Roark may refer to:
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Roark Capital Group, a US-based private equity firm
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USS ''Roark'' (FF-1053), a United States Navy frigate
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Roark, Missouri
People with the name
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Roark Bradford
Roark Whitney Wickliffe Bradford (August 21, 1896, Lauderdale County, Tennessee — November 13, 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American short story writer and novelist.
Life
He attended University of California, Berkeley, and served as ...
(1896–1948), American short story writer and novelist
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Roark Critchlow (born 1963), Canadian actor
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Roark Gourley (born 1949), American painter, sculptor, and mixed media artist
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Charles Thomas Irvine Roark, British polo player
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James Roark (1946?–1995), pseudonym of photographer James Barnas
* Raymond Jefferson Roark (1890–1966), Professor of Mechanics (University of Wisconsin), known for writing ''
Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain'', later co-authored with Warren C. Young (1923–2012)
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William Marshall Roark (1938–1965), United States fighter pilot killed over North Vietnam
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Tanner Roark
Tanner B. Roark ( ; born October 5, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball for the Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, and Toronto Blue Jays. ...
(born 1986), American baseball pitcher
Fictional
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Howard Roark
''The Fountainhead'' is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect, who battles against conventional standards and refuses to comp ...
, the protagonist of Ayn Rand's ''The Fountainhead''
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Roark family, a fictional dynasty in Frank Miller's graphic novel series ''Sin City''
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Roark Junior The Roark family is a fictional dynasty from Frank Miller's graphic novel series ''Sin City''.
The family is made up of corrupt officials and landowners of Irish descent, who hold absolute power in Basin City. They are the main antagonists in the ...
, the primary villain of ''That Yellow Bastard''
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Ted Roark, a character on ''Chuck''
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Roark (Pokémon), the Gym Leader of the Oreburgh Gym in ''Pokémon Diamond and Pearl''
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