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Rorke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Daniel Rorke, Australian saxophonist *
Gordon Rorke Gordon Frederick Rorke (27 June 1938 – 5 July 2025) was an Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches in 1959. Biography Rorke made his Test debut in January 1959 in the Fourth Test of The Ashes series against England in Adelaide. ...
(1938–2025), Australian cricketer *
Hayden Rorke William Henry Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987), known professionally as Hayden Rorke, was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Alfred E. Bellows on the 1960s American sitcom ''I Dream of Jeannie''. Early life Rorke was b ...
(1910–1987), American actor *
James Rorke James "Jem" Rorke (c. 1827 – 24 October 1875) was a settler and trader of Irish descent in Southern Africa. He served as a civilian in the British Army commissariat in 1846 during the Seventh Xhosa War. In 1849, Rorke purchased a farmstead in ...
(c.1827–1875), British settler in southern Africa, owner of the farmstead Rorke's Drift *
John Rorke John Rorke (9 June 1807 – 13 August 1896) was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1866 to 1882 as a Conservative and Confederate. ...
(1807–1896), Irish-born Canadian merchant and political figure in Newfoundland * Joseph Rorke (1832–1907), Canadian businessman and politician from Ontario * Margaret Hayden Rorke (1883–1969), American suffragist and writer *
Mary Rorke Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress.Mary Rorke
(1858–1938), British actor * W. H. Rorke (fl. 1901–1902), American college football coach *Gabriel T. Rorke, the main antagonist in the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts


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* Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa *
Battle of Rorke's Drift The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal ...
(1879), in what is now Natal Province, South Africa {{surname