Rowland is an English male given name. It is a medieval variation of

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

Notable people with the given name "Rowland" include

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Rowland Abiodun Rowland O. Abiodun, b. 1941, earned his B.A. in Fine Arts in 1965 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and his M.A. in Art History from the University of Toronto. Born in Owo Nigeria, Abiodun has written extensively about the body of art ...

(born 1941), Nigerian-Canadian historian *

Rowland K. Adams Rowland K. Adams (July 10, 1889 – July 30, 1944) was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state of Maryland, from 1943 to 1944. Born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Adams moved with his family to Boonsboro, Maryland ...

(1889–1944), American judge * Rowland Allanson-Winn (1855–1935), Irish politician * Rowland Alston (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rowland Anderson Rowland Joseph Anderson (30 September 1872 – 29 August 1959) was an Australian politician. He was born in Kurrajong to farmer William James Anderson and Sarah Roberts. He attended public school at Parramatta but left at sixteen to work a ...

(1872–1959), Australian politician *

Rowland Atkinson Rowland Atkinson is a British academic, urban sociologist, and author. Career He directed the Housing and Community Research Unit at the University of Tasmania from 2005 to 2008. In 2009, he became a Reader in Urban Studies and Criminology ...

, British academic

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* Rowland Bailey (1876–1950), Australian cricketer *

Rowland Baring (disambiguation) Rowland Baring may refer to: * Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer (1877–1953), British peer * Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918–1991), British peer {{Hndis, Baring, Rowland ...

, multiple people * Rowland Barnes (1940–2005), American judge * Rowland Barran (1858–1949), English politician * Rowland Bateman (1737–1803), Irish politician * Rowland Beckett, Australian rugby league footballer * Rowland Berkeley (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rowland Berthoff Rowland Tappan Berthoff (September 20, 1921 – March 25, 2001) was an American historian, working in the fields of immigration and social life in the USA. He is best known for his 1971 book ''An Unsettled People: Order and Disorder in American Lif ...

(1921–2001), American historian * Rowland Biffen (1874–1949), British botanist *

Rowland Blades George Rowland Blades, 1st Baron Ebbisham, Order of the British Empire, GBE (15 April 1868 – 24 May 1953) was an England, English Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician, printer, and Lord Mayor of London. Blades was born in Sydenham, ...

(1868–1953), English politician * Rowland Blennerhassett (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rowland Bourke Rowland Richard Louis Bourke, (28 November 1885 – 29 August 1958) was a Canadian farmer, sailor, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth fo ...

(1885–1958), Canadian soldier *

Rowland Bowen Major Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a cricket researcher, historian and writer. Educated at Westminster School, Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the In ...

(1916–1978), English cricket researcher * Rowland Brotherhood (1812–1883), British engineer * Rowland Brotherhood (cricketer) (1841–1938), English cricketer * Rowland Brown (1900–1963), American screenwriter * Rowland Burdon (disambiguation), multiple people

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* Rowland Carter (1875–1916), English architect * Rowland Codling (1880–1954), English footballer * Rowland L. Collins (1935–1985), English professor * Rowland Cotton (1581–1634), English politician * Rowland Croucher (born 1937), Australian pastor

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* Rowland Dawkins (??–1691), Welsh politician * Rowland Davies (disambiguation), multiple people * Rowland L. Davis (1871–1954), American judge * Rowland Robert Teape Davis (1807–1879), New Zealand activist *

Rowland Day Rowland Day (March 6, 1779 Chester, Massachusetts – December 23, 1853 Moravia, New York) was an American merchant and politician from New York. From 1823 to 1825, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Life In 1805, Day re ...

(1779–1853), American merchant * Rowland Detrosier (1800–1834), English politician

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Rowland Egerton-Warburton Rowland Eyles Egerton-Warburton (14 September 1804 – 6 December 1891) was an English landowner and poet from the Egerton family in Cheshire. He was a devout Anglican in the high church tradition and a local benefactor. He paid for the re ...

