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A number of rose cultivars (rose plants bred and developed for their specific characteristics, such as size, colour or scent) have been named after real-life individuals or fictional characters. These roses may have been named after the person who originally bred them, or to honour a certain individual or character.
Name of variety | Image | Date | Rose breeder | Location |
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A. Drawriel | 1887 | Leveque | France | |
Abbé André Reitter | 1904 | Welter | Germany | |
Abbé Berliez | 1864 | Guillot | France | |
Abbé Bramérel | 1971 | Guillot | France | |
Abbé Giraudier | 1869 | Levet | France | |
Abe Lincoln | ||||
Abel Carrière | 1875 | E. Verdier | France | |
Abelle Weber-Paté | 1904 | Lambert | Germany | |
Abraham Darby | ![]() | 1985 | Austin | United Kingdom |
Achille Gonod | 1864 | Gonod | France | |
Adam Messerich | ![]() | 1920 | Lambert | Germany |
Adélaïde de Meynot | 1882 | Gonod | France | |
Adélaide d'Orléans | 1826 | Jacques | France | |
Adelaide Hoodless | ||||
Adèle Heu | 1816 | Jean-Pierre Vibert | France | |
Adèle Pavie | 1850 | Vibert | France | |
Adèle Prévost | 1848 | |||
Ady Endre emleke | 2004 | Mark | Hungary | |
Adolf Deegen | 1935 | Böhm | Czechoslovakia | |
Adolf Horstmann | 1971 | Kordes | Germany | |
Adolphe van den Heede | 1904 | Lambert | Germany | |
Adrian Reverchon | 1909 | Lambert | Germany | |
Aenne Burda | Kordes | Germany | ||
Agar | 1836 | Vibert | France | |
Agatha Christie | 1988 | Kordes | Germany | |
Aglaïa | 1811 | Descemet | France | |
Aglaia (II) | 1896 | Lambert | Germany | |
Agnes Bernauer | 1989 | Kordes | Germany | |
Agnes | 1900 | Saunders | Canada | |
Agnes Schilliger | 2002 | Guillot-Massad | France | |
Aimée Vibert | 1828 | Vibert | France | |
Alain Blanchard | ![]() | 1839 | Vibert | France |
Alain Souchon | 2000 | Meilland | France | |
Alan Titchmarsh | 2007 | Austin | United Kingdom | |
Albéric Barbier | ![]() | 1900 | Barbier | France |
Alberich | 1954 | De Ruiter | The Netherlands | |
Albert Edwards | 1961 | Hillier | United Kingdom | |
Albert Hoffmann | 1904 | Welter | Germany | |
Albert James Nottidge | 1909 | Welter | Germany | |
Albert Payé | 1873 | Tourais | France | |
Albert Poyet | 1979 | Eve | ||
Albrecht Dürer | ![]() | 2002 | Tantau | Germany |
Alec C. Collie | Cocker | United Kingdom | ||
Alexander MacKenzie | Canada | |||
Alexander Dumas | 1861 | Margottin | France | |
Alexander Suddaby | 1977 | London | United Kingdom | |
Alexandre Dupont | 1892 | Liabaud | France | |
Alexandre Girault | 1909 | Barbier | France | |
Alexandre Laquement | 1906 | Roseraie de L'Hay | France | |
Alfieri | After 1800 | France | ||
Alfred Colomb | 1865 | Lacharme | France | |
Alfred de Dalmas | 1855 | Portemer/Laffay | France | |
Alfred K. Williams | 1877 | Schwartz | France | |
Admiral Tirpitz | 1918 | Kiese | Germany | |
Alice Aldrich | 1899 | Lovett | United States of America | |
Alice Hamilton | 1904 | Nabonnand | France | |
Alice Hoffmann | 1897 | Hoffmann | Germany | |
Alice Rauch | 1909 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Alice Vena | ||||
Alida Lovett | 1905 | Van Fleet | United States of America | |
Alison Wheatcroft | 1959 | Wheatcroft | United Kingdom | |
Alister Stella Gray | ![]() | 1894 | Gray | United Kingdom |
Alphonse Daudet | 1997 | Meilland | France | |
Amadeus (II) | 2003 | Kordes | Germany | |
Amadis | 1829 | Laffay | France | |
Amalia Jung | 1934 | Leenders | The Netherlands | |
Amalie de Greiff | 1912 | Lambert | Germany | |
Amandine Chanel | 2004 | Massad | France | |
Ambroise Paré | 1846 | Vibert | France | |
Amelia Earhart | 1932 | Reymond | United States of America | |
Amélie Gravereaux | 1900 | Gravereaux | France | |
Amélie Hoste | 1875 | Gonod | France | |
Amy Robsart | 1894 | Penzance | United Kingdom | |
Anaïs Ségalas | 1837 | Vibert | France | |
Andenken an Alma de L'Aigle | 1955 | Wohlt/Kordes | Germany | |
Anacréon | 1836 | Vibert | France | |
Andenken an Ferdinand Hopf | 1927 | Elbel | Germany | |
Andenken an Gustav Frahm | 1956 | Kordes | Germany | |
Andenken an Joh. Diering | 1902 | Hinner | Germany | |
Andenken an Erreth Jolànka | 1916 | Welter | Germany | |
Andenken an Moritz von Fröhlich | 1904 | Hinner | Germany | |
Andreas Hofer | 1911 | Kiese | Germany | |
André Le Nôtre | 2001 | Meilland | France | |
André Leroy d'Angers | 1866 | Trouillard | France | |
Angela Müll | 1902 | Hinner | Germany | |
Angela Rippon | 1978 | De Ruiter | The Netherlands | |
