Rowan (disambiguation)

Rowans are a genus (or subgenus) of deciduous trees in family Rosaceae that are notable for their red berries.

Rowan may also refer to:

Places

Geography

Iran

• Rowan, Iran, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran

United States of America

• Rowan, Iowa
• Rowan County, Kentucky
• Rowan County, North Carolina

Outer space

• 4599 Rowan, a main belt asteroid discovered in 1985

Structures

• Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's former home in Oxford, Mississippi

People

• Rowan (name), a surname and personal name

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Rowan Blackshaw, a fictional character on The Returned (U.S. TV series)
• Rowan Mayfair, a character in the Anne Rice Lives of the Mayfair Witches series of novels
• Rowan Freemaker, a character in Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures

Literature

• Rowan of Rin, a series of five children's fantasy novels by Australian author Emily Rodda
• The Rowan, a novel by Anne McCaffrey

Music

• Rowan (2006), a record by Maggie Reilly

Enterprises and organizations

• Rowan College at Gloucester County (formerly Gloucester County College) in Sewell, New Jersey, USA
• Rowan Companies, an S&P 500 contract drilling and aircraft service company
• Rowan Software, a British computer game development company
• Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA

Ships

• HMS Rowan, a World War 1 Armed boarding steamer of the Royal Navy
• HMS Rowan, a World War 2 Royal Navy Tree class trawler
• USS Rowan (DD-64), a US Navy destroyer commissioned in 1916
• USS Rowan (DD-405), a US Navy destroyer commissioned in 1939, sunk by enemy action in September 1944
• USS Rowan (DD-782), a US Navy destroyer commissioned in 1945
• USS Rowan (TB-8), a US Navy torpedo boat, 1899 to 1912