Rowley

Rowley may refer to:

Places

Canada

• Rowley, Alberta
• Rowley Island, Nunavut

United Kingdom

• Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet
• Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
• Rowley, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire, England
• Rowley Regis, a historic parish in the West Midlands, England

United States

• Rowley, Iowa
• Rowley, Massachusetts
  • Rowley (CDP), Massachusetts
• Rowley, Utah
• Rowley Creek, a stream in Wisconsin

People

Surname

• Alec Rowley (1892–1958), English composer
• Alex Rowley (born 1963), Scottish politician
• Arthur Rowley (footballer born 1870), English footballer with Stoke and Port Vale
• Arthur Rowley (1926–2002), English footballer with Fulham, Leicester City and Shrewsbury
• Bartholomew Rowley (1764–1811), British naval officer
• Beth Rowley, English singer-songwriter
• Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet (1770–1845), British naval officer
• Chris Rowley, American baseball pitcher
• Christopher Rowley (born 1948), American writer
• Coleen Rowley, FBI agent and whistleblower before WTC event
• Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
• Dick Rowley (1904–1984), Irish international footballer
• Elizabeth Rowley, Canadian politician and writer
• Francis H. Rowley (1852–1954), American Baptist minister, animal welfare campaigner and hymn writer
• Geoff Rowley, Liverpool-born professional skateboarder
• George Rowley (academic) (1782–1836), Dean and Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
• George Rowley (entrepreneur) (born 1964), British entrepreneur
• George Rowley (cricketer) (1896–1953), English cricketer
• George Dawson Rowley (1822–1878), English amateur ornithologist
• Gordon Rowley (1921–2019), British botanist and writer specialising in cacti and succulents
• Graham Westbrook Rowley Arctic explorer and geographer
• H. H. Rowley (1890–1969), English theologian and scholar
• Hazel Rowley, British-born Australian writer
• Ian Rowley, Australian ornithologist
• Jack Rowley, football player
• James Joseph Rowley, director of the United States Secret Service
• Janet Rowley, American human geneticist
• Joshua Rowley (1734–1790), Royal Navy officer
• Josias Rowley (1765–1842), Royal Navy officer
• Katie Rowley Jones, English musical theatre actress
• Keith Rowley (born 1949), Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
• Mark Rowley (born 1964), Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London
• Mark Rowley (born 1990), Scottish actor
• Richard Rowley (disambiguation)
• Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter
• Thomas Rowley (disambiguation), several men with this name
• Trevor Rowley, British landscape historian and archaeologist
• William Rowley (disambiguation), several men with this name
• Holders of the title Baron Langford
  • Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford
  • Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford

Given name

• Rowley Birkin QC, fictional character in The Fast Show UK television comedy
• Rowley Jefferson, a fictional character in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Transportation

• Rowley station (MBTA), a commuter rail station in Rowley, Massachusetts, United States
• Rowley railway station (England), a former railway station in Rowley, Durham, England
• HMS Rowley (K560), a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945

Other

• Old Rowley, a racehorse of King Charles II

See also

• Rowly
• Henry Rowley Bishop, English composer
• Rowlan
• Rowland (disambiguation)
• Ó Rothláin