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Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock (born 1953, London) is an English surrealist singer-songwriter and guitarist, founder of the Soft Boys (Underwater Moonlight, 1980) and later Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, now based in Nashville; his 25th solo album is The Confuser (2026).
Robyn J. Barst
Robyn