Rover

Rover may refer to:

Name

 * Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian
 * Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer
 * Rover Thomas (c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist

Stage name

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

Places

 * Rover, Arkansas, US
 * Rover, Missouri, US
 * Rover, West Virginia, US
 * Røver Anchorage, Bouvet Island, Norway
 * Rover Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Literature

 * Rover, the US title of They Came on Viking Ships, a children's novel by Jackie French
 * The Rover (story paper), a British boys' story paper which started in 1922

Music

 * "Rover" (BlocBoy JB song), 2018
 * "Rover 2.0", a 2018 remake by BlocBoy JB featuring 21 Savage from the mixtape Simi
 * "Rover" (S1mba song), 2020 viral hit by S1mba featuring DTG
 * "Rover" (UCLA song), a sports cheer at the University of California Los Angeles
 * "The Rover" (Led Zeppelin song), a song by Led Zeppelin on their 1975 double album Physical Graffiti
 * "The Irish Rover", an Irish folk song about a magnificent sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end
 * Rover (EP), a 2023 extended play by Kai
 * Rover (Kai song)

Fiction

 * 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

 * Rovers (TV series), a British television show

Science

 * 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

 * Rover (ice hockey), a long-defunct ice hockey position
 * Rover, a position in Australian rules football

Automobiles and motorcycles

 * 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)

 * Rover (ticket), a type of bus or train travel card ticket issued in the UK
 * Rover Coaches, an Australian bus company operating services in the Hunter Valley

Locomotives

 * 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

 * HMS Rover, the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy
 * Rover (barque), the American merchant ship involved in the Rover Incident of 1867
 * Rover (log canoe), a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built about 1886
 * Rover (privateering ship), a ship from Nova Scotia, launched in 1800
 * Rover (yacht), a luxury steam yacht built for P&O chairman, Lord Inchcape, in 1930
 * Rover-class tanker, a class of ships in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the UK

Other uses

 * 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