Roan may refer to:

Animals

Roan (color) Roan is a coat color found in many animals, including horses, cattle, antelope, cat and dogs. It is defined generally as an even mixture of white and pigmented hairs that do not "gray out" or fade as the animal ages."''roan'', ''a''. and ''n.1' ...

, a type of animal coat color that shows intermixed white and darker-colored hairs *

Roan (horse) Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and " points"—lower legs, mane, and tail—are mostly solid-colored. Horses with roan coats have white hairs evenly ...

, a horse coat color pattern *

Varnish roan Varnish roan describes a horse with coloration similar to roan, but with some changes in color over the years, though not to the extreme of a gray. This type of roaning only occurs in conjunction with the Leopard complex. Varnish roans are born w ...

, a leopard-complex horse coat color that looks similar to roan * Roan antelope, an African savanna antelope *

Roan Allen Roan Allen (1904–1930) was one of the founding sires of the Tennessee Walking Horse. It is believed that all Tennessee Walking Horses alive today trace back to him. Life Roan Allen was born May 23, 1904, on the farm of James Brantley in Coffee ...

(1904–1930), one of the founding sires of the Tennessee Walking Horse

People

Roan (name) Roan is a Frisian given name. It is sometimes used also in other languages such as English, where it can be also an alternate form of Rowan. It can be also a surname. Variants of the name include ''Ronne''. It comes from Proto-Germanic *''hrabana ...

, a personal name and surname *

Samuel Roan Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

(born 1947), a Scottish Football Player for Rafe Rovers *

Samuel Gibaon Roan Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

(born 1925), a Scottish Champion Angler who was disabled from the waist down *

Charles H. Roan Private First Class Charles Howard Roan (August 16, 1923 – September 18, 1944) was a United States Marine who sacrificed his life to save those of four fellow Marines in the landing on Peleliu during World War II. For his heroism, he posthumou ...

(1923—1944), a United States Marine who participated in the landing on Peleliu during World War II *

Dan Roan Daniel Roan (born 31 December 1976) is the sports editor for BBC News, currently employed by BBC Sport. Biography Daniel Roan was born on 31 December 1976 and was brought up in Northampton, England. Roan went to Wellingborough School. He matricul ...

(born 1976), a sports editor for BBC News *

John Roan John Roan (circa 1600/1602 - 1644) was a landowner in Greenwich, London who left his estate for the founding of The John Roan School. Life The Greenwich branch of the Roan Family came from Northamptonshire and owned land in Greenwich. They were a ...

, a landowner in Greenwich, London who left his estate for the founding of the John Roan School *

John Roan (bishop) John Roan, D.D. (died 5 September 1692) was a Church of Ireland Bishop of Killaloe. He was born in Wales and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and awarded Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) by Trinity College, Dublin in 1666. He was made pro-Vice-Chan ...

(died 1692), a Church of Ireland Bishop of Killaloe *

Michael Roan Michael Phillip Roan (born August 29, 1972) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League. He is now a high school teacher, vineyard owner and former football coach. Amateur Career A graduate and standout ...

(born 1972), a former professional American football tight end *

Oscar Roan Oscar Bennie Roan III (born October 17, 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football ...

(born 1951), a former American football tight end *

Roan Carneiro Roan Carneiro Pereira (born 2 June 1978) is a Brazilian retired professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2000, Carneiro was ...

, a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist *

Roan Ching-yueh Roan Ching-Yueh (; born in 1957 in Pingtung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and an Professor of Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University. Books He has published more than 30 books in both Taiwan and China, including ...

(born 1958), a Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and an Associate Professor of Department of Art Creativity

Places

Iran

Roan, Iran Rowan ( fa, روعان, also Romanized as Row‘ān; also known as Rawān and Ro‘ān) is a village in Sabzdasht Rural District, in the Central District of Kabudarahang County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic R ...

, a village in Hamadan Province

Norway

* Roan, Norway, a municipality in the Fosen district of Trøndelag * Roan, a village in Roan municipality in Trøndelag *

Roan Church Roan Parish Church (''Fosen Cathedral''; ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åfjord municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Roan. It is the church for Roan parish which is part of the Fosen prosti ...

, a church in Roan municipality in Trøndelag

United Kingdom

Old Roan Aintree is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 road, north-east of Liverpool city centre, in North West England. It i ...

, an area in Aintree village, Merseyside, England **

Old Roan railway station Old Roan railway station is a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England, about seven miles north-east of Liverpool, on the Ormskirk Branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. Location The station is located on Ormskirk ...

, a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England **

Old Roan Chase The Old Roan Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Mildmay Course at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs ...

, a steeplechase in Aintree village, Merseyside, England * Roan, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States

Roan Cliffs The Roan Cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in eastern Utah and western Colorado, in the western United States that are distinct from (but closely associated with) the Book Cliffs. Description While Roan Cliffs are "remote and inac ...

, a range of mountains and cliffs in Utah and Colorado *

Roan Creek Roan Creek is a tributary of the Watauga River that rises near the border between the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina. Its source is located along the slopes of Snake Mountain near Trade in Johnson County, Tennessee. From its source, ...

, a tributary of the Watauga River in Tennessee *

Roan Creek (Colorado) Roan Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Colorado River in Garfield County, Colorado. See also * List of rivers of Colorado Thi ...

, a tributary of the Colorado River in Garfield County, Colorado *

Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands) Roan Mountain is a mountain straddling the North Carolina/Tennessee border in the Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the Southeastern United States. The range's highpoint, Roan is clad in a dense stand of Southern Appalachian sp ...

, a mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border *

Roan Mountain, Tennessee Roan Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,360 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City&nd ...

, a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee *

Roan Mountain State Park Roan Mountain State Park is a Tennessee state park in Carter County, in Northeast Tennessee. It is close to the Tennessee-North Carolina border and near the community of Roan Mountain, Tennessee. Situated in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian ...

, located in East Tennessee along the Tennessee-North Carolina border *

Roan Plateau The Roan Plateau is a plateau in western Colorado, USA, in Garfield County. It contains a variety of natural resources and scenic terrain: high ridges, deep valleys, desert lands, waterfalls, cutthroat trout, mountain lions, bears, rare plants, ...

, a plateau that overlooks the Colorado River Valley

Zambia

Roan (Zambian National Assembly constituency) Roan is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the Roan suburb of Luanshya and the town of Mapatamatu in Luanshya District of Copperbelt Province Copperbelt Province is a province in Zambia which covers the mineral-rich ...

, a parliamentary constituency * Roan, Luanshya, a suburb of Luanshya in the Roan constituency

Other

* Battle of Roan's Tan Yard, an action during the American Civil War * The John Roan School, a comprehensive secondary school in Blackheath, South-East London *'' The Secret of Roan Inish'', an independent film directed by John Sayles, released widely in 1994 * USS ''Charles H. Roan'' (DD-853) (1946–1973), a ''Gearing''-class destroyer of the United States Navy *

The Strawberry Roan (song) "The Strawberry Roan" is a classic American cowboy song, written by California cowboy Curley Fletcher and first published in 1915, as a poem called ''The Outlaw Broncho''. By the early 1930s, the song had become famous; in 1931 it was sung by a ...

, a classic American cowboy song, written by California cowboy Curley Fletcher *'' Strawberry Roan (1945 film)'', a 1945 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey *

Roan United F.C. Roan United is a Zambian association football, football club based in Luanshya, in the Zambian Premier League and mostly successful during the early years of Zambian football. Indeed, they were the inaugural winners of the ZPL, clinching what was ...

, a Zambian football club based in Luanshya *A

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

that curves upward