Rowbotham

Rowbotham is a surname. Etymologically it is roe–bottom, meaning a depression in the ground (Old English bothm) inhabited by deer (roe). The name originates from such a geographic feature near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Darran Rowbotham (born 1966), Welsh footballer
 * David Rowbotham (1924–2010), Australian poet and journalist
 * Dave Rowbotham (1958–1991), English rock musician
 * Harry Rowbotham (1911–1979), English footballer
 * Jason Rowbotham (born 1969), Welsh footballer
 * Jeffrey Rowbotham (1920-1984), Scottish architect
 * Joseph Rowbotham (1831–1899), English cricketer
 * Michael Rowbotham, political and economic writer and commentator
 * Mike Rowbotham (born 1965), South African footballer
 * Samuel Rowbotham (1816–1884), English inventor and writer, advocate for a flat earth
 * Sara Rowbotham, British councillor and activist
 * Sheila Rowbotham (born 1943), British socialist feminist theorist
 * Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham (1823–1875), British painter
 * Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham (1782–1853), British painter
 * William John Owen Rowbotham, birth name of Bill Owen (1914–1999), British actor
 * Clarence Rowbotham (1934-2023), Canadian musician and adventurer

Variant forms

 * Rowbottom

Robottom

 * Dame Marlene Robottom, British educator

Robotham

 * George Robotham (1921–2007), American actor
 * Michael Robotham (born 1960), Australian crime author
 * Robert Robotham (c. 1522 – c. 1571), English politician
 * William Arthur Robotham (Roy) British engineer with Rolls-Royce, designer of the Rolls-Royce Meteor tank engine