Roe (surname)

Roe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alban Roe (1583–1642), English Benedictine martyr
• Alliott Verdon Roe (1877–1958), British aircraft manufacturer
• Allison Roe (born 1956), New Zealand marathon runner and politician
• Ann Roe (born 1966), Wisconsin politician
• Anna Wang Roe (born 1959), American neuroscientist
• Anne Roe (1904–1991), American clinical psychologist and researcher
• Arthur Roe (footballer) (1892–1960), English football halfback
• Arthur Roe (politician) (1878–1942), American politician and lawyer
• Arthur Stanley Roe, medical doctor from Queensland, Australia
• Brian Roe (1939–2014), English cricketer
• Charles Roe (1715–1781), English industrialist
• David Roe (born 1965), English snooker player
• Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888), American novelist
• Erica Roe (born 1957), Twickenham streaker
• Sir Francis Roe (died 1620), Irish politician
• Francis Asbury Roe (1823–1901), United States Navy admiral
• Gloria Roe (1935–2017), American sacred music composer and performer
• James M. Roe (born 1943), American astronomer
• Jane Roe (pseudonym), a legal pseudonym similar to Jane Doe
• Jerry D. Roe (born 1936), American academic
• John B. Roe (1942–2020), American lawyer and politician
• John Septimus Roe (1797–1878), first Surveyor-General of Western Australia
• Kent Roe, American politician
• Kris Roe, member of The Ataris
• Marie Roe, married name of Marie Stopes
• Marion Roe (born 1936), British politician
• Marrion Roe (1935–2017), New Zealand Olympic swimmer
• Michael Roe (born 1954), American record producer
• Philip L. Roe, professor of aerospace engineering
• Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie (1962–2022), British politician
• Reginald Heber Roe (1850–1926), 2nd headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, 1st vice chancellor of University of Queensland
• Richard Roe (pseudonym), a legal pseudonym similar to John Doe
• Robert A. Roe (1924–2014), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Sir Thomas Roe (or Row, c. 1581–1644), English traveller and diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. His voyages ranged from Central America to India; he was the English ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire
• Tim Roe (born 1989), Australian cyclist
• Tommy Roe (born 1942), American pop music singer and songwriter
• William Gordon Roe (1932–1999), Bishop of Huntingdon

See also

• Rowe (surname)