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Given name
Rose is a popular given name, usually female. Its 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'.
People
- 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 Byrne, an Australian actress, best known for her role on the American television series Damages
- Rose Dugdale, English heiress who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army
- 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 films Scream and Grindhouse
- Rose Porteous, a Filipino-born Australian socialite
- Rose Schneiderman, a Polish born American labor organizer and socialist
- Rose Stone, an African-American singer and keyboardist for Sly & the Family Stone
- Rose Wilder Lane, an American journalist and political theorist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Surname
People
- 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 (porn star)
- Amber Rose (singer), a Mexican-American singer from San Antonio, Texas
- Arnold Rosé, a Romanian violinist, father of Alma Rosé
- Axl Rose, an American hard rock singer and songwriter
- Bernard Rose (1916-1996), a British composer
- Billy Rose was a Jewish-American theatrical showman
- Charlie Rose, an American television interviewer and journalist
- Charlie Rose (congressman), an American congressman
- Chris Rose, an American sports analyst and host of the Best Damn Sports Show Period.
- Felipe Rose, a founding member of the rock group The Village People
- George Rose, a British politician
- Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
- 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, an American professional basketball player
- John Rose, a rugby union referee and IMC at Nottingham University in the UK
- John Holland Rose, an influential English historian
- Justin Rose, an English professional golfer
- Leonard Rose is an American cellists of the 20th century
- Murray Rose, a swimmer and medalist in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games
- Paul Rose (labor unionist), a political scientist and a trade unionist in Canada
- Paul Rose (UK politician), 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
- Steven Rose, an English academic and activist
- Captain Thomas Rose - English-born American architect in 19th century Natchez, Mississippi.
- Valentin Rose (pharmacologist) (1762-1807)
- Heinrich Rose (1795-1864)
- Gustav Rose (1798-1873)
- Valentin Rose (classicist) (1829-1916)
- Vick Rose, an American musician
- William Stewart Rose, a British poet and translator