Angela Welter | 1903 | Welter | Germany | |
Angéle Pernet | 1924 | Pernet-Ducher | France | |
Angels Mateu | 1934 | Dot | Spain | |
Angyal Dezső emléke | 2000 | Mark | Hungary | |
Anikó | 1994 | Mark | Hungary | |
Anisley Dickson | 1983 | Dickson | United Kingdom | |
Ann Saxby | 1997 | Austin | United Kingdom | |
Anne de Besobrasoff | 1878 | Gonod | France | |
Anna de Diesbach | 1859 | Lacharme | France | |
Anna Ford | 1980 | Harkness | United Kingdom | |
Anna Geschwind | 1882 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Anna Marie de Montravel | 1879 | Rambeaux | France | |
Anna Pavlova | 1891 | Beales | United Kingdom | |
Anna Rubsamen | 1903 | Weigand | France | |
Anna Scharsach | 1890 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Anna Schneider | 1912 | Welter | Germany | |
Anna Zinkeisen | 1983 | Harkness | United Kingdom | |
Annamarie Jacobs | 1911 | Jacobs | Germany | |
Ännchen Müller | 1907 | J.C. Schmidt | Germany | |
Ännchen von Tharau | 1886 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Anne Boleyn | 1993 | Austin | United Kingdom | |
Anne Cocker | 1970 | Cocker | United Kingdom | |
Anne de Bretagne | 1979 | Meilland | France | |
Anne Harkness | ![]() | 1979 | Harkness | United Kingdom |
Anne Marie de Montravel | 1879 | Rambaux | France | |
Anne-Marie d'Orbesson | 1820 | Jacques | France | |
Anne Marie Trechslin | 1968 | Meilland | France | |
Anne-Mette Poulsen | 1935 | Poulsen | Denmark | |
Anne of Geierstein | 1894 | Penzance | United Kingdom | |
Anneliese Rothenberger | 1975 | Tantau | Germany | |
Annie Welter | 1912 | Welter | Germany | |
Anthony Meilland | 1990 | Meilland | France | |
Antigone | 1969 | Gaujard | France | |
Antoine Devert | 1880 | Gonod | France | |
Antoine Ducher | 1826 | Ducher | France | |
Antoine Mouton | 1874 | Levet | France | |
Antoine Rivoire | 1895 | Pernet-Ducher | France | |
Antonia d'Ormois | 1835 | Vibert | France | |
Antonia Ridge | 1976 | Meilland | France | |
Antonie Schurz | 1890 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Anuschka | 1977 | Tantau | Germany | |
Aphrodite | 2006 | Tantau | Germany | |
Apor Vilmos emléke | 1994 | Mark | Hungary | |
Apotheker Georg Höfer | 1902 | Welter | Germany | |
Áprily Lajos emléke | 2000 | Mark | Hungary | |
Arany János emléke | 2006 | Mark | Hungary | |
Archiduc Charles | 1825 | Laffay | France | |
Archiduc Joseph | ![]() | 1892 | Nabonnand | France |
Archiduchesse Elisabeth d'Autriche | 1881 | Moreau-Robert | France | |
Ariana El | 1912 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Arielle Dombasle | 1992 | Meilland | France | |
Arillaga | 1929 | Schoener | United States of America | |
Aristide Briand | 1928 | Penny | France | |
Arlene Francis | 1957 | Boerner/Jackson and Perkins | United States of America | |
Armide | 1817 | Vibert | France | |
Arndt | 1913 | Lambert | Germany | |
Arpad-hazi Szent Erzsebet emléke | 1995 | Mark | Hungary | |
Arthur Bell | 1965 | McGredy | Ireland | |
Arthur de Sansal | 1855 | Cochet | France | |
Arthur Rimbaud | 2008 | Meilland | France | |
Arthur Scargill | ||||
Arthur Young | 1863 | Portemer | France | |
Arva Leany | 1911 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Asta von Parpart | 1909 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Astra Desmond | United Kingdom | |||
Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg | 2001 | Tantau | Germany | |
Astrid Lindgren | ![]() | 1989 | Olesen | Denmark |
Athena | 1982 | Kordes | Germany | |
Audie Murphy | 1957 | Lammerts | United States of America | |
Audrey Hepburn | 1983 | Twomey | United States of America | |
Audrey Wilcox | 1987 | Fryer | United Kingdom | |
August Seebeauer | 1944 | Kordes | Germany | |
Augusta Luise | 1999 | Tantau | Germany | |
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria | 1891 | Lambert | Germany | |
Auguste Gervais | 1918 | Barbier | France | |
Auguste Kordes | 1928 | Kordes | Germany | |
Auguste Renoir | 1995 | Meilland | France | |
Auguste Roussel | 1913 | Barbier | France | |
Augustine Guinoisseau | 1889 | Guinoisseau | France | |
Augustine Halem | 1891 | Guillot | France | |
Augustus Hartmann | 1914 | Cant | Germany | |
Aurelia Liffa | 1886 | Geschwind | Austria-Hungary | |
Aurora | 1923 | Pemberton | United Kingdom | |
Aurore de Jacques-Marie | 1999 | Guillot | France | |
Aurore Poiniatowska | 1820 | Du Pont | Paris, France | |
Ausonius | 1932 | Lambert | Germany | |
Aviateur Blériot | 1909 | Fauqué | France | |
Avocat Duvivier | 1875 | Lévêque | France |
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