Rob Roy
Rob Roy usually refers to the Scottish hero Rob Roy MacGregor (Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair, 1671–1734).
Rob Roy may also refer to:
Places
- Rob Roy, Indiana, a small town in Fountain County, Indiana, US
- Rob Roy, Victoria, a district of the town of Christmas Hills, Victoria, Australia
- Rob Roy Island, an island in the Solomon Islands
- Rob Roy Way, a long-distance footpath in Scotland
- Rob Roy Glacier, a glacier on New Zealand's South Island
- Rob Roy, Ontario, a hamlet in Grey County, Ontario, Canada
Works related to Rob Roy MacGregor
- Rob Roy (novel), an 1817 novel by Walter Scott based on MacGregor's life
- Rob Roy (play), an 1818 play based on the novel
- Rob Roy Overture, a musical composition by Hector Berlioz inspired by the novel, composed in 1831 and first performed at the Paris Conservatoire on 14 April 1833
- Rob Roy (operetta), an 1894 operetta by Reginald De Koven and Harry B. Smith
- Rob Roy (1922 film), a silent film starring David Hawthorne
- Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue, a 1953 film starring Richard Todd and Glynis Johns
- Rob Roy (1987 film), a 1987 animated film produced by Burbank Films Australia
- Rob Roy (1995 film), starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange
Ships
- Rob Roy 23, an American sailboat design
- CSS Rob Roy, a Confederate blockade runner
- PS Rob Roy, the first seaworthy steamship
Sports
- Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C., a football club from Kirkintilloch, Scotland
- Rob Roy F.C., a defunct football club from Callander, Scotland
- Rob Roy Boat Club, a rowing club on the River Cam, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Other uses
- Rob Roy, the nickname of John MacGregor and also the boats that he designed
- Rob Roy (cocktail), created in conjunction with the premiere of De Koven' and Smith's Rob Roy operetta (1894)
- Rob Roy (dog), a collie owned by Calvin Coolidge
- Rob Roy (Seattle), a bar in the U.S. state of Washington
- Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys, a doo-wop group
- Rob Roy, CEO and co-founder of Switch
See also
- Mount Rob Roy, a mountain, adjacent to the Canberra suburb of Banks in the Australian Capital Territory
- Robert Roy (1906–2000), American mechanical engineer and the former Dean of Engineering Science at Johns Hopkins University
- Robert Roy (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- All pages with titles beginning with Rob Roy
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