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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 * Rover, West Virginia, US * Røver Anchorage, Bouvet Island, Norway * Rover Creek, British Columbia, Canada


Arts and entertainment


Literature

* ''Rover'', the US title of ''They Came on Viking Ships'', a children's novel by Jackie French * The Rover (story paper), ''The Rover'' (story paper), a British boys' story paper which started in 1922


Music

* Rover (BlocBoy JB song), "Rover" (BlocBoy JB song), 2018 **"Rover 2.0", a 2018 remake by BlocBoy JB featuring 21 Savage from the mixtape ''Simi (mixtape), Simi'' * Rover (S1mba song), "Rover" (S1mba song), 2020 viral hit by S1mba featuring DTG * Rover (UCLA song), "Rover" (UCLA song), a sports cheer at the University of California Los Angeles * The Rover (Led Zeppelin song), "The Rover" (Led Zeppelin song), a song by Led Zeppelin on their 1975 double album ''Physical Graffiti'' * "The Irish Rover", 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), Rover (''The Prisoner''), a fictional balloon device in the 1967 British television program ''The Prisoner'' * Rover, the main character in the novella ''Roverandom'' by J.R.R. Tolkien * Rover, the name of two vehicles with artificial intelligence, built by Marvel Comics' Hank Pym * The Rovers, an informal name for the Rovers Return Inn, a fictional pub in British soap opera ''Coronation Street''


Television

* Rovers (TV series), ''Rovers'' (TV series), a British television show


Science

* Rover (space exploration), a vehicle that explores the surface of an astronomical body ** Lunar rover, a vehicle designed to move across the surface of the Moon ** Mars rover, a vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars * ROVER, a military system that receives video images from aircraft


Sport

* Rover (ice hockey), a long-defunct ice hockey position * Rover, a position in Follower (Australian rules football), Australian rules football


Transport


Automobiles and motorcycles

* Freight Rover (1981–1986), a commercial vehicle manufacturing division of Leyland * Land Rover Group (1981–1987), a light commercial vehicle division of Leyland * Land Rover, a brand of 4-wheel drive vehicles by the British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover * MG Rover Group (2000–2005), a British mass-production car manufacturer, formerly the Rover Group * Rover Company (1885–1967), a British car manufacturing company, absorbed into Leyland Motor Corporation * Rover Group (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), British automotive marque (brand) in use from 1904 to 2005 * Rover (motorcycles), a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer before it began the manufacture of motor cars


Business (transport)

* Rover (ticket), a type of bus or train ticket issued in the UK * Rover Coaches, an Australian bus company operating services in the Hunter Valley


Locomotives

* GWR Rover class, a class of locomotives on the Great Western Railway * ''Rover'', a GWR 3031 Class locomotive in service on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915


Watercraft

* HMS Rover, HMS ''Rover'', the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy * Rover (barque), ''Rover'' (barque), the American merchant ship involved in the Rover Incident of 1867 * Rover (log canoe), ''Rover'' (log canoe), a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1886 * Rover (privateering ship), ''Rover'' (privateering ship), a ship from Nova Scotia, launched in 1800 * Rover (yacht), ''Rover'' (yacht), a luxury steam yacht built for P&O chairman, Lord Inchcape, in 1930 * Rover-class tanker, a class of ships in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the UK


Other uses

* Rover (fish), common name for fish in the family Emmelichthyidae * Rover chair, designed by industrial designer Ron Arad * Rover Ruckus, the fourteenth FIRST Tech Challenge game * Rover Scout, 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


See also

* Rovere (disambiguation) * The Rover (disambiguation) * Rovers (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, surname, ship