# Rowbotham

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

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

## Variant forms

- [Rowbottom](/source/Rowbottom_(disambiguation))

### Robottom

- Dame [Marlene Robottom](/source/Marlene_Robottom), British educator

### Robotham

- [George Robotham](/source/George_Robotham) (1921–2007), American actor
- [Michael Robotham](/source/Michael_Robotham) (born 1960), Australian crime author
- [Robert Robotham](/source/Robert_Robotham) (c. 1522 – c. 1571), English politician
- [William Arthur Robotham](/source/William_Arthur_Robotham) (Roy) British engineer with Rolls-Royce, designer of the [Rolls-Royce Meteor](/source/Rolls-Royce_Meteor) tank engine[citation needed]

## External links

- Rowbotham at [House of Names](http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/rowbotham-family-crest.htm)

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