Rock
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Rock may refer to:
- Rock (geology), a mineral substance
- Rock music, a form of popular music
[edit] Places
- Rock, Cornwall, a village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Rock, Worcestershire, a village in Worcestershire, UK
- Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States
- Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
- Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States
- "The Rock" or Gibraltar, a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula
- "The Rock" or Alcatraz Island, a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States
[edit] Entertainment
- Dwayne Johnson, an actor and former professional wrestler who used the ring name "The Rock"
- The Rock (film), a 1996 film starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage
- Rock (manga character), a character in Osamu Tezuka's manga series
- Rock, a play by Tim Fountain depicting the relationship between Rock Hudson and his agent Henry Willson
[edit] Music
- Rock (rapper), half of the hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah
- Rocks (album), an album by Aerosmith
- "The Rock" (song), an instrumental song by The Who from Quadrophenia
- "Rocks" (song), a song by Primal Scream
[edit] Food
- Rock (confectionery), a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery
- Rock (chicken), a breed of chicken
[edit] Computers
- ROCK Linux, software for building customized Linux distributions
- Rock processor, a microprocessor by Sun Microsystems
- Rocks Cluster Distribution, a Linux distribution for cluster computing
[edit] Other
- ROCK1, a human gene
- Rock or islet, a small island
- The Rocks, the mascot of Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Illinois
- "The Rock" or Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, a former Class I railroad in the United States
[edit] People with the name Rock
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In surnames:
- Allan Rock, Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat
- Andrew Rock, Olympic athlete
- Bob Rock, musician, sound engineer and record producer
- Chris Rock, American comedian
- David M. Rock, former mayor of Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada
- John Rock (American scientist), one of the inventors of the contraceptive pill
- Joseph Rock, Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
- Raymond Rock, Canadian politician
- Robert Rock, English professional golfer
In given names:
- Rock Hudson, American actor
- Rock Whittington, guitarist
In nicknames:
- Kid Rock, American rapper and rock musician
- Rahman Harper, winner of Hell's Kitchen Season 3, nicknamed "Rock"
- Tim Raines, American baseball player, nicknamed "Rock"
In fictional characters:
- Rock Lee, a character from the anime and manga series Naruto
- Nathaniel "Rock" Adams, a character from the Soul Calibur series of games
- Rock Howard, a character from the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series of games
[edit] See also
- The Rock (disambiguation)
- ROC (disambiguation)
- Rock salt or Halite, an unrefined form of sodium chloride
- Rock candy, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals
- Rock Township, Benson County, North Dakota
- Rock County, Wisconsin
- Rock Island, Illinois
- Rock River (Illinois)
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