Rootes (alternate spelling Roots) is a surname.
People
- William Edward Rootes (1894-1964), 1st Baron Rootes
- William Geoffrey Rootes (1917-1992) 2nd Baron Rootes
- Nicholas Geoffrey Rootes (b1951), 3rd Baron Rootes
- Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-98), American Confederate Army officer
- Philip Rootes Thompson (1766-1837), American politician and lawyer
- Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-62), American lawyer, author, politician and Conferderate Army officer.
Companies
- Rootes Group, British car and commercial vehicle manufacturer founded by William Edward Rootes
- Rootes Arrow, a badge engineered range of cars produced by the Rootes Group
- Rootes Australia, Australian assembler of Rootes Group vehicles
- Rootes Aircraft Factory, located at RAF Speke during the Second World War
Other
- Lord Rootes Memorial Fund, an endowment to the University of Warwick
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