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Contents 1 Rose as a name 1.1 Famous Roses 1.2 Fictional Characters 1.3 Places 1.4 Ships 1.5 Buildings 1.6 Others 2 See also

Rose may refer to:

• Rose, any of a number of flowering shrubs of the genus Rosa and the flower of such a shrub, especially cultivated varieties, also used as an emblem by many organizations
• Rose (color), a color ranging from deep to pale pink
• Rose (mathematics), a type of polar graph
• Bouquet of circles, a type of topological space
• Rose (heraldry), a mark of distinction
• a perforated attachment for the spout of a watering can
• Rosé, a style of wine
• a diamond cut in a specific manner
• a wind rose or a compass rose, initially for sailing purpose
• Rose window, most commonly, and in Gothic architecture, a circular stained glass window, with mullions and traceries that generally radiate from the centre
• Rose (onomastics)

[edit] Rose as a name

Rose, is a popular given name, usually of feminine use, the source is disputed. It is now regarded as being a flower name, although the name could be a Germanic form of the word 'rise' or 'horse'

[edit] Famous Roses

• Mary Tudor (queen consort of France), sister of King Henry VIII of England, was known as "Mary Rose". There is a rose (flower) named 'Mary Rose' in her honour, bred in England by David Austin in 1983. Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sank in 1545; much of the wreck was raised in 1982
• Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of American president John F. Kennedy and his brothers, Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy
• Rose McGowan, an American actress, born in Florence, Italy, McGowan is most famed for her roles in TV series Charmed and the film Scream.
• Rose Porteous, a Filipino-born Australian socialite
• Rose Stone, an African-American singer and keyboardist for Sly & the Family Stone
• Alec Rose, a nursery owner, fruit merchant, and amateur single-handed sailer
• Alfred Rosé, Austrian pianist, conductor
• Alma Rosé, a Romania-born Austrian violinist, daughter of Arnold Rosé
• Amber Rose (pornstar), a pornstar
• Amber Rose (singer), a Mexican-American singer from San Antonio, Texas
• Arnold Rosé, a Romanian violinist, father of Alma Rosé
• W. Axl Rose, an American hard rock singer and songwriter
• Bernard Rose (1916-1996), a British composer
• Billy Rose was a Jewish-American theatrical showman
• Felipe Rose, a founding member of the rock group The Village People
• George Rose, a British politician
• Hugh Henry Rose
• Hugh James Rose, an English churchman and theologian
• Jacques Rose, a member of the Chenier cell of the terrorist group Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ)
• Jalen Rose
• James Rose, a Vietnam War veteran
• John Rose, a rugby union referee and IMC at Nottingham University in the UK
• John Holland Rose
• Leonard Roseis an American cellists of the 20th century
• Murray Rose, a swimmer and medalist in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games
• Paul Rose, a political scientist and a trade unionist in Canada
• Paul Rose, British Labour MP 1964–1979
• Pete Rose, an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1986
• Reginald Rose, an American film and television writer
• Valentin Rose (pharmacologist) (1762-1807)
  • Heinrich Rose (1795-1864)
  • Gustav Rose (1798-1873)
• Valentin Rose (classicist) (1829-1916)
• William Stewart Rose, a British poet and translator
• Clan Rose, a Scottish clan hailing from the highlands of Scotland. Their motto is "Constant and true"

[edit] Fictional Characters

• The fictional anti-hero Rose from American Dragon: Jake Long
• Rose, the pink ranger from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
• Rose DeWitt Bukater, a fictional character in the 1997 film Titanic
• Rose Nylund, a fictional character in the TV series, The Golden Girls
• Rose Tyler, a fictional companion of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who, portrayed by Billie Piper.
• Rose (Lost), a fictional character from ABC T.V. show Lost. She is played by actress L. Scott Caldwell
• Rose (Street Fighter), a fictional character from the Street Fighter video game series by Capcom
• Rose Walker, a character in the Sandman comics series.
• Rose, a fictional character in the Bleach manga series.
• Rosé Thomas is a fictional character in the Japanese anime and manga series Full Metal Alchemist
• Rose is also the name of a popular character from the japanese video game Legend of Dragoon, produced by Sony

[edit] Places

• Rose, Italy, a commune in the province of Cosenza (Calabria), in southern Italy
• La Rose, Illinois, a village located in Marshall County, Illinois
• Rose, New York, a town located in Wayne County, New York
• Rose Hill, Illinois, a village located in Jasper County, Illinois
• Rose Hill, Iowa, a city located in Mahaska County, Iowa
• Rose Hill, Kansas, a city located in Butler County, Kansas
• Rose Bud, Arkansas, a town located in White County, Arkansas

[edit] Ships

• Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rose
• The tall ship Rose (ship) played HMS Surprise in the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

[edit] Buildings

• The Rose (theatre), the first theatre on London's Bankside, built in 1587, excavated in 1989

[edit] Others

• The rose chafer, a scarab beetle
• Rose Hobart, a short, 19 minute experimental film created by the artist Joseph Cornell in 1936
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), a private non-sectarian college which specializes in teaching engineering, science, and mathematics to undergraduates
• The Rose Tattoo, a Tennessee Williams play
• The Rose Revolution, the Georgian peaceful revolution
• Rose (Doctor Who), the title of an episode in the television series Doctor Who
• Christmas rose and Lenten rose, common names for species of hellebore
• Rose of Sharon, the common name applied to various flowers. In modern usage, it usually refers to either Hypericum calycinum or Hibiscus syriacus
• Confederate rose, a common name for Hibiscus mutabilis, an ornamental flowering plant in the family Malvaceae
• "Stinking Rose", a common name for garlic
• Ring around the rosey, a children's rhyme and game
• The Rose of Tralee, a sentimental Irish song which gave its name to an Irish beauty competition and carnival
• Rose-root, a succulent plant, Rhodiola rosea
• Rose of Jericho, a name applied to any of the resurrection plants, Anastatica hierochuntica, Astericus pygmaeus and various drought-tolerant species of Spikemoss
• Rose, the title of a song by A Perfect Circle
• ROSE Online, a MMORPG
• "Rose," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album Mer de Noms
• White Rose was a World War II non-violent resistance group in Germany

[edit] See also

• The Rose
• Desert rose
• Rosen
• Rosenbaum, Rosenblatt/Rosenblum/Rosenblut, Rosenfeld, Rosenheim, Rosenkranz, Rosenreich/Rosensaft, Rosenstock, Rosenthal, Rosenzweig

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