Rowland (surname)
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Rowland is a common surname, and may refer to:
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- Alfred RowlandAlfred RowlandAlfred Rowland was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, Rowland attended the common schools....
(1844-1898), U.S. Representative from North Carolina - Barrington RowlandBarrington RowlandBarrington Marquis Rowland in Bangalore, India is a cricketer who plays for Karnataka. A right-handed batsman, he has represented Karnataka through all age groups and captained the under 16 side.-External links:*...
(born 1980), Indian cricketer - Bo RowlandBo RowlandJohn H. "Bo" Rowland was the tenth head college football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs located in Charleston, South Carolina and he held that position for three seasons, from 1940 until 1942. His career coaching record at The Citadel was 13 wins, 10 losses, and 1 ties...
, American college football coach - Brian RowlandBrian RowlandBrian Rowland is a retired Canadian soccer player who was a goalkeeper in both the indoor and outdoor versions of the sport...
, Canadian soccer player - Cathy Rowland (born 1950), American model
- Charles Hedding RowlandCharles Hedding RowlandCharles Hedding Rowland was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(1860-1921), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania - Christopher RowlandChristopher RowlandChristopher John Salter Rowland was a British politician. He was rated one of the more effective of the Labour Party's 1964 intake to Parliament, but died at the age of 38.-Student life:...
(1929-1967), British politician - Clarence Henry "Pants" RowlandPants RowlandClarence Henry "Pants" Rowland was a Major League Baseball manager for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 through 1918 who went on to become a major figure in minor league baseball. He was born in Platteville, Wisconsin...
(1879-1969), baseball manager of Chicago White Sox - Craig RowlandCraig RowlandCraig Rowland is a squash coach and former professional squash player from Australia. As a player, he reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1996. He won a Gold Medal in the mixed doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, partnering Michelle Martin...
(born 1971), Australian squash player - Daniel RowlandDaniel RowlandDaniel Rowland —sometimes spelt as Rowlands—was one of the foremost leaders of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist revival along with Howell Harris and William Williams. For most of his life he served as curate in the parishes of Nantcwnlle and Llangeitho, Ceredigion...
- Dennis RowlandDennis RowlandDennis Rowland is a jazz vocalist born and raised in Detroit, MI. Having grown up in a household of jazz enthusiasts, Rowland developed an appreciation for Jazz music at an early age. At the age of five or six Rowland heard the vocals of Joe Williams of the Count Basie Orchestra, which has...
, American jazz singer - Dick RowlandDick RowlandDick Rowland was an African American teen-age shoeshiner whose arrest in May 1921 was the impetus for the Tulsa Race Riot. When he was arrested for attempted assault, Rowland was 19 years old. The white teenager, who was supposed to have been the victim, declined to prosecute...
, African-American whose arrest sparked riots in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Donna RowlandDonna RowlandDonna Rowland Barrett is a former member of the State Representative in the Tennessee General Assembly for the 34th House District in Rutherford County, Tennessee...
, (born 1969), State Representative in Tennessee, USA - Doug RowlandDoug RowlandDouglas Charles Rowland, CD , MA is a former Canadian politician, and current chair of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians....
, (born 1940), Canadian politician - Ernest RowlandErnest RowlandErnest Melville Rowlands was a Welsh international rugby union player who played rugby for Lampeter University and international rugby for Wales.-Personal life:...
(1864-1940), Wales national rugby union player - Frank Sherwood RowlandFrank Sherwood RowlandFrank Sherwood Rowland is an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research is in atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics....
(born 1927), American Nobel laureate and professor of chemistry - Geoffrey RowlandGeoffrey RowlandSir Geoffrey Robert Rowland, QC, is the current Bailiff of Guernsey .-Life:Rowland was called to the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1970 and admitted as an Advocate of the Royal Court, Guernsey, in 1971. He was in practice as an Advocate of the Royal Court in the firm of Collas, Day & Rowland 1971 -...
, Bailiff of Guernsey - Gilbert RowlandGilbert RowlandGilbert Rowland is a Scottish harpsichordist. His father was second in command to the Viceroy of India during the days of the British Empire....
, (born 1946), Scottish harpsichordist - Helen RowlandHelen RowlandHelen Rowland was an American journalist and humorist.She is often confused with Helen May Rowland, a singer-actress who had a brief radio and recording career in the early 1930s.- Books :...
(1875-1950), American journalist and humorist - Henry Rowland (disambiguation)
- Ian RowlandIan RowlandIan Rowland is a writer and entertainer who lives in South Croydon, just outside London, England. He is the author of The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading.He regularly gives lectures where he debunks paranormal phenomena....
, English writer - J. Roy RowlandJ. Roy RowlandJames Roy Rowland, Jr. is an American politician and physician from Georgia.Rowland attended Wrightsville High School and graduated in 1943. He then attended Emory at Oxford in Oxford, Georgia in 1943, South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia in 1946 and the University of Georgia in Athens from...
(born 1926), American politician and physician - Jada RowlandJada RowlandJada Rowland is an American actress and illustrator.-Actress:Ms. Rowland was born into a family of actors and artists. She has appeared on Broadway and television, most notably in daytime soap operas. She has appeared as Dr. Susan Stewart on As the World Turns and Carolee Simpson Aldrich on The...
(born 1943), American actress and illustrator - James Rowland (disambiguation)
- Jeff Rowland (disambiguation)
- John Rowland (disambiguation)
- Keith RowlandKeith RowlandKeith Rowland is a former footballer who played as a defender with Bournemouth, Coventry City, West Ham United, QPR, Luton Town, Chesterfield Barnet, Hornchurch, Redbridge and Welling United....
(born 1971), Northern Irish soccer player - Kelly RowlandKelly RowlandKelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...
(born 1981), R&B/pop singer and member of Destiny's Child - Kevin RowlandKevin RowlandKevin Rowland is an English singer-songwriter and former frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners, which had several hits in the early 1980s, the most notable being "Geno" and "Come On Eileen".-Career:...
(born 1953), English singer and songwriter, member of Dexy's Midnight Runners - Laura Joh RowlandLaura Joh RowlandLaura Joh Rowland is a detective/mystery author best known for her series of mystery novels set in the late days of feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century...
, American writer - Marcus Rowland, author of role playing games
- Mark RowlandMark RowlandMark Robert Rowland is a retired British athlete, who was a bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
(born 1963), British athlete - Michael RowlandMichael RowlandMichael Rowland was an American jockey. He was born in Saratoga Springs, New York.Rowland died at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio from head injuries suffered during a race on February 4 at Turfway Park, when his mount broke down and collapsed. Two other jockeys were injured...
(1963-2004), American jockey - Patty Rowland, former First Lady of Connecticut
- Pleasant RowlandPleasant RowlandPleasant Rowland is an American educator, writer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Rowland is best known for creating the American Girl brand...
(born c. 1941), American educator and writer - Rich RowlandRich RowlandRichard Garnet Rowland is a former baseball player for Major League Baseball who played from 1990–1995. He played as a backup catcher for the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox...
(born 1964), American baseball player - Robin RowlandRobin RowlandRobin Rowland is an American argumentation and rhetorical scholar. He is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. He has published in Communication Monographs, Journal of the American Forensic Association, Quarterly Journal of Speech, and...
, American academic - Rodney RowlandRodney RowlandRodney G. Rowland is an American actor. He is credited as Rod Rowland in more recent productions, given his predilection to being called Rod. Rowland's most noted appearances to date were as 1st Lieutenant Cooper Hawkes in 1995's Space: Above and Beyond and P...
(born 1964), American actor - Ross RowlandRoss RowlandRoss E. Rowland, Jr. is a significant figure in the United States railroad preservation, recreation and enthusiast communities who is closely identified with running public and demonstration excursions on existing railroads utilizing steam locomotives....
, American rail preservationist - Steve Rowland (disambiguation)
- Tiny RowlandTiny RowlandRoland "Tiny" Rowland was a British businessman and chairman of the Lonrho conglomerate from 1962 to 1994...
(1917-1998), British businessman - Victoria RowlandVictoria RowlandVictoria Rowland is an Australian actress, best known for playing "Spike" Marsh in the television drama Prisoner during its final months in 1986.-External links:...
, Australian actress - Wade RowlandWade Rowland-Biography:Rowland was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1944. He was married in 1978 to Christine Collie, with whom he has two children, Hilary and Simon....
, Canadian science, technology, and travel writer - Wick RowlandWick RowlandWillard D. "Wick" Rowland, Ph.D., is President and CEO of Colorado Public Television , a PBS station in Denver, Colorado.-Early life and education:...
, American television CEO - Wirt C. RowlandWirt C. RowlandWirt Clinton Rowland was an American architect best known for his work in Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:...
(1887-1946), American architect
See also:
- Roland (disambiguation)Roland (disambiguation)Roland was a Frankish seneschal in Charlemagne's service, and subject of the epic poem The Song of Roland.Roland may also refer to:-Surname:*Charles P. Roland , American historian*Dean Roland , American musician...
- RowlandRowlandRowland may refer to:Populated places*Rowland, Derbyshire, England*Rowland, North Carolina, USAPeople*Rowland , people so namedOther*Ó Rothlain, Irish surname sometimes anglicised as Rowland...