Rowbotham
Rowbotham is a surname. Etymologically it is roe–bottom, meaning a depression in the ground (Old English bothm) inhabited by deer (roe). The name originates from such a geographic feature near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Notable people with the surname include: Darran Rowbotham (born 1966), Welsh footballer David Rowbotham (1924–2010), Australian poet and journalist Dave Rowbotham (1958–1991), English rock musician Harry Rowbotham (1911–1979), English footballer Jason Rowbotham (born 1969), Welsh footballer Jeffrey Rowbotham (1920–1984), Scottish architect Joseph Rowbotham (1831–1899), English cricketer Michael Rowbotham, English political and economic writer and commentator Mike Rowbotham (born 1965), South African footballer Samuel Rowbotham (1816–1884), English inventor and writer, advocate for a flat earth Sara Rowbotham, British councillor and activist Sheila Rowbotham (born 1943), British socialist feminist theorist Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham (1823–1875), British painter Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham (1782–1853), British painter William John Owen Rowbotham, birth name of Bill Owen (1914–1999), British actor Clarence Rowbotham (1934–2023), Canadian musician and adventurer
Rowbotham is a surname. Etymologically it is roe–bottom, meaning a depression in the ground (Old English bothm) inhabited by deer (roe). The name originates from such a geographic feature near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Notable people with the surname include:
- Darran Rowbotham (born 1966), Welsh footballer
- David Rowbotham (1924–2010), Australian poet and journalist
- Dave Rowbotham (1958–1991), English rock musician
- Harry Rowbotham (1911–1979), English footballer
- Jason Rowbotham (born 1969), Welsh footballer
- Jeffrey Rowbotham (1920–1984), Scottish architect
- Joseph Rowbotham (1831–1899), English cricketer
- Michael Rowbotham, English political and economic writer and commentator
- Mike Rowbotham (born 1965), South African footballer
- Samuel Rowbotham (1816–1884), English inventor and writer, advocate for a flat earth
- Sara Rowbotham, British councillor and activist
- Sheila Rowbotham (born 1943), British socialist feminist theorist
- Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham (1823–1875), British painter
- Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham (1782–1853), British painter
- William John Owen Rowbotham, birth name of Bill Owen (1914–1999), British actor
- Clarence Rowbotham (1934–2023), Canadian musician and adventurer
Variant forms
[edit]Robottom
[edit]- Dame Marlene Robottom, British educator
Robotham
[edit]- George Robotham (1921–2007), American actor
- Michael Robotham (born 1960), Australian crime author
- Robert Robotham (c. 1522 – c. 1571), English politician
- William Arthur Robotham (Roy) British engineer with Rolls-Royce, designer of the Rolls-Royce Meteor tank engine[citation needed]
External links
[edit]- Rowbotham at House of Names
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