Rover may refer to:

People

Name

Constance Rover Constance Rover (15 December 1910 – 16 February 2005) was an English historian. She educated on behalf of the Workers' Educational Association and became a full-time faculty member of the University of North London, Polytechnic of North London a ...

(1910–2005), English historian * Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer *

Rover Thomas Rover Thomas Joolama (1926 – 11 April 1998), commonly known as simply Rover Thomas, was a Wangkajunga and Kukatja Aboriginal Australian artist. Early life Rover Thomas was born in 1925 near Gunawaggii, at Well 33 on the Canning Stock Rout ...

(c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist

Stage name

Rover (musician) Timothée Régnier, better known by his stage name Rover, is a French musician, composer, and occasional actor from Paris who sings primarily in English. Active since 2005, he has released three studio albums, scored several films, as well as ma ...

, French singer-songwriter and musician, born Timothée Régnier in 1979

Places

Rover, Arkansas Rover is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yell County, Arkansas, Yell County, Arkansas, United States. Rover is located on Arkansas Highway 28, west-southwest of Plainview, Arkansas, Plainview ...

, US * Rover, Missouri, US * Rover, West Virginia, US * Røver Anchorage, Bouvet Island, Norway * Rover Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Arts and entertainment

Literature

* ''Rover'', the US title of '' They Came on Viking Ships'', a children's novel by Jackie French * ''The Rover'' (story paper), a British boys' story paper which started in 1922

Music

* "Rover" (BlocBoy JB song), 2018 ** "Rover 2.0", a 2018 remake by BlocBoy JB featuring 21 Savage from the mixtape '' Simi'' * "Rover" (S1mba song), 2020 viral hit by S1mba featuring DTG * "Rover" (UCLA song), a sports cheer at the University of California Los Angeles * "The Rover" (Led Zeppelin song), a song by Led Zeppelin on their 1975 double album ''Physical Graffiti'' * "

The Irish Rover "The Irish Rover" ( Roud 4379) is an Irish folk song about a magnificent though improbable sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, with the lyrics changing over time due to the folk process. T ...

", an Irish folk song about a magnificent sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end * ''

The Wild Rover "The Wild Rover" (Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 1173) is a very popular and well-travelled Folk music, folk song. Many territories have laid claim to having the original version. History In the English Folk Song and Dance periodical "Folk Music Jou ...

'', an English folk song about a

rover Rover may refer to: People Name * Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian * Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer * Rover Thomas (c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist Stage name * Rover (musician), French singer-songw ...

* Rover (EP), a 2023 extended play by Kai ** Rover (Kai song)

Fiction

Rover (robot dog) ''Lunar Jim'' is a Canadian science fiction stop-motion animated television series that aired from 2 January 2006 to 19 October 2007. The show focuses on Lunar Jim, an astronaut on the Blue Moon L22. The show, produced by Halifax Film Company ...

, a character on ''Lunar Jim'' always helping on Jim's missions * Rover (''The Prisoner''), a fictional balloon device in the 1967 British television program ''The Prisoner'' * Rover, the main character in the novella ''

Roverandom ''Roverandom'' is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925, about the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the Moon and under the sea in order to find the w ...

'' by J.R.R. Tolkien * Rover, the name of two vehicles with artificial intelligence, built by Marvel Comics'

Hank Pym Dr. Henry Jonathan Pym is a character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by penciller Jack Kirby, editor-plotter Stan Lee and writer Larry Lieber, Pym debuted in ''Tales to Astonish'' #27 (Ja ...

* The Rovers, an informal name for the

Rovers Return Inn The Rovers Return Inn, also known simply as the Rovers, is a fictional public house in the long-running British soap opera ''Coronation Street''. The Rovers Return occupies a corner of the fictional Coronation Street and Rosamund Street set ...

, a fictional pub in British soap opera ''Coronation Street''

Television

* ''Rovers'' (TV series), a British television show

Science

Rover (space exploration) A rover (or sometimes planetary rover) is a planetary surface exploration device designed to move over the rough surface of a planet or other planetary mass celestial bodies. Some rovers have been designed as land vehicles to transport member ...

, a vehicle that explores the surface of an astronomical body **

Lunar rover A lunar rover or Moon rover is a space exploration Rover (space exploration), vehicle designed to move across the surface of the Moon. The Apollo program's Lunar Roving Vehicle was driven on the Moon by members of three American crews, Apollo 15, ...

, a vehicle designed to move across the surface of the Moon **

Mars rover A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers: they examine more territory, they can be directed to interesting features, they can place them ...

, a vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars *

ROVER Rover may refer to: People Name * Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian * Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer * Rover Thomas (c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist Stage name * Rover (musician), French singer-songw ...

, a military system that receives video images from aircraft

Sport

Rover (ice hockey) A rover was an ice hockey position that was phased out during the 1910s and 1920s. The rover did not have a set position, and roamed the ice at will. Use of the rover resulted in teams having seven players on the ice at once, as compared to six p ...

, a long-defunct ice hockey position * Rover, a position in

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

Transport

Automobiles and motorcycles

Freight Rover Freight Rover was a British commercial vehicle manufacturer based in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham, England. History Freight Rover was created as a division of the Land Rover Group of British Leyland (BL) in 1981, creating a new singl ...

(1981–1986), a commercial vehicle manufacturing division of Leyland *

Land Rover Group Land Rover Group (LRG) was a division of British Leyland (BL) and later the Rover Group that was in existence between 1981 and 1987. LRG brought British Leyland's light commercial vehicle production under one management, consisting of the Lan ...

(1981–1987), a light commercial vehicle division of Leyland *

Land Rover Land Rover is a brand of predominantly four-wheel drive, off-road capable vehicles, owned by British multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008 a subsidiary of India's Tata Motors. JLR builds Land Rovers in Brazil ...

, a brand of 4-wheel drive vehicles by the British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover *

MG Rover Group MG Rover Group was a British carmaker that existed between 2000 and 2005. It was the last domestically owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry. The company was formed when BMW sold the car-making and engine manufac ...

(2000–2005), a British mass-production car manufacturer, formerly the Rover Group *

Rover Company The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company originally founded in 1878, beginning car manufacturing in 1904. It primarily operated from its base in Solihull, Warwickshire. Rover also manufactured the Land Rover series from ...

(1885–1967), a British car manufacturing company, absorbed into Leyland Motor Corporation *

Rover Group The Rover Group plc was the British vehicle manufacturing conglomerate known as "BL plc" until 1986 (formerly British Leyland), which had been a state-owned company since 1975. It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (compris ...

(1986–2000), a British car manufacturer, previously known as British Leyland * Rover Light Armoured Car, an armoured car produced in Australia during World War II *

Rover (marque) Rover is a British automotive brand that was used for over a century, from 1904 to 2005. It was launched as a bicycle maker called Rover Company in 1878, before starting to manufacture autocars in 1904. The brand used the Viking longship as its ...

, British automotive marque (brand) in use from 1904 to 2005 *

Rover (motorcycles) The Rover Company was a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer before it began the manufacture of motor cars. Rover was established in 1878 by John Kemp Starley in Coventry to produce bicycles. The company developed and produced the ''Rover ...

, a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer before it began the manufacture of motor cars

Business (transport)

Rover (ticket) National Rail (NR) is the Trade name, trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, a group representing passenger train operating company, train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales. The TOCs run the passen ...

, a type of bus or train

travel card A transit pass (North American English) or travel card (British English), often referred to as a bus pass or train pass etc. (in all English dialects), is a ticket that allows a passenger of the service to take either a certain number of pre-purc ...

ticket issued in the UK *

Rover Coaches Rover Coaches is an Australian bus company operating services in the Hunter Valley. It is a subsidiary of Buslines Group. History In 1925, George Ryder purchased two small bus operators, the South Maitland Motor Company and the Marble Bar Moto ...

, an Australian bus company operating services in the Hunter Valley

Locomotives

* GWR Rover class, a class of locomotives on the Great Western Railway * ''Rover'', a

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotive in service on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915

Watercraft

* HMS ''Rover'', the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy * ''Rover'' (barque), the American merchant ship involved in the Rover Incident of 1867 * ''Rover'' (log canoe), a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1886 * ''Rover'' (privateering ship), a ship from Nova Scotia, launched in 1800 * ''Rover'' (yacht), a luxury steam yacht built for P&O chairman, Lord Inchcape, in 1930 *

Rover-class tanker The Rover class is a British ship class of five small fleet tankers, active from 1970 to 2017 with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. One remains in service, having been sold to Indonesia; the re ...

, a class of ships in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the UK

Other uses

* ''Rover'', a common name for a doghttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96703/when-did-we-start-naming-our-dogs-rover-and-why * Rover, a person with no fixed abode, see wikt:rover * Rover (fish), common name for fish in the family Emmelichthyidae * Rover chair, designed by industrial designer Ron Arad * Rover Ruckus, the fourteenth FIRST Tech Challenge game *

Rover Scout Rovers or Rovering is a programme associated with some Scout organizations for adults, originated by The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom in 1918 to provide a programme for young men who had grown up beyond the age range of the Boy ...

, a programme within Scouting in some countries for young men and women above the age range for Boy and Girl Scouts *

Rover (company) Rover Group, Inc. is an American company which operates an online marketplace for people to buy and sell pet care services including pet sitting, dog boarding, and dog walking. Rover was founded in 2011 in Seattle, Washington an ...

, a company that sells pet care services

References

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