(1804–1891), English landowner * Rowland Ellis (1650–1731), Welsh religious figure * Rowland Ellis (bishop) (1841–1911), Welsh bishop * Rowland Eustace (1505–1578), Irish politician * Rowland Evans (1921–2001), American journalist

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Rowland Fernyhough Rowland Fernyhough (born 9 July 1954) is a British equestrian. He competed in the team jumping event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enter ...

(born 1954), British equestrian *

Rowland Fisher Rowland Fisher (1885–1969) was a painter, mainly known for his seascapes. Born in Gorleston, where he lived his whole life, Rowland Fisher was the son of a master mariner. He too originally wanted to go to sea, but was instead apprenticed to a ...

(1885–1969), English painter * Rowland FitzEustace (1430–1496), Irish judge * Rowland Fraser (1890–1916), Scottish rugby union footballer *

Rowland Frazee Rowland Cardwell Frazee, (May 12, 1921 – July 29, 2007) was a Canadian banker and former chairman and chief executive officer of the Royal Bank of Canada from 1979 to 1986. Biography Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at age five, the family ...

(1921–2007), Canadian banker *

Rowland G. Freeman III Rowland G. Freeman III (February 11, 1922 – November 29, 2014) was an American United States Navy officer who served as Administrator of the General Services Administration from 1979 to 1981. He died on November 29, 2014, in Williamsburg, Vi ...

(1922–2014), American naval officer

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* Rowland Garrett (born 1950), American basketball player * Rowland George (1905–1997), British rower *

Rowland Greenberg Rowland Charles Wentworth Greenberg (28 August 1920 in Oslo – 2 April 1994) was a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet), seen by many as one of the foremost names in Norwegian jazz in the 1940s and 1950s. Career With a style inspired by the Engl ...

(1920–1994), Norwegian musician *

Rowland Griffiths Rowland Griffiths (4 March 1886 – 4 May 1914) was a international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1908 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia. Griffiths played club rugby for Newport RFC. Rugby career Griffiths first ...

(1886–1914), Welsh rugby union footballer *

Rowland Gwynne Rowland Gwynne FRS (c. 1658 – 24 January 1726) of Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, was a Welsh Whig politician. Gwynne was born in about 1658, the eldest son of George Gwynne of Llanelwedd, by his wife Sybill, daughter of Roderick Gwynne, also of Ll ...

(1658–1728), Welsh politician

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* Rowland Hanson, American corporate executive *

Rowland Harrison Rowland "Rowley" Harrison (1841–1897) was a Tyneside poet and singer/songwriter, from Gateshead in County Durham. Possibly his best known work is " Geordy (or Geordie) Black", an example of Geordie dialect. Early life Rowland Harrison was b ...

(1841–1897), English poet *

Rowland Harrold Rowland Edward Harrold MB., M.Chem (13 May 1865 – 6 November 1924) was a South Australian dermatologist and floriculturist. History Harrold was born in South Australia, son of Henry Charles Harrold and his wife Sarah Catherine Harrold, née P ...

(1865–1924), Australian dermatologist * Rowland Hayward (1520–1593), English merchant * Rowland Hazard (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rowland Heylyn Rowland Heylyn (or Heilin or Heylin) (1562–1631) was a successful London merchant, sheriff of London in 1624–1625 and publisher of a Welsh bible in 1630. Life Heylyn was the son of David Heylyn of the historical Heylyn family of Pentreheyli ...

(1562–1631), English merchant *

Rowland Hibbard Rowland may refer to: Places ;in the United States *Rowland Heights, California, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County *Rowland, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Rowland Township, Michigan *Rowland, Missouri, an unincorporated com ...

(1777–1844), English painter * Rowland Hilder (1905–1993), English artist * Rowland Hill (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rowland Hodge Sir Rowland Frederick William Hodge, 1st Baronet (15 September 1859 – 21 September 1950) was an English shipbuilder. Early life Hodge was born on 15 September 1859 in Sunderland, the son of Emily (née Davis) Hodge and John Rowland Hodge of ...

(1859–1950), English shipbuilder *

Rowland Holle Rowland Leate Holle (1859 – 3 August 1929) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Wellington and Auckland between 1883 and 1894. Life and career Holle was born in Victoria, Australia. He was employed ...

(1859–1929), New Zealand cricketer *

Rowland Holt Rowland Holt (c. 1723–1786) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1759 and 1780. Early life Holt was the son of Rowland Holt and his wife Elizabeth Washington, and the great-nephew of John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) ...

(1723–1786), British politician * Rowland Hood (1911–1969), British politician * Rowland S. Howard (1959–2009), Australian musician *

Rowland Hughes Rowland Roberts Hughes (1896–1957) was a director of the United States' Office of Management and Budget from April 16, 1954 until April 1, 1956. Hughes, known for his distinctive black eye patch, was called "the logical man" in a 1956 Time Magazi ...

(1896–1957), American politician *

Rowland Hunt Rowland Hunt (13 March 1858 – 30 November 1943) was an English politician. The Lord of the Manor of Baschurch in Shropshire, he sat in the House of Commons from 1903 to 1918 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ludlow. Early life and fami ...

(1858–1943), English politician

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Rowland H. Jackson Rowland Holman Jackson (June 26, 1872 – May 1, 1957) was an American educator, attorney, businessman and politician. Jackson served as an Indiana State Senator from 1911 until 1917. Early life Rowland Holman Jackson was born in Tanglewood in ...

(1872–1957), American businessman and politician *

Rowland Louis Johnston Rowland Louis Johnston (April 23, 1872 – September 22, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 16th congressional district. Born in Louisiana, Missouri, Johnston attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the b ...

(1872–1939), American politician *

Rowland Jones Rowland Jones (1722–1774) was a Welsh lawyer and philologist of radical linguistic views. Life He was the second son of John Williams of Bachellyn, Llanbedrog, Carnarvonshire, where he was born. He spent some time as clerk in the office of hi ...

(1722–1774), Welsh lawyer * Rowland Jones (golfer) (1871–1952), English golfer * Rowland Jones-Bateman (1826–1896), English cricketer

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Rowland C. Kellogg Rowland Case Kellogg (December 31, 1843 Elizabethtown, Essex, New York – January 15, 1911, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Congressman Orlando Kellogg (1809–1865) an ...

(1843–1911), American politician *

Rowland Kenney Rowland Kenney (1882-1961) was a British diplomat, propagandist, author and editor. During World War I and World War II, Kenney directed British propaganda in Norway and Scandinavia. Kenney was born on 28 December 1882 in Shelderslow, Saddleworth ...

(1882–1961), British diplomat

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* Rowland Langmaid (1897–1956), British seaman *

Rowland Laugharne Major General Rowland Laugharne (1607 – 1675) was a member of the Welsh gentry, and a prominent soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, in which he fought on both sides. Laugharne began his career as a page to Robert Devereux, 3rd ...

(1607–1675), Welsh soldier * Rowland Lee (disambiguation), multiple people * Rowland Leigh (1902–1963), English screenwriter *

Rowland Leigh (MP) Rowland Leigh (died by 17 June 1603) was the member of Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, ma ...

(??–1603), English politician * Rowland Lockey (1565–1616), English painter *

Rowland Lytton Sir Rowland Lytton (c. 1615 – 1 November 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1660. Career Lytton was the son of Sir William Lytton of Knebworth, and his wife Anne Slaney, daughter of Stephen Slan ...

(1615–1674), English politician

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* Rowland Hussey Macy (1822–1877), American businessman *

Rowland B. Mahany Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (September 28, 1864 – May 2, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Buffalo, New York, Mahany attended the public schools, Hobart College, Geneva, New York, and Union College, Schenectady, New Yo ...

