Rowan (disambiguation)
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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
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
Other uses
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