Rock

Rock(s) may refer to:
* Rock (geology), a mineral substance
* Rock music, a form of popular music

Places

* Rock, Cornwall, a village in Kernow (Cornwall)
* Rock, Worcestershire, a village in Worcestershire, UK
* Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States
* Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
* Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States
* "The Rock" or Gibraltar, a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula
* "The Rock" or Alcatraz Island, a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States

Entertainment

* Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson or Dwayne Johnson, actor and former professional wrestler
* "The Rock" (film), a 1996 film starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage
* Rock (manga character), a character in Osamu Tezuka's manga series
* "Rock On!!" (2008 film), a Hindi film

Music

* Rock (rapper), half of the hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah
* "Rocks" (album), an album by Aerosmith
* "The Rock" (song), an instrumental song by The Who from "Quadrophenia"
* "Rocks" (song), a song by Primal Scream
* "Soft/Rock", a single by Lemon Jelly featuring the tracks "Soft" and "Rock"

Food

* Rock (confectionery), a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery
* Rock (chicken), a breed of chicken

Computers

*ROCK Linux, software for building customized Linux distributions
*Rock processor, a microprocessor by Sun Microsystems
*Rocks Cluster Distribution, a Linux distribution for cluster computing

Other uses

* ROCK1, a human gene
* Rock or islet, a small island
* The Rocks, the mascot of Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Illinois
* "The Rock" or Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, a former Class I railroad in the United States

People with the name

In surnames:
* Allan Rock, Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat
* Andrew Rock, Olympic athlete
* Bob Rock, musician, sound engineer and record producer
* Chris Rock, American comedian
* David M. Rock, former mayor of Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada
* John Rock (American scientist), one of the inventors of the contraceptive pill
* Joseph Rock, Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
* Raymond Rock, Canadian politician
* Robert Rock, English professional golfer

In given names:
* Rock Hudson, American actor
* Rock Whittington, guitarist

In nicknames:
* Kid Rock, American rapper and rock musician
* Rahman "Rock" Harper, winner of "Hell's Kitchen" Season 3
* Tim Raines, American baseball player, nicknamed "Rock"

In fictional characters:
* Rock Lee, a character from the anime and manga series "Naruto"
* Nathaniel "Rock" Adams, a character from the "Soul Calibur" series of games
* Rock Howard, a character from the "Fatal Fury" and "King of Fighters" series of games

ee also

* The Rock (disambiguation)
* ROC (disambiguation)
* Rockfish (disambiguation)
* Rock salt or Halite, an unrefined form of sodium chloride
* Rock candy, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals
* Rock Township, Benson County, North Dakota
* Rock County, Wisconsin
* Rock Island, Illinois
* Rock River (Mississippi River)