Rowbotham is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Etymologically it is ''roe–bottom'', meaning a depression in the ground (

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''bothm'') inhabited by deer (''roe''). The name originates from such a geographic feature near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Notable people with the surname include: *

Darran Rowbotham Darran Rowbotham (born 22 October 1966) is a Welsh former footballer who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League playing as a striker. Career Rowbotham was born in Cardiff, Wales. He began his career as a junior with Plymouth ...

(born 1966), Welsh footballer *

David Rowbotham David Harold Rowbotham (27 August 1924 – 6 October 2010) was an Australian poet and journalist. Early life Rowbotham was born in the Darling Downs of Queensland, in the city of Toowoomba. He attended Toowoomba Grammar School and studied at ...

(1924–2010), Australian poet and journalist *

Dave Rowbotham Dave Rowbotham (1958 – 8 November 1991) was an English rock musician who played guitar and bass with various Manchester bands in the 1970s and the 1980s, and as a studio musician. Biography Born in Didsbury, Manchester, he went to school ...

(1958–1991), English rock musician * Harry Rowbotham (1911–1979), English footballer *

Jason Rowbotham Jason Rowbotham (born 3 January 1969) is a Welsh former professional footballer, who played as a left back. Career Rowbotham began his professional career in 1987 with Plymouth Argyle, spending five years at Home Park. In 1992, a move to Shre ...

(born 1969), Welsh footballer *

Jeffrey Rowbotham Jeffrey Rowbotham, Royal Institute of British Architects#Designation, ARIBA (23 August 1920 – 1 March 1984) was a Scottish people, Scottish architect. Life From February to August 1939, Rowbotham was an apprentice for James M Monro & Son. I ...

(1920-1984), Scottish architect *

Joseph Rowbotham Joseph Rowbotham (8 July 1831 – 22 December 1899) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Sheffield Cricket Club (''aka'' Yorkshire) 1854–62; and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club 1863–76. In addition, he represented Marylebon ...

(1831–1899), English cricketer * Michael Rowbotham, political and economic writer and commentator *

Mike Rowbotham Michael Grant Rowbotham (born 2 September 1965) is a former South African footballer, who played as a midfielder for Manchester United, Grimsby Town and Wits University The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-cam ...

(born 1965), South African footballer * Samuel Rowbotham (1816–1884), English inventor and writer, advocate for a flat earth *

Sara Rowbotham Sara Rowbotham is a local councillor, community leader and former health worker in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, notable for helping to expose the child sex abuse ring there. She has served as Deputy leader of Rochdale Borough Council since 2018, ...

, British councillor and activist *

Sheila Rowbotham Sheila Rowbotham (born 27 February 1943) is a British socialist feminist theorist and historian. Early life Rowbotham was born on 27 February 1943 in Leeds (in present-day West Yorkshire), the daughter of a salesman for an engineering company a ...

(born 1943), British socialist feminist theorist *

Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham (1823 in Dublin – 30 June 1875 in Percy Lodge, Camden Hill, Kensington), was an Irish watercolour, landscape and marine artist and lithographer. He was the son of the watercolour artist, Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowb ...

(1823–1875), British painter *

Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham (sometimes called Thomas Leeson Rowbotham the Elder or Thomas Leeson Rowbotham Senior; and his third forename sometimes given as Scarse) (1782–1853) was an English watercolourist and oil painter. He was ...

(1782–1853), British painter * William John Owen Rowbotham, birth name of Bill Owen (1914–1999), British actor * Clarence Rowbotham (1934-2023), Canadian musician and adventurer

Variant forms

* Rowbottom

Robottom

* Dame

Marlene Robottom Dame Marlene Robottom, , is a British academic and educator. Career The former headteacher at the Mulberry School for Girls, Tower Hamlets, London, retired in December 2005 having led Mulberry School to notable success. During her time at the s ...

, British educator

Robotham

* George Robotham (1921–2007), American actor *

Michael Robotham Michael Robotham (born 9 November 1960) is an Australian crime fiction writer who has twice won the CWA Gold Dagger award for best novel and twice been shortlisted for the Edgar Award for best novel. His eldest child is Alexandra Hope Robotham, ...

(born 1960), Australian crime author * Robert Robotham (c. 1522 – c. 1571), English politician *

William Arthur Robotham William Arthur Robotham (26 November 1899 - 1980) was a Rolls-Royce executive involved in the development of Rolls-Royce cars, during World War II of tanks and tank engines, and post-war of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars complete with bodies and th ...

(Roy) British engineer with Rolls-Royce, designer of the Rolls-Royce Meteor tank engine

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