(1864–1937), American politician * Rowland Mainwaring (1850–1926), British army officer *

Rowland Makati Rowland ''Babu'' Makati (born 13 January 2001) is a Kenyan football player who turns out for Kenyan Premier League club Nairobi City Stars. Career Makati turned out for Kawangware-based side Escalators before joining third-tier side Vapor Spor ...

(born 2001), Kenyan footballer * Rowland Ap Meredydd (1529–1600), Welsh politician * Rowland Meyrick (1505–1566), Welsh bishop *

Rowland Molony Rowland Molony (born 1946) is a British poet and novelist. Life Molony graduated from St John's Catholic Comprehensive School Gravesend, Kent, in 1962, and joined the RAF. He spent several years in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where he married the arti ...

(born 1946), British poet * Rowland Money-Kyrle (1866–1928), English archdeacon * Rowland Percy Moss, American economist * Rowland Musson (1912–1943), English cricketer

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Rowland Needham Rowland Needham (10 November 1878 – 28 April 1963) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Leicestershire. He was born in Huncote and died in Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer t ...

(1878–1963), English cricketer * Rowland Nugent (1861–1948), English naval officer

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* Rowland Office (born 1952), American baseball player * Rowland Mason Ordish (1824–1886), English engineer

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* Rowland Parker (1912–1989), English historian *

Rowland Pennington Rowland Pennington (1870 – 1929) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Northwich Victoria {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_capt ...

(1870–1929), English footballer * Rowland Perkins (1934–2018), American talent agent * Rowland Pettit (1927–1981), Australian-American chemist *

Rowland Phillips (disambiguation) Rowland Phillips may refer to: * Rowland Phillips (judge) (1904-1976), Chief Justice of Jamaica, 1963–68 * Rowland Phillips (rugby) Rowland David Phillips (born 28 July 1965) is a Welsh former rugby union and rugby league footballer. Back ...

, multiple people * Rowland Plumbe (1838–1919), English architect *

Rowland Powell-Williams Rowland Powell-Williams (8 January 1872 – 16 December 1951) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1897 and 1905 for Warwickshire, London County and the Gentlemen of England. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick ...

(1872–1951), English cricketer * Rowland Prichard (1811–1887), Welsh musician * Rowland Prothero (1851–1937), British politician *

Rowland Pugh Rowland Pugh (born 1579, date of death unknown) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1625. Pugh was the eldest son of Richard ap John ap Hugh, of Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxfor ...

(1579–??), Welsh politician

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* Rowland Raw (1884–1915), English cricketer * Rowland Rees (1840–1904), Australian architect * Rowland Henry Rerick (1857-1925) American newspaper publisher and historian * Rowland Rivron (born 1958), British comedian * Rowland Richard Robbins (1872–1960), English farmer * Rowland Robinson (1833–1900), American farmer *

Rowland Ryder Rowland Ryder (1914 – 13 February 1996) was an English schoolmaster, journalist, biographer and cricket writer. Life and work Ryder's father, also called Rowland Ryder, was the secretary of Warwickshire County Cricket Club from 1895 to 1944, an ...

(1914–1996), English schoolmaster

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* Rowland Salley (born 1949), American musician *

Rowland Scherman Rowland Scherman is an American photographer. Rowland Scherman was born in New York in 1937. He studied at Oberlin College, and was dark room apprentice at ''Life'' magazine. He was the first photographer for the newly formed Peace Corps in 1961. ...

(born 1937), American photographer *

Rowland Searchfield Rowland Searchfield (Roland) (c. 1565 – 11 October 1622) was an English academic and bishop. Life He was born in 1564 or 1565, and entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1575. He matriculated as fellow at St John's College, Oxford, on 6 July 1 ...

