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Rowena is a figure in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, the daughter of the Saxon king Hengest and wife of Vortigern.
Rowena can also refer to:
Places
editUnited States
edit- Rowena, Georgia, an unincorporated community
- Rowena, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- Rowena, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
- Rowena, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Rowena, Oregon, an unincorporated community
- Rowena, South Dakota, an unincorporated community
- Rowena, Texas, an unincorporated community
Australia
edit- Rowena, New South Wales, a town
People
edit- Rowena Fulham (born 1960), New Zealand footballer
- Rowena Guanzon (born 1957), Filipino lawyer and public servant
- Rowena Hume (1877–1966), Canadian obstetrician
- Rowena Jackson (1926–2024), New Zealand prima ballerina
- Rowena King (born 1970), British actress
- Rowena Meeks Abdy (1887–1945), American painter in Northern California
- Rowena Moore (1910–1998), American union and civic activist
- Rowena Morrill (1944–2021), American science-fiction and fantasy illustrator and painter
- Rowena Sánchez Arrieta (born 1962), Filipina pianist
- Rowena Spencer (1922–2014), American physician
- Rowena Granice Steele (1824–1901), American performer, journalist, publisher
- Rowena Wallace (born 1947), Australian actress, known for her role as Patricia in Sons and Daughters
Fictional characters
edit- The Lady Rowena, Ivanhoe's love interest in the novel of the same name by Walter Scott
- Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the founders of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series of books
- Rowena Morgan, a singer in the movie Mr. Holland's Opus
- Rowena (Supernatural), a character in the American television series Supernatural
Other
edit- Rowena (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse