 2013.