Roe (disambiguation)

Roe (disambiguation)

Roe may refer to:

* Roe or 'hard roe', the fully ripe egg masses of fish and certain marine invertebrates
* Soft roe or milt, the semen of fish
* The Roe deer, the deer of Britain and Europe
* "Roe v. Wade", the court case that legalized abortion in the United States

Places

* The Roe River, Montana, the shortest river in the world
* The Roe River, Western Australia
* The River Roe in Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
* Roe, Arkansas, a town located in Monroe County, Arkansas
* Electoral district of Roe
* Mallee (biogeographic region), formerly known as Roe Botanical District

People

* Norma McCorvey, known as "Jane Roe" in "Roe v. Wade"
* Alliott Verdon Roe, British aircraft manufacturer
* Charles Roe (1715–1781), English industialist
* David Roe, English professional snooker player
* Edward Payson Roe, American novelist
* Eugene Roe, medic of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
* Francis Asbury Roe, United States Navy admiral
* James M. Roe, American astronomer
* Jane Roe and Richard Roe, pseudonyms for anonymous litigants in the United States legal system
* John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. Roe Highway was named for him upon its construction.
* Kris Roe, member of The Ataris
* Marie Roe, married name of Marie Stopes
* Dame Marion Roe, United Kingdom politician
* Michael Roe, American record producer
* Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, 1st Vice Chancellor of University of Queensland
* Raigh Roe, former Australian of the Year
* Sir Thomas Roe (or Row), English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods
* Tommy Roe, American pop music singer and songwriter

Other

* USS Roe, the name of two ships in the United States Navy
* Charles H. Roe the UK coachbuilding company

ee also

* ROE
* Rubies of Eventide (RoE), a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
* "", an expansion pack for the video game "Doom 3".


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