Rowley may refer to:

Places

Canada

Rowley, Alberta Rowley is a Hamlet (place) , hamlet In Alberta, Canada within Starland County. It is located just north of Drumheller. History Less than a year before the new millennium, the last train passed through Rowley. In the mid-1970s, Rowley, w ...

Rowley Island Rowley Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of . Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX ...

, Nunavut

United Kingdom

* Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet *

Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire Rowley is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Little Weighton and approximately south-west of Beverley town centre. The civil parish is formed by the villages of Rowley and Little ...

, England * Rowley, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire, England *

Rowley Regis Rowley Regis ( ) is a town and former municipal borough in Sandwell in the county of the West Midlands, England. It encompasses the three Sandwell council wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley. At the 2011 census, the comb ...

, a historic parish in the West Midlands, England

United States

Rowley, Iowa Rowley is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 270 at the time of the 2020 census. History Rowley was established when the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad was built through this area in 1873. Geograp ...

Rowley, Massachusetts Rowley is a New England town, town in Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,161 at the 2020 census. Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Rowley (CDP), Massachusetts, Row ...

** Rowley (CDP), Massachusetts *

Rowley, Utah Rowley is an industrial area in Tooele County, Utah, United States. Rowley sits on the western shore of the Great Salt Lake, approximately 15 miles (by road) north of I-80, Exit 77, serving Timpie/ Rowley Junction. Rowley was created in 1970 ...

* Rowley Creek, a stream in Wisconsin

People

Surname

Alec Rowley Alec Rowley (13 March 1892 – 12 January 1958) was an English composer, organist, pianist, lecturer and writer on music. He composed a large number of works, mainly on a small scale and often of an educational nature though with some larger-scale ...

(1892–1958), English composer *

Alex Rowley Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley (born 30 November 1963) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 to 2017 and acting leader of the party from August to November 2017. He has been a Member of the ...

(born 1963), Scottish politician *

Arthur Rowley (footballer born 1870) Arthur Rowley (born 1870; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Burslem Port Vale and Stoke, and in the Southern League with Bristol Rovers. He was the first player to score a goal straight f ...

, English footballer with Stoke and Port Vale *

Arthur Rowley George Arthur Rowley Jr. (21 April 1926 – 19 December 2002), nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his explosive left-foot shot, was an English football player and cricketer. He holds the record for the most goals in the history of English lea ...

(1926–2002), English footballer with Fulham, Leicester City and Shrewsbury *

Bartholomew Rowley Admiral Sir Bartholomew Samuel Rowley (10 June 1764 – 7 October 1811) was a British naval officer who served during the American, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Biography He was second son of Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, and ...

(1764–1811), British naval officer *

Beth Rowley Beth Ann Rowley is an English singer-songwriter. Early life Rowley was born in Peru to British parents who moved back to Bristol, England when Rowley was two years old. Career Early career She was influenced by her family's love for many differ ...

, English singer-songwriter *

Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet Admiral Sir Charles Rowley (16 December 1770 – 10 October 1845) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Naval career Rowley joined the Royal Navy in 1785. He received his first command in late 1789 when Admir ...

(1770–1845), British naval officer *

Chris Rowley Christopher Ryan Rowley (born August 14, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays. He is also a first lieutenant in the United States Army, assigned to the Indi ...

, American baseball pitcher *

Christopher Rowley Christopher Rowley (born 1948) is an American writer specializing in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He is also a former journalist and television screenswriter. Christopher Rowley was born in 1948 in Lynn, Massachusetts, to an America ...

(born 1948), American writer *

Coleen Rowley Coleen Rowley (born December 20, 1954) is an American former FBI special agent and whistleblower, and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) candidate for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, one of eight congressional distri ...

, FBI agent and whistleblower before WTC event *

Cynthia Rowley Cynthia Rowley (born July 29, 1958) is an American fashion designer based in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Early life and education Rowley is a native of Barrington, Illinois a northwestern suburb of Chicago. She is one of three ...

, American fashion designer *

Dick Rowley Richard William Morris Rowley DCM (13 January 1904 – 18 April 1984) was an Irish professional footballer who played as an inside-forward or centre-forward for Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Preston North End in the English Football L ...

(1904–1984), Irish international footballer *

Elizabeth Rowley Elizabeth Rowley (born c. 1949) is the current leader of the Communist Party of Canada. A long-time politician, writer, and political activist, Rowley served as a school trustee in the former Toronto borough of East York. Before becoming leader ...

, Canadian politician and writer * Francis H. Rowley (1852–1954), American Baptist minister, animal welfare campaigner and hymn writer *

Geoff Rowley Geoffrey Joseph Rowley Jr. (born 6 June 1976) is an English professional skateboarder, former co-owner of Flip Skateboards and owner of the Civilware Service Corporation. He received ''Thrasher Magazine'' "Skater of the Year" award in 2000. Ear ...

, Liverpool-born professional skateboarder *

George Rowley (academic) George Rowley (4 April 1782 – 5 October 1836) was Dean and Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Education Rowley was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames (now Abingdon School). ...

(1782–1836), Dean and Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University *

George Rowley (entrepreneur) George Rowley (born 1964) is a British entrepreneur who is often credited with starting the absinthe revival in the popular market in Western Europe. Rowley was born in England, started his career within insurance and moved to Prague in the earl ...