(1565–1622), English bishop *

Rowland Shaddick Rowland Allen Shaddick (26 March 1920 – 12 January 1994) was an English cricketer active from 1946 to 1955 who played for Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Free Foresters. He was born in Clapton, London, and died in Enfield, Middl ...

(1920–1994), English cricketer * Rowland Smith (1826–1901), English politician *

Rowland Southern Rowland Southern (1882 – 13 December 1935) was an English aquatic biologist who specialised in the study of the fresh-water and marine life, particularly segmented worms (Annelida) of Ireland. He trained in England as a chemist and upon m ...

(1882–1935), English biologist *

Rowland Sperling Sir Rowland Arthur Charles Sperling KCMG CB (1874–1965) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Finland, Bulgaria, and Switzerland. Early life Sperling was born in 1874 in London, England the son of Commander Rowland Money Sperli ...

(1874–1965), British diplomat *

Rowland Stephenson (disambiguation) Rowland Stephenson may refer to: * Rowland Stephenson (banker) (1782–1856), British politician *Rowland Stephenson (Carlisle MP) Rowland Stephenson was a British Tory politician for a Cumberland constituency. He was M.P. for Carlisle Ca ...

, multiple people * Rowland St John (1588–1645), English politician * Rowland Suddaby (1912–1972), British artist * Rowland Sutherland, British musician

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Rowland Talbot Rowland Talbot was a British screenwriter of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Lure of London'' (1914) * '' Jane Shore'' (1915) * '' Tommy Atkins'' (1915) * '' Jack Tar'' (1915) * '' Five Nights'' (1915) * ''The Lure of Drink'' (1915) ...

, British screenwriter * Rowland Taylor (1510–1555), English religious figure * Rowland Thomas (1621–1698), English colonist *

Rowland E. Trowbridge Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge (June 18, 1821 – April 20, 1881) was a farmer and politician from Michigan. A United States congressman from Michigan's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863 and again from 1865 to 1869, he worked on agricultur ...

(1821–1881), American politician

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Rowland Vaughan (disambiguation) Rowland Vaughan may refer to: * Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), an English lord *Rowland Vaughan (poet) (died 1667), Welsh poet and translator *Rowland Vaughan (MP) (died 1566), MP for Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency), Breconshire and Brecon ...

, multiple people *

Rowland Venables Rowland George Venables (18 January 1846 – 9 March 1920) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister. The son of The Reverend Joseph Venables, he was born at Truro in January 1846. He was educated at Rugby School, before going up t ...

(1846–1920), English cricketer

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* Rowland Ward (1848–1912), British taxidermist * Rowland White (disambiguation), multiple people * Rowland Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people * Rowland Whyte (??–1626), English businessman *

Rowland Williams (disambiguation) Rowland Williams may refer to: * Rowland Williams (cleric) (1779–1854), Welsh Anglican clergyman and father of the theologian of the same name * Rowland Williams (theologian) (1817–1870), Welsh theologian and academic at St David's Coll ...

, multiple people *

Rowland Wilson (disambiguation) Rowland Wilson may refer to: *Rowland Wilson (cricketer) (1868–1959), English clergyman *Rowland Wilson (politician) Rowland Wilson (1613 – 19 February 1650) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1645 and 1650. H ...

, multiple people * Rowland Winn (disambiguation), multiple people * Rowland Winter (born 1985), British rugby union coach *

Rowland Wolfe Merrill Rowland Wolfe (October 8, 1914 – January 14, 2010) was an American gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a gold medal in tumbling.

(1914–2010), American gymnast *

Rowland Worsley Rowland Leonard Worsley (12 July 1907 – ?) was an Australian politician. He was born in Margate. In 1942 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasm ...

(1907–??), Australian politician *

Rowland Wright Sir Rowland Sydney Wright CBE (4 October 1915 – 14 June 1991) was a British industrialist who served as Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast between 1984–91. He was born in Northampton. He was appointed a Commander of the Order o ...

(1915–1991), British industrialist

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* Rowland York (??–1588), English soldier

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