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Rowan (name)

Rowan () is a traditionally masculine Irish given name and surname, now also in use as a given name for girls. Variants of the name include Roan, Rohan, Ruadhán, and Ruadh. The name comes from the Irish surname Ó Ruadháin and from the word ruadh, meaning "red-haired" or "rusty." When used as a feminine name, it is often in reference to the tree, the name of which has Scandinavian origins. It is also an Arabic feminine name (روان) referring to a river in Paradise. The name shares the same roots as the names Raya, Rana, Rania and Rayan.

Notable people with the name include:

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
  • Barbara Ann Rowan (1938–2020), American attorney
  • Carl Rowan (1925–2000), American journalist and author
  • Chad Rowan (1969–2024), Akebono, Hawaiian sumo wrestler
  • Sir Charles Rowan ( Ã¢Â€Â“ 1852), officer in the British Army and Commissioner of Police of the (London) Metropolis
  • Dan Rowan (1922–1987), American actor and comedian, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  • Dave Rowan (1882–1955), Canadian baseball player
  • Dawn Rowan (born 1946), Australian therapist
  • Dominic Rowan (born 1970), English actor
  • Ellis Rowan (1847–1922), Australian naturalist and illustrator
  • Eric Rowan (1909–1993), South African cricketer
  • Erick Rowan (born 1981), ring name of American wrestler Joseph Rudd
  • Ev Rowan (1902–1956), American football player
  • Ford Rowan, American television reporter, and panelist on Meet the Press
  • George Rowan, Scottish footballer
  • Henry Rowan (1923–2015), American philanthropist and engineer, namesake of Rowan University
  • Jenny Rowan (born 1949), New Zealand politician
  • John Rowan (disambiguation), several people
  • Jonathan Rowan (born 1981), English footballer
  • Joseph Rowan (1870–1930), American politician from New York
  • Kelly Rowan (born 1965), Canadian actress and model
  • Leslie Rowan (1908–1972), British civil servant and industrialist
  • Levi J. Rowan (1871–1934) American academic administrator, college president, teacher, and photographer
  • Lou Rowan (1925–2017), Australian cricket umpire
  • Louis R. Rowan (1911–1988), American businessman and racehorse owner and breeder
  • Matthew Rowan (died 1769), American politician from North Carolina
  • Peter Rowan (born 1942), American bluegrass musician and composer
  • Ron Rowan (born 1962), American basketball player
  • Sheila Rowan (physicist) (born 1969), British physicist
  • Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), American vice admiral
  • William Rowan (1789–1879), British military commander

Given name

Fictional characters

  • Rowan North, the main antagonist of the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot
  • Rowan Omondi, a main character in Alice Oseman's I Was Born for This
  • Rowan Theirin (née Guerrin), in ' by David Gaider
  • Rowan Whitethorn, in the Throne of Glass book series by Sarah J. Maas
  • Professor Rowan, in the Pokémon franchise
  • Lily Rowan, in the Nero Wolfe franchise by Rex Stout
  • Rosalie Rowan, in the DC Animated Universe
  • Rowan Segmunt, in the ' light novel series

See also

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