(born 1964), British entrepreneur *

George Rowley (cricketer) George Rowley (10 May 1896 – 8 August 1953) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the ...

(1896–1953), English cricketer *

George Dawson Rowley George Dawson Rowley (3 May 1822 – 21 November 1878) was an English amateur ornithologist who published a series called Ornithological Miscellany in which he reprinted notes on bird studies of the time. He studied at Eton and Trinity college and w ...

(1822–1878), English amateur ornithologist * Gordon Rowley (1921–2019), British botanist and writer specialising in cacti and succulents *

H. H. Rowley Harold Henry Rowley (24 March 1890 – 4 October 1969) was an English Old Testament scholar from the Baptist tradition. Biography H. H. Rowley was born in Leicester on 24 March 1890 to Richard Rowley and Emma (née Saunt) Rowley. The family Ba ...

(1890–1969), English theologian and scholar *

Hazel Rowley Hazel Joan Rowley (16 November 1951 – 1 March 2011) was a British-born Australian author and biographer. Born in London, Rowley emigrated with her parents to Adelaide at the age of eight. She studied at the University of Adelaide, gradua ...

, British-born Australian writer *

Ian Rowley Ian Cecil Robert Rowley (1926 – 29 May 2009) was an Australian ornithologist of Scottish origin. He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Wellington College and Cambridge University. Following service in the Royal Navy during the second world ...

, Australian ornithologist *

Jack Rowley John Frederick Rowley (7 October 1918 – 28 June 1998) was an English footballer who played as a forward from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for a 17-year spell with Manchester United. He was nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his p ...

, football player *

James Joseph Rowley James Joseph Rowley (October 14, 1908 – November 1, 1992) was the head of the United States Secret Service between 1961 and 1973, under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Rowley was born in Bronx County, New York to James J. Rowley and Br ...

, director of the United States Secret Service *

Janet Rowley Janet Davison Rowley (April 5, 1925 – December 17, 2013) was an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers, thus proving that cancer is a genetic disease. ...

, American human geneticist *

Joshua Rowley Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet (1734 – 1790) was a Royal Navy officer who was the fourth son of Admiral Sir William Rowley. Sir Joshua was from an ancient English family, originating in Staffordshire (England) and was born on ...

(1734–1790), Royal Navy officer *

Josias Rowley Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, 1st Baronet, (1765 – 10 January 1842), known as "The Sweeper of the Seas", was an Anglo-Irish naval officer who commanded the campaign that captured the French Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius in 1810 ...

(1765–1842), Royal Navy officer *

Katie Rowley Jones Katie Rowley Jones (born c. 1978) is a British musical theatre actress, best known for originating the role of Nessarose in the West End production of ''Wicked''. Early life and education Katie Rowley Jones was born in Cambridge, and is one of ...

, English musical theatre actress *

Keith Rowley Keith Christopher Rowley (born 24 October 1949) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician serving as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, first elected into office on 9 September 2015 and again following the 2020 general electi ...

(born 1949), Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago *

Mark Rowley Sir Mark Peter Rowley (born November 1964) is a British senior police officer who has been the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022. He was the Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for Specialist Operati ...

(born 1964), Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London *

(born 1990), Scottish actor * Richard Rowley (disambiguation) *

Stan Rowley Stanley Rupert Rowley (11 September 1876 – 1 April 1924) was an Australian sprinter who won four medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Young, New South Wales and died in Manly, New South Wales. Biography In 1900 he ...

, Australian sprinter * Thomas Rowley (disambiguation), several men with this name *

Trevor Rowley Richard Trevor Rowley FSA (born 25 May 1942) is an English landscape historian and archaeologist known for his work on the Welsh Marches, Oxfordshire and the medieval landscape. He was a founder fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford (1990) and is now ...

, British landscape historian and archaeologist * William Rowley (disambiguation), several men with this name * Holders of the title

Baron Langford Baron Langford, of Summerhill in the County of Meath, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 1 July 1800 for Clotworthy Rowley, who had earlier represented Trim and County Meath in the Irish House of Commons. Born Clotworthy Tayl ...

Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford (31 October 1763 – 13 September 1825), known as Hon. Clotworthy Taylor until 1796 and as Hon. Clotworthy Rowley from 1796 to 1800, was an Irish peer. Langford was the fourth son of Thomas Taylor, 1st ...

Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford Colonel Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford, (8 March 1912 – 12 November 2017) was a British-Irish peer and British Army officer. He is the longest-lived peer on record. Biography The only son of two children born to Major ...

Given name

Rowley Birkin ''The Fast Show'', known as ''Brilliant'' in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Th ...

QC, fictional character in ''The Fast Show'' UK television comedy * Rowley Jefferson, a fictional character in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series

Transportation

* Rowley station (MBTA), a commuter rail station in Rowley, Massachusetts, United States *

Rowley railway station (England) Rowley railway station served the hamlet of Rowley and the village of Castleside Castleside is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the south-west of Consett. The village centre is located on the main A6 ...

, a former railway station in Rowley, Durham, England * , a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945

Other

Old Rowley Old Rowley was the name of a stallion racehorse belonging to King Charles II of England, Charles II (1660-1685) of England. The Newmarket Racecourse, Rowley Mile Racecourse at Newmarket, Suffolk, developed by the king as a national centre for hor ...

, a racehorse of King Charles II