Rover may refer to:

People

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 Polytechnic of North London as deputy head of law and soc ...

(1910–2005), English historian *

Jolanda de Rover Jolanda de Rover (born 10 October 1963) is a female former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Jolanda de Rover competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal in backstroke in 1984. In ...

(born 1963), Dutch swimmer *

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

(c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist

Places

Rover, Arkansas Rover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. Rover is located on Arkansas Highway 28, west-southwest of Plainview. Rover has a post office with ZIP code 72860. It was first li ...

, US *

Rover, Missouri Rover is an unincorporated community in western Oregon County, Missouri, Oregon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community lies approximately eleven miles west of Alton, Missouri, Alton and is on Missouri Route M, 1.5 miles south of U.S. R ...

, US * Rover, West Virginia, US *

Røver Anchorage Røver Anchorage () is an open anchorage along the southwest coast of Bouvetøya, approximately midway between Norvegia Point and Lars Island. The anchorage was used in December 1927 by the ''Norvegia'', the vessel of the Norwegian expedition und ...

, Bouvet Island, Norway *

Rover Creek Rover Creek is a creek in the West Kootenay Region of British Columbia. The creek is located west of Forty Nine Creek and flows into the Kootenay River. The creek has been mined for gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from ...

, British Columbia, Canada

Arts and entertainment

Literature

* ''Rover'', the US title of ''

They Came on Viking Ships ''They Came on Viking Ships'' is a children's historical novel by Jackie French, first published in Australia in 2005. In 2007 it was retitled as ''Slave Girl'' for its publication in Britain, and ''Rover'' for its publication in the United St ...

'', 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" is an Irish folk song about a magnificent though improbable sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, some of whom have made changes to the lyrics over time. The song describes a ...

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

Fiction

* Rover (robot dog), 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 ...

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

Hank Pym Dr. Henry Jonathan "Hank" Pym () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by penciller Jack Kirby, editor-plotter Stan Lee and writer Larry Lieber, the character first appeared in ''Tales to ...

* The Rovers, an informal name for the

Rovers Return Inn The Rovers Return Inn is a fictional pub in the long-running British soap opera ''Coronation Street''. The Rovers Return occupies a corner of the fictional Coronation Street and Rosamund Street set location in the show. The pub was built by ...

, 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 across the solid surface on a planet or other planetary mass celestial bodies. Some rovers have been designed as land vehicles to transport memb ...

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

Lunar rover A lunar rover or Moon rover is a 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, 16, and 17. Other rov ...

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

Mars rover A Mars rover is a 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 themselves in sunny pos ...

, a vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars *

ROVER Rover may refer to: People * Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian * Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer * Rover Thomas (c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist Places * Rover, Arkansas, US * Rover, Missouri, US * ...

, a military system that receives video images from aircraft

Sport

Rover (ice hockey) A rover was a position in ice hockey used from its formation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At the time ice hockey consisted of seven positions: along with the goaltender, two defencemen, and three forwards, positions which ...

, 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

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 Land ...

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

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

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

MG Rover Group MG Rover Group 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 manufacturing assets of the original Rover Group to the Phoenix Consor ...

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

Rover Company The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company that operated from its base in Solihull in Warwickshire. Its lasting reputation for quality and performance was such that its first postwar model reviewed by '' Road & Track'' i ...

(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 (comprisi ...

(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 marque 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 iconic Viking longs ...

, 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 ''Rove ...

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

Business (transport)

Rover (ticket) National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales. The TOCs run the p ...

, a type of bus or train ticket issued in the UK *

Rover Coaches Rover Coaches is an Australian bus company operating services in the Hunter Valley. History In 1925, George Ryder purchased two small bus operators, the South Maitland Motor Company and the Marble Bar Motor Service, and named the company Rover ...

, an Australian bus company operating services in the Hunter Valley

Locomotives

GWR Rover class The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. History The prototype locomotive, ''Great Western'', was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon ...

, 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 Small Fleet Tankers, active from 1970 to 2017 with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Two remain in service, one having been sold to Portugal and one to Indonesia; the rest have been scrapped or are awaiting d ...

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

Other uses

Rover (fish) The Emmelichthyidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine fish known commonly as rovers. The family was once much larger, including a wide range of plankton-eating fish, but most of the genera were discovered to be unrelated examples of ...

, common name for fish in the family Emmelichthyidae *

Rover chair The Rover chair is the first piece of furniture designed by industrial designer Ron Arad. It was made in 1981 as a fusion of two readymades and launched Arad's career. The chair is a postmodernist design, combining a car seat with a structural tu ...

, designed by industrial designer Ron Arad *

Rover Ruckus Rover Ruckus, officially known as Rover Ruckus Presented by Qualcomm for sponsorship reasons, is the FIRST Tech Challenge game for the 2018–2019 season. In the competition, two alliances of two teams each compete to collect minerals and place ...

, the fourteenth FIRST Tech Challenge game *

Rover Scout Rover Scouts, Rovers, Rover Scouting or Rovering is a program associated with some Scouting organizations for adult men and women. A group of Rovers is called a 'Rover Crew'. Rovers was originated by The Boy Scouts Association in the United K ...

, a programme within Scouting in some countries for young men and women above the age range for Boy and Girl Scouts * Rover.com (website), a Seattle-based company selling pet services