Rover

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Rover may refer to:

People[edit]

Name[edit]

Stage name[edit]

  • Rover (musician), French singer-songwriter and musician, born Timothée Régnier in 1979

Places[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Literature[edit]

Music[edit]

Fiction[edit]

  • Rover (robot dog), a character on Lunar Jim always helping on Jim's missions
  • Rover (The Prisoner), a fictional balloon device in the 1967 British television program The Prisoner
  • Rover, the main character in the novella Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Rover, the name of two vehicles with artificial intelligence, built by Marvel Comics' Hank Pym
  • The Rovers, an informal name for the Rovers Return Inn, a fictional pub in British soap opera Coronation Street

Television[edit]

Science[edit]

  • Rover (space exploration), a vehicle that explores the surface of an astronomical body
    • Lunar rover, a vehicle designed to move across the surface of the Moon
    • Mars rover, a vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars
  • ROVER, a military system that receives video images from aircraft

Sport[edit]

Transport[edit]

Automobiles and motorcycles[edit]

  • Freight Rover (1981–1986), a commercial vehicle manufacturing division of Leyland
  • Land Rover Group (1981–1987), a light commercial vehicle division of Leyland
  • Land Rover, a brand of 4-wheel drive vehicles by the British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover
  • MG Rover Group (2000–2005), a British mass-production car manufacturer, formerly the Rover Group
  • Rover Company (1885–1967), a British car manufacturing company, absorbed into Leyland Motor Corporation
  • Rover Group (1986–2000), a British car manufacturer, previously known as British Leyland
  • Rover Light Armoured Car, an armoured car produced in Australia during World War II
  • Rover (marque), British automotive marque (brand) in use from 1904 to 2005
  • Rover (motorcycles), a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer before it began the manufacture of motor cars

Business (transport)[edit]

Locomotives[edit]

  • GWR Rover class, a class of locomotives on the Great Western Railway
  • Rover, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive in service on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915

Watercraft[edit]

Other uses[edit]

  • Rover (fish), common name for fish in the family Emmelichthyidae
  • Rover chair, designed by industrial designer Ron Arad
  • Rover Ruckus, the fourteenth FIRST Tech Challenge game
  • Rover Scout, a programme within Scouting in some countries for young men and women above the age range for Boy and Girl Scouts
  • Rover.com (website), a Seattle-based company selling pet services

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