Rob Roy
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Rob Roy may refer to the following:
- A colloquial name for Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregorRobert Roy MacGregorRobert Roy MacGregor , usually known simply as Rob Roy or alternately Red MacGregor, was a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century, who is sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood. Rob Roy is anglicised from the Scottish Gaelic Raibeart Ruadh, or Red Robert...
, who has been described as the Scottish Robin Hood - Rob Roy (ballad), from the Child Ballads
- Rob Roy (cocktail), a cocktail made with Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and bitters, similar to a Manhattan
- Rob Roy (film)Rob Roy (film)Rob Roy is a 1995 historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Liam Neeson stars as Robert Roy MacGregor, an 18th century Scottish historical figure who battles with feudal landowners in the Scottish Highlands. Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, and Jason Flemyng also star...
, a 1995 movie about Robert Roy MacGregor, starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange - Rob Roy (novel)Rob Roy (novel)Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the larger-than-life title...
, an 1817 novel by Walter Scott featuring Robert Roy MacGregor - Rob Roy (operetta), an operetta by Reginald de Koven
- Rob Roy, the Highland RogueRob Roy, the Highland RogueRob Roy, the Highland Rogue is a 1953 British-American action film, made by Walt Disney Productions. This film is about Robert Roy MacGregor. Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue is the final Disney film released through RKO....
, a 1953 Disney movie about Robert Roy MacGregor - Rob Roy, IndianaRob Roy, IndianaRob Roy is an unincorporated town in Shawnee Township, Fountain County, Indiana.-History:Rob Roy was destroyed by a tornado named after the Scottish outlaw Robert Roy MacGregor by local John I. Foster, a lover of literature who was especially fond of Walter Scott's novels...
, a small town in Fountain County, Indiana, USA - Rob Roy, Victoria, a district of the town of Christmas Hills, Victoria, Australia
- Rob Roy Boat ClubRob Roy Boat ClubRob Roy Boat Club, or Robs, is a boat club based on the River Cam in Cambridge, UK, which has traditionally focused on training and racing in small boats...
, a rowing club on the River Cam, Cambridge, United Kingdom - Rob Roy IslandRob Roy IslandRob Roy Island is an island in the Solomon Islands; it is located in Choiseul Province....
, an island in the Solomon Islands, part of Choiseul province - Rob Roy WayRob Roy WayThe Rob Roy Way is a Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Drymen to Pitlochry. The path was created in 2002 and runs for . The route crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, a geological fault where the Highlands meet the Lowlands...
, a long distance footpath between Drymen and Pitlochry in Scotland - Rob Roy, the nickname of John MacGregor (sportsman)John MacGregor (sportsman)John MacGregor , nicknamed Rob Roy after a renowned relative, was a Scottish explorer, travel writer and philanthropist. He is generally credited with the development of the first sailing canoes and with popularising canoeing as a middle class sport in Europe and the United States...
, who also had a boat named Rob Roy - Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C.Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C.Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Nicknamed The Rabs or The Roy, they were formed in 1878...
, a football club from Kirkintilloch, Scotland - Norman Fox & The Rob-RoysNorman Fox & The Rob-RoysNorman Fox & The Rob-Roys are an American 1950s doo-wop group from the Bronx, New York.-Background:The group formed in New York in 1956, and were one of the few interracial groups recording at this time. The group takes its name from the Rob Roy cocktail...
, a doo-wop group - CSS Rob RoyCSS Rob RoyThe CSS Rob Roy was a Confederate blockade runner which, commanded by Captain William Watson, ran to and from Bermuda, the Bahamas and Cuba from 1862 to 1864, during the American Civil War....
, a Confederate blockade runner