Ross (name)
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Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Gaelic |
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Word/name | Scotland |
Meaning | Promontory or Headland |
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Ross is an English-language name derived from Gaelic, most commonly used in Scotland. It is also the name of a county in the highland area (Ross and Cromarty). It can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family name for people of Scottish descent (Clan Ross). Derived from the Gaelic for a "promontory" or "headland".
People with the surname Ross
[edit]Names shared by multiple people
[edit]- Alan Ross (disambiguation)
- Alec Ross (disambiguation)
- Alexander Ross (disambiguation)
- Alex Ross (disambiguation)
- Andrew Ross (disambiguation)
- Betsy Ross (disambiguation)
- Bob Ross (disambiguation)
- Charles Ross (disambiguation)
- Christopher Ross (disambiguation)
- David Ross (disambiguation)
- Deborah Ross (disambiguation)
- Edward Ross (disambiguation)
- Elizabeth Ross (disambiguation)
- Frank Ross (disambiguation)
- George Ross (disambiguation)
- Henry Ross (disambiguation)
- Hugh Ross (disambiguation)
- Jack Ross (disambiguation)
- James Ross (disambiguation)
- Jane Ross (disambiguation)
- Jerry Ross (disambiguation)
- Joel Ross (disambiguation)
- John Ross (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Ross (disambiguation)
- Josh Ross (disambiguation)
- Kenneth Ross (disambiguation)
- Lewis Ross (disambiguation)
- Lillian Ross (disambiguation)
- Malcolm Ross (disambiguation)
- Michael Ross (disambiguation)
- Richard Ross (disambiguation)
- Rick Ross (disambiguation)
- Robert Ross (disambiguation)
- Ronald Ross (disambiguation)
- Ross Campbell (disambiguation)
- Ross Wilson (disambiguation)
- Scott Ross (disambiguation)
- Stephen Ross (disambiguation)
- Steve Ross (disambiguation)
- Thomas Ross (disambiguation)
- William Ross (disambiguation)
Individual articles
[edit]- Aaron Ross (born 1982), American football player
- Aaron Y. Ross (1829–1922), American old west figure
- Adin Ross (born 2000), American Twitch streamer
- Adrian Ross, British lyricist
- Adrian Ross (American football) (born 1975), American football player
- Albert Henderson Wade Ross (1884–1939), American businessman
- Alex Ross, American comic book writer and artist
- Alf Ross, legal philosopher
- Andy Ross, American musician
- Annie Ross (1930–2020), British-American singer and actress
- April Ross (born 1982), American beach volleyball player
- Archibald Hilson Ross (1821–1900), New Zealand politician
- Arnold Ross (1906–2002), mathematician
- Atticus Ross (born 1968), English musician
- Ben Ross (born 1980), Australian rugby league footballer
- Ben Ross (Australian rules footballer) (born 1988)
- Bernard Ross (1924–1999), Welsh footballer
- Betsy Ross (1752–1836), American flag maker
- Bobby Ross (born 1936), American football player
- Bobby Ross (rugby union), (born 1969)
- Browning Ross, Olympian and father of long-distance running in US
- C. Ben Ross (1876–1946), Governor of Idaho
- Calvin Ross (born c. 1945), American law enforcement officer
- Carl Ross (1901–1986), British businessman
- Caroline Anne Ross, American engineer
- Christopher Ross (sculptor), American sculptor, designer and collector
- Clara Ross (1858-1954), British composer
- Clarence S. Ross (1880–1975), American mineralogist and geologist
- Clark Ross (born 1957), Canadian Composer
- Cody Ross (born 1980), Major League Baseball outfielder
- D'Angelo Ross (born 1996), American football player
- D. Bruce Ross (1892–1984), South Australian judge
- Dennis Ross (born 1948), American diplomat and author
- Dennis A. Ross (born 1959), US congressman from Florida
- Diana Ross (born 1944), American singer
- Diana Ross (author), English children's book author, illustrator and artist
- Earl Ross (1941–2014), Canadian race car driver
- Edmund G. Ross (1826–1907), Governor of New Mexico Territory
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, psychiatrist
- Eliza Ann Ross, (1849–1940), commanded the steel four-masted “Reform.”
- Fiona Ross (journalist), Scottish journalist and broadcaster
- Fiona Ross (nurse) (born 1951), British nurse and academic
- "Freeway" Rick Ross (born 1960), convicted drug dealer
- Gabrielle Ross (born 1975), British fashion designer
- Gary Ross, US Director
- Gaylen Ross, American actress and film director
- Gertrude Ross (1889-1957), American composer
- Glenn Ross, UK strongman/powerlifter
- Glenn Ross (politician), Falkland Island politician
- Gyasi Ross, Blackfeet author, attorney, rapper, speaker, and storyteller
- Henryk Ross (1910–1991), Polish Jewish photographer
- Hercules Ross (1745–1816), Scottish merchant who gave evidence against the slave trade
- Horatio Ross (1801–1886), sportsman and pioneer photographer
- Isaac Ross (1760–1838), an American plantation owner.
- Isaac Ross (born 1984), a rugby player from New Zealand.
- Ishbel Ross (1895–1975), Scottish-American reporter and nonfiction author
- J. K. L. Ross (John Kenneth Leveson Ross, 1876–1951), Canadian thoroughbred racer
- Janet Ross (1842–1927), English writer
- Jamie Ross, American actor
- Jeana Ross, American politician from Alabama
- Jeanne W. Ross, (born c. 1952), American organizational theorist
- Jeffrey Ross, stand-up comedian
- Jim Ross, American professional wrestling commentator
- Joel Ross, American tennis player
- Juana Ross Edwards (1830–1913), Chilean philanthropist
- Justin Ross, (born in 1976), Maryland politician
- Justus Ross-Simmons, American football player
- Justyn Ross (born 1999), American football player
- Karie Ross (born 1958/9), American sports broadcaster
- Katharine Ross, actress
- Kyla Ross (born 1996), American gymnast
- Landon Timmonds Ross, Jr., environmental biologist
- LaQuinton Ross (born 1991), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Laura Ross (chess player), chess player
- Lawrence Ross (born 1966), American writer
- Lawrence Sullivan Ross (a.k.a. Sul Ross) (1838–1898), Governor of Texas
- Lee Ross, Canadian-American psychologist
- Lee Ross (actor) (born 1971), English professional actor
- Liz Ross, Australian Marxist, author and gay liberation activist
- Ludwig Ross (1806–1859), German classical archaeologist
- Luke Ross (born 1972), comic artist
- Lyric Ross (born 2003), American actress
- Maggie Napaljarri Ross, Indigenous Australian artist
- Marie Claire Ross (born 1975 or 1976), Canadian para-swimmer
- Marion Ross (born 1928), American actress
- Marion Ross (physicist) FRSE (1903–1994), Scottish physicist
- Martin Ross, pen name of Violet Florence Martin and Edith Anna Somerville
- Marty Ross, Scottish writer
- Marty Ross (musician), American musician
- Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer
- Miles Ross (1827–1903), US Congressman from New Jersey
- Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), Governor of Wyoming
- Nicole Ross (born 1989), American Olympic foil fencer
- Ogden J. Ross (1893–1968), New York politician, World War II U.S. army general
- Paul Ross, journalist and TV-personality
- Percy Ross, philanthropist
- Perley Ason Ross (1883–1939), US experimental physicist
- Ranger Ross (born 1959), American professional wrestler
- Rashad Ross (born 1990), American football player
- Richie Ross (born 1982), American football player
- Ricky Ross (musician) (born 1957), Scottish musician
- Robert Ross (1766–1814), British general
- Robbie Ross (1869–1918), friend of Oscar Wilde
- Robbie Ross (baseball), (born 1989)
- Robbie Ross (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- Ronnie Ross (1933–1991), jazz baritone saxophonist
- Russell Ross (1929–1999), American pathologist
- Ryan Ross, guitarist and lyricist for Panic! at the Disco
- Serene Ross (born 1977), American javelin thrower
- Share Ross (born 1963), American bass player of the female hard rock band, Vixen
- Shavar Ross, actor
- Shelley Ross, American television executive producer
- Sobieski Ross (1828–1877), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Sinclair Ross, (1908–1996), Canadian banker
- Spencer Ross (born 1940), American sportscaster
- Steven Ross (born 1993), Scottish footballer
- Summer Ross (born 1992), American beach volleyball player
- Tadeusz Ross (1938–2021), Polish actor and politician
- Toby Ross American film director
- Tracee Ellis Ross (born 1972), American actress
- Victor Ross (1900–1974), American lacrosse player
- Virginia Ross (1857–1923), American author
- Wilbur Ross (born 1937), American investor and government official
- Wilburn K. Ross (1922–2017) United States Army officer
- William Edward Daniel Ross (1912–1995), Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer
- W. D. Ross (Sir William David Ross, 1877–1971), Scottish philosopher
People with the first name Ross
[edit]- Ross Alexander (1907–1937), American stage and film actor
- Ross Allen (Irish cricketer) (born 1996), Irish cricketer
- Ross Allen (herpetologist) (1908–1981), American herpetologist
- Ross Aloisi (born 1973), former Australian footballer
- Ross Andru (1927–1993), American comic book artist and editor
- Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (1919–1972), creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. (born 1949), his son, who continues the Chipmunk media effort
- Ross Barkley (born 1993), English footballer
- Ross Barnett (1898–1987), U.S. politician
- Ross Barnes (1850–1915), one of the stars of baseball's National Association (1871–1875) and the early National League (1876–1881)
- Ross Bass (1918–1993), American florist, postmaster, Congressman, and United States Senator from Tennessee
- Ross Beever (1946–2010), New Zealand geneticist and mycologist
- Ross Bell (1929–2019), American entomologist
- Ross Benson (1948–2005), Scottish journalist and gossip columnist
- Ross Bentley (born 1956), Canadian racing driver
- Ross Blacklock (born 1998), American football player
- Ross Bleckner (born 1949), American artist
- Ross Brawn (born 1954), English former motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal
- Ross Browner (1954–2022), American football player
- Ross Butler (actor) (born 1990), American actor
- Ross Chastain (born 1992), American racing driver
- Ross Cheever (born 1964), American racing driver, younger brother of Eddie Cheever
- Ross A. Collins (1880–1968), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
- Ross Copperman (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
- Ross Coyle (born 1937), American football player
- Ross Dallow (1937–2020), New Zealand politician
- Ross M. Dick (1912–1994), American journalist
- Ross Dwelley (born 1995), American football player
- Ross Filler, known as Remedy (born 1972), American rapper
- Ross Flitney (born 1984), English footballer
- Ross Friedman (born 1992), American Major League Soccer player
- Ross Gardner (born 1985), English footballer
- Ross Gillespie (1935–2023), New Zealand field hockey player and coach
- Ross W. Greene, American psychologist
- Ross Hart (born 1960), Canadian-American professional wrestler and promoter
- Ross Hornby, Canadian lawyer and diplomat
- Ross Hull (born 1975), Canadian actor and meteorologist
- Ross Kemp (born 1964), British actor
- Ross Krautman (born 1991), American football player
- Ross Landry, Canadian politician
- Ross Lynch, (born 1995), American actor, singer and dancer
- Ross Macdonald (1915–1983), Canadian mystery writer
- Ross MacDonald (sailor) (born 1965), Canadian sailor
- Ross Malinger (born 1984), American former child actor
- Ross Martin (1920–1981), American actor
- Ross Martin (American football) (born 1993), American football player
- Ross Martin (skier) (1943–2011), Australian cross-country skier
- Ross Mathews (born 1979), American television personality
- Ross Matiscik (born 1996), American football player
- Ross Miner (born 1991), American skating coach and figure skater
- Ross Muir (born 1995), English snooker player
- Ross Noble (born 1976), English comedian and actor
- Ross O'Donovan (born 1987), animator and co-host of the webseries, Steam Train
- Ross Parker (1914–1974), English composer
- Ross Parker, victim of a racially motivated murder in England shortly after the September 11 attacks
- Ross Perot (1930–2019), American businessman and US presidential candidate
- Ross Perry (born 1990), Scottish footballer
- Ross Pierschbacher (born 1995), American football player
- Ross Porter (Canadian broadcaster), Canadian radio executive and music writer
- Ross Porter (sportscaster) (born 1938), American sportscaster
- Ross Pritchard (1924–2020), American academic administrator
- Ross Rawlings, American pianist, composer, conductor, and music director
- Ross Rebagliati (born 1971), Canadian snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist
- Ross Rowe (born 1977), American Rapper, Podcaster, Producer, Entrepreneur
- Ross Sinclair (artist) (born 1966), Scottish visual artist, musician and writer
- Ross Sinclair (water polo) (born 1985), American water polo player and coach
- Ross Strudwick, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- Ross Taylor (born 1984), New Zealand cricketer
- Ross Taylor (Australian cricketer) (1938–1996), Australian cricketer
- Ross Thomas (born 1981), American actor
- Ross Tucker (born 1979), American football player
Fictional characters
[edit]As a first name
- Ross Ewich, a fictional character in the Canadian sketch comedy series You Can't Do That on Television
- Ross Geller, character on the TV-series Friends
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, a literary "dick-lit" character, created by Irish author Paul Howard
- Ross Malloy, a character in 1990s American sitcom television series Unhappily Ever After
- Ross Poldark, main character of The Poldark Novels, a series of historical novels by Winston Graham
- Ross "Bubba" Webster, a character played by Robert Vaughn in the 1983 superhero film Superman III
- Ross, a pig who is the main protagonist of Bad Piggies
As a surname
- Betty Ross, from Marvel comics, daughter of Thunderbolt Ross
- Danny Ross (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), character on the TV-series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Dr. Doug Ross, character on the TV-series ER
- Everett K. Ross, from Marvel comics
- Gretchen Ross, character on the feature film Donnie Darko
- Jamie Ross (Law & Order), a television character
- Leo Ross, a character in the 1989 American action comedy movie Speed Zone
- Pete Ross, character who appears in the Superman comic books published by DC Comics
- Susan Ross, character on the TV-series Seinfeld
- Thunderbolt Ross, from Marvel comics, father of Betty Ross
- Emma Ross from Jessie (TV series)
- Luke Ross from Jessie (TV series)
- Ravi Ross from Jessie (TV series)
- Zuri Ross from Jessie (TV series)