Rowena is a figure in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, the daughter of the Saxon king Hengest and wife of Vortigern.

Rowena can also refer to:

Places

United States

  • Rowena, Georgia, an unincorporated community
  • Rowena, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Rowena, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
  • Rowena, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Rowena, Oregon, an unincorporated community
  • Rowena, South Dakota, an unincorporated community
  • Rowena, Texas, an unincorporated community

Australia

  • Rowena, New South Wales, a town

People

  • Rowena Cullen (born 1946), New Zealand information services academic
  • Rowena Fulham (born 1960), New Zealand footballer
  • Rowena Guanzon (born 1957), Filipino lawyer and public servant
  • Rowena Hume (1877–1966), Canadian obstetrician
  • Rowena Jackson (1926–2024), New Zealand prima ballerina
  • Rowena King (born 1970), British actress
  • Rowena Meeks Abdy (1887–1945), American painter in Northern California
  • Rowena Moore (1910–1998), American union and civic activist
  • Rowena Morrill (1944–2021), American science-fiction and fantasy illustrator and painter
  • Rowena Sánchez Arrieta (born 1962), Filipina pianist
  • Rowena Spencer (1922–2014), American physician
  • Rowena Granice Steele (1824–1901), American performer, journalist, publisher
  • Rowena Wallace (born 1947), Australian actress, known for her role as Patricia in Sons and Daughters

Fictional characters

  • The Lady Rowena, Ivanhoe's love interest in the novel of the same name by Walter Scott
  • Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the founders of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series of books
  • Rowena Morgan, a singer in the movie Mr. Holland's Opus
  • Rowena (Supernatural), a character in the American television series Supernatural
  • Duchess Rowena, the main antagonist in the animated film Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

Other

  • Rowena (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse

See also

  • Rowen (disambiguation)