Roan may refer to:

Animals

Roan (color) Roan is a coat color found in many animals, including horses, cattle, Roan_antelope, antelope, Lykoi, cats and dogs. It is defined generally as an even mixture of white and pigmented hairs that do not Gray (horse), "gray out" or fade as the ani ...

, 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 "point coloration, points"—lower legs, Mane (horse), mane, and tail—are mostly solid-colored. Horses with roan ...

, 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), personal name and surname *

Chappell Roan Kayleigh Rose Amstutz (born February 19, 1998), known professionally as Chappell Roan ( ), is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her Camp (style), camp and drag queen–influenced aesthetic. Her debut EP, ''School Nights'' (201 ...

(born 1998), American singer-songwriter * Charles H. Roan (1923—1944), United States Marine * Dan Roan (born 1976), sports editor for BBC News * John Roan, landowner in Greenwich, London who left his estate for the founding of the John Roan School * John Roan (bishop) (died 1692), Church of Ireland Bishop of Killaloe * Michael Roan (born 1972), former professional American football tight end * Oscar Roan (born 1951), former American football tight end * Roan Carneiro (born 1978), Brazilian professional mixed martial artist * Roan Ching-yueh (born 1958), Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and an Associate Professor of Department of Art Creativity

Places

Iran

* Roan, Iran, a village in Hamadan Province

Norway

* Roan Municipality, a municipality in the Fosen district of Trøndelag county * Roan (village), a village within Roan Municipality in Trøndelag county * Roan Church, a church in Roan Municipality in Trøndelag county

United Kingdom

* Old Roan, an area in Aintree village, Merseyside, England **

Old Roan railway station Old Roan railway station is a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England, about seven miles north-east of Liverpool, on the Ormskirk Branch of the Northern Line (Merseyrail), Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. Location The st ...

, a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England **

Old Roan Chase The Old Roan Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Mildmay Course at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlong ...

, 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 Appalachia ...

, 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 The Roan Plateau is a plateau in western Colorado, USA, in Garfield County. It contains a variety of natural resources and scenic terrain: high ridges, deep valleys, desert lands, waterfalls, cutthroat trout, mountain lions, bears, rare plants, ...

, a plateau that overlooks the Colorado River Valley

Zambia

* Roan (Zambian National Assembly constituency), 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 * USS ''Charles H. Roan'' (DD-853) (1946–1973), a ''Gearing''-class destroyer of the United States Navy * Roan United F.C., a Zambian football club based in Luanshya *'' The Secret of Roan Inish'', 1994 American film