Rowbotham is a surname. Etymologically it is roe–bottom, meaning a depression in the ground (Old English bothm) inhabited by deer (roe). The name originates from such a geographic feature near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Notable people with the surname include:
Darran Rowbotham (born 1966), Welsh footballer
David Rowbotham (1924–2010), Australian poet and journalist
Dave Rowbotham (1958–1991), English rock musician
Harry Rowbotham (1911–1979), English footballer
Jason Rowbotham (born 1969), Welsh footballer
Jeffrey Rowbotham (1920-1984), Scottish architect
Joseph Rowbotham (1831–1899), English cricketer
Michael Rowbotham, political and economic writer and commentator
Mike Rowbotham (born 1965), South African footballer
Samuel Rowbotham (1816–1884), English inventor and writer, advocate for a flat earth
Sara Rowbotham, British councillor and activist
Sheila Rowbotham (born 1943), British socialist feminist theorist
Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham (1823–1875), British painter
Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham (1782–1853), British painter
William John Owen Rowbotham, birth name of Bill Owen (1914–1999), British actor
Clarence Rowbotham (1934-2023), Canadian musician and adventurer
surname include: Darran Rowbotham (born 1966), Welsh footballer David Rowbotham (1924–2010), Australian poet and journalist Dave Rowbotham (1958–1991), English...
Sheila Rowbotham FRSA (born 27 February 1943) is an English socialist feminist theorist and historian. She is the author of many notable books in the...
David Harold Rowbotham AM (27 August 1924 – 6 October 2010) was an Australian poet and journalist. Rowbotham was born in the Darling Downs of Queensland...
Samuel Birley Rowbotham (/ˈroʊbɒtəm/; 1816 – 23 December 1884, in London) was an English inventor, writer and utopian socialist who wrote Zetetic Astronomy:...
Dave Rowbotham (1958 – 8 November 1991) was an English rock musician who played guitar and bass with various Manchester bands in the 1970s and the 1980s...
Jason Rowbotham (born 3 January 1969) is a Welsh former professional footballer, who played as a left back. Rowbotham began his professional career in...
to deny the curvature of the Earth through measurement. Samuel Birley Rowbotham, who conducted the first observations starting in 1838, claimed that he...
Thomas Rowbotham may refer to: Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham, English watercolourist and oil painter Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham, his son, Irish watercolour...
Stephen Christopher Rowbotham (born 11 November 1981, in Swindon) is a British rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal...
Sara Rowbotham is a local councillor, community leader and former health worker in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, notable for helping to expose the child...
royal family. Sarah Rowbotham was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Ruth (Kirk) and James Howard Rowbotham, a brigadier general...
James Rowbotham (born 7 January 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Marske United. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Rowbotham made his...
Michael Grant Rowbotham (born 2 September 1965) is a former South African footballer, who played as a midfielder for Manchester United, Grimsby Town and...
Patricia A. Rowbotham, KC (born Dec. 8, 1953) is a Canadian judge who is currently a Justice at the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary, Alberta, Canada...
Michael Rowbotham is a political and economic writer and commentator based in the UK who is primarily known for his two books, The Grip of Death: A Study...
Rowbotham Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island, Canada, north of Englishman River and east of Mount Arrowsmith. List of lakes of British Columbia...
Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham (1823 in Dublin – 30 June 1875 in Percy Lodge, Camden Hill, Kensington), was an Irish watercolour, landscape and marine...
Jeffrey Rowbotham, ARIBA (23 August 1920 – 1 March 1984) was a Scottish architect. From February to August 1939, Rowbotham was an apprentice for James...
Henry Rowbotham (22 April 1911 – 1979) was an English footballer who played at inside-right. Rowbotham played for Cheddleton Mental Hospital before joining...
Darran Rowbotham (born 22 October 1966) is a Welsh former footballer who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League playing as a striker. Rowbotham...
Sam Rowbotham (6 December 1912 – 7 September 1979) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward or inside left in the Football League for...
Robert Robotham (by 1522 – 1570/71), of London, Hartington, Derbyshire and Raskelf, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament...
Joseph Rowbotham (8 July 1831 – 22 December 1899) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Sheffield Cricket Club (aka Yorkshire) 1854–62;...
Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham (sometimes called Thomas Leeson Rowbotham the Elder or Thomas Leeson Rowbotham Senior; and his third forename sometimes...
Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham (19 June 1883 – 23 February 1978) was an engineer, a campaigner for women's employment rights and a founder member of the...