Rostow

Rostow is an Americanized form of the Russian and Ashkenazi Jewish toponymic surname Rostov (Russian: Ростов; masculine) or Rostova (Ростова; feminine). It indicates someone from Rostov in Russia. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Elspeth Rostow (1917–2007), American educator and policy advisor
 * Eugene V. Rostow (1913–2002), American jurist
 * Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003), American economist and political theorist