Rowans are a genus (or subgenus) of deciduous trees.

Rowan may also refer to:

Places

Iran

  • Rowan, Iran, a village in Hamadan Province

United States

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

Outer space

  • 4599 Rowan, a main belt asteroid discovered in 1985

Arts and entertainment

Literature

  • The Rowan, a novel by Anne McCaffrey

Music

  • The Rowans, also known as The Rowan Brothers, an American country-rock group
  • The Rowans (album), a 1975 album by The Rowans
  • Rowan, a 2006 album by Maggie Reilly
  • The Rowan Tree, a Scottish folk song

Schools

  • Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, United States
  • Rowan College at Burlington County, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States
  • Rowan College of South Jersey, Sewell, New Jersey, United States

Ships

  • , four US Navy vessels
  • HMS Rowan, a First World War armed boarding steamer of the Royal Navy
  • HMS Rowan, a Second World War Royal Navy Tree class trawler

Other uses

  • Rowan (name), a surname and personal name
  • Rowan Companies, a defunct offshore drilling contractor, now part of Valaris Limited
  • Rowan Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States
  • Rowan Museum, Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
  • Rowan Software, a British computer game development company
  • Rowan steam railmotor, a steam railcar

See also

  • Rawan (disambiguation)
  • Rowen (disambiguation)