Roe

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Roe may refer to:

• Roe or 'hard roe', the fully ripe egg masses of fish and certain marine invertebrates
• Soft roe or milt, the semen of fish
• The Roe deer, the deer of Britain and Europe
• Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion in the United States

Geographic features

Australia

• Roe Highway, named for John Septimus Roe
• Roe River (Western Australia), flowing into York Sound
• Mallee (biogeographic region), formerly known as Roe Botanical District
• Electoral district of Roe, Western Australia

Ireland

• River Roe (Northern Ireland) in Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland

United States

• Roe River, Montana, the shortest river in the world
• Roe, Arkansas, a town located in Monroe County, Arkansas

People

Legal fictions

• Jane Roe and Richard Roe, placeholder names a party whose true identity is unknown or must be withheld in a legal action, case, or discussion, see John Doe
• Norma McCorvey (born 1947), the "Jane Roe" from Roe v. Wade

Surname

• Roe (뢰) is one Korean surname derived from the Chinese Lei (雷)
• Alliott Verdon Roe (1877–1958), British aircraft manufacturer
• Charles Roe (1715–1781), English industrialist
• David Roe (born 1965), English professional snooker player
• Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888), American novelist
• Erica Roe Twickenham streaker (born 1957)
• Eugene Roe (1921–1998), medic of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
• Francis Asbury Roe (1823–1901), United States Navy admiral
• James M. Roe (born 1943), American astronomer
• John Septimus Roe (1797–1878), first Surveyor-General of Western Australia
• Kris Roe, member of The Ataris
• Marie Roe, married name of Marie Stopes
• Dame Marion Roe (born 1936), United Kingdom politician
• Michael Roe (born 1954), American record producer
• Philip L. Roe, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Reginald Heber Roe (1850–1926), 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, 1st Vice Chancellor of University of Queensland
• Robert A. Roe, Member (born 1924), U.S. House of Representatives, 1969–1993 (D-NJ)
• Sir Thomas Roe (or Row, c. 1581–1644), English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods
• Tim Roe (born 1989), Australian professional cyclist
• Tommy Roe (born 1942), American pop music singer and songwriter
• William Gordon Roe former Bishop of Huntingdon

Other

• USS Roe, the name of two ships in the United States Navy
• Charles H. Roe, the UK coachbuilding company
• "Roe", the 96th episode of Boston Legal (8th episode of season 5)
• Roe solver, an approximate Riemann solver

See also

• ROE (disambiguation)
• Rubies of Eventide (RoE), a 2003 medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game
• Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, a 2005 expansion pack for the video game Doom 3

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