Rowan may refer to:

• The rowans, a genus of deciduous trees notable for their red berries
• The Rowan, a novel by Anne McCaffrey
• Rowan, Maggie Reilly's album (September 15th 2006)
• Rowan Cos., an S&P 500 contract drilling and aircraft service company
• several places in the United States of America:
  • Rowan, Iowa
  • Rowan County, Kentucky
  • Rowan County, North Carolina
• Rowan University in New Jersey
• Rowan Software, a British computer game development company
• Professor Rowan, a fictional character from the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
• Rowan, a fictional character from the film Jason X
• The Rowan Tree, a bagpipe tune.

Rowan is also a family name and can be a male or female given name. Some notable people with the family name Rowan include: Species Sorbus subgenus Sorbus Sorbus aucuparia - European Rowan Sorbus americana - American mountain ash Sorbus cashmiriana - Kashmir Rowan Sorbus commixta - Japanese Rowan Sorbus decora - Showy mountain ash Sorbus glabrescens - White-fruited Rowan Sorbus hupehensis - Hubei Rowan Sorbus matsumurana Sorbus sargentiana - Sargents Rowan Sorbus scalaris - Ladder Rowan Sorbus sitchensis - Sitka mountain... The Rowan is the first book in the Rowan series by Anne McCaffrey. ... Maggie Reilly (born in Glasgow on 15 September 1956) is a Scottish vocalist best known for her collaborations with the composer Mike Oldfield between 1980 and 1984, especially by performing the vocals on Family Man (1982), Five Miles Out (1982), Moonlight Shadow (1983), Foreign Affair (1983) and To France (1984). ... The S&P 500 is an index containing the stocks of 500 Large-Cap corporations, most of which are American. ... Rowan is a city in Wright County, Iowa, United States. ... Rowan County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Rowan County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Rowan University is a public university located in Glassboro, New Jersey comprising 49 buildings. ... Rowan Software a British computer game developer, founded in 1987, in Runcorn, Cheshire, from H&H Software. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (disambiguation). ... Jason X is a 2002 science fiction / slasher film, and the tenth in the Friday the 13th film series, starring Kane Hodder as the mass murderer Jason Voorhees. ...

• Carl Rowan (born 1925), Journalist
• Sir Charles Rowan, Commissioner of Police of the (London) Metropolis
• Dan Rowan (died 1987), Actor and comedian
• Dave Rowan (1882-1955), Canadian baseball player
• Kelly Rowan (born 1965), Actress and model

Some notable people with Rowan as a given name include: Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 - September 23, 2000) was a nationally-syndicated African American op-ed columnist for the Washington Post and the Chicago Sun-Times. ... Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Rowan KCB (circa 1782–8 May 1852) was the joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police. ... Daniel Hale Rowan (Dan) (July 22, 1922 - September 22, 1987) was an American comedian. ... Kelly Rowan (born October 26, 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress well known for her modelling career and her popular character Kirsten Cohen on the FOX TV series She began modeling in her college years to earn extra cash, becoming involved in acting while working in commercials. ...

• Rowan Atkinson, Comedian
• Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician
• Rowan Pelling, British editrice and columnist
• Andrew Summers Rowan, American Army officer

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