Roan may refer to:

Animals

* Roan (color), 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, a leopard-complex horse coat color that looks similar to roan * Roan antelope, an African savanna antelope * Roan Allen (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 (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, 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, 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, a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England ** Old Roan Chase, a steeplechase in Aintree village, Merseyside, England * Roan, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States

* Roan Cliffs, a range of mountains and cliffs in Utah and Colorado * Roan Creek, a tributary of the Watauga River in Tennessee * Roan Creek (Colorado), 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, a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee * Roan Mountain State Park, located in East Tennessee along the Tennessee-North Carolina border * Roan Plateau, 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 that curves upward