Rob Roy usually refers to the Scottish folk hero
Rob Roy MacGregor
Robert Roy MacGregor (; 7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734) was a Jacobite Scottish outlaw, who later became a Scottish and Jacobite folk hero.
Early life
He was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as r ...
(, 1671–1734).
Rob Roy may also refer to:
Places
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Rob Roy, Victoria, a district of the town of Christmas Hills, Victoria, Australia
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Mount Rob Roy, a mountain, adjacent to the Canberra suburb of
Banks, Australian Capital Territory
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Rob Roy, Ontario, a hamlet in
Grey County
Grey County is a county in the province of Ontario. The county is located in the Southwestern Ontario region, and is a part of the Georgian Triangle. At the time of the 2021 Canadian census the population of the county was 100,905. Owen Sound is ...
, Ontario, Canada
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Rob Roy Glacier, a glacier on New Zealand's South Island
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Rob Roy Peak
Rob Roy Peak is a mountain in Otago, New Zealand.
Description
Rob Roy Peak is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island. It is also within Mount Aspiring National Park which is part of the Te Wahipounamu UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pre ...
, a mountain on New Zealand's South Island
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Rob Roy Way
The Rob Roy Way is a Scotland, Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Drymen in Stirling (council area), Stirling to Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross. The path was created in 2002, and takes its name from Robert Roy MacGregor, Rob Roy MacG ...
, a long-distance footpath in Scotland
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Rob Roy Island, an island in the Solomon Islands
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Rob Roy, Indiana, United States, a small town
Works related to Rob Roy MacGregor
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''Rob Roy'' (novel), an 1817 novel by Walter Scott based on MacGregor's life
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''Rob Roy'' (play), an 1818 play based on the novel
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Rob Roy Overture'', a musical composition by Hector Berlioz inspired by the novel, composed in 1831 and first performed at the Paris Conservatoire on 14 April 1833
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''Rob Roy'' (operetta), an 1894 operetta by Reginald De Koven and Harry B. Smith
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''Rob Roy'' (1922 film), a silent film starring David Hawthorne
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Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue'', a 1953 film starring Richard Todd and Glynis Johns
* ''Rob Roy'' (1987 film), an animated film produced by
Burbank Films Australia
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''Rob Roy'' (1995 film), starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange
Ships
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CSS ''Rob Roy'', a Confederate blockade runner
* , a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the First World War
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PS ''Rob Roy'', the first seaworthy steamship
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Rob Roy 23, an American sailboat design
Sports
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Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C., a football club from Kirkintilloch, Scotland
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Rob Roy F.C., a defunct football club from Callander, Scotland
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Rob Roy Boat Club, a rowing club on the River Cam, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Other uses
* Rob Roy, nickname of
John MacGregor (1825–1892), English explorer, travel writer and philanthropist, and also the boats that he designed
* Rob Roy, CEO and co-founder of
Switch
In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type o ...
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Rob Roy (cocktail)
The Rob Roy is a cocktail consisting primarily of whisky and vermouth, created in 1894 by a bartender at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, New York City. The drink was named in honor of the premiere of '' Rob Roy'', an operetta by composer Regin ...
, created in conjunction with the premiere of De Koven' and Smith's ''Rob Roy'' operetta (1894)
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Rob Roy (dog), a collie owned by Calvin Coolidge
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Rob Roy (bar), a bar in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys, a doo-wop group
See also
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Robert H. Roy (1906–2000), American mechanical engineer and the former Dean of Engineering Science at Johns Hopkins University
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Robert Roy (cricketer) (born 1948), New Zealand cricketer
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