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

Iran

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

United States of America

• Rowan, Iowa
• Rowan County, Kentucky
• Rowan County, North Carolina
• Fort Rowan, a historical fort that once existed in Craven County, North Carolina

United Kingdom

• Rowan, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Fiction

• The Rowan, a novel by Anne McCaffrey
• Rowan of Rin, a series of five children's fantasy novels by Australian author Emily Rodda
• Rowan Mayfair, a character in the Anne Rice Lives of the Mayfair Witches series of novels

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 (TB-8), a US Navy torpedo boat, 1899 to 1912
• 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

Other uses

• 4599 Rowan, a main belt asteroid discovered in 1985
• Rowan (name), a surname and personal name
• 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 Oak, William Faulkner's former home in Oxford, Mississippi
• Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA
• A record by Maggie Reilly issued in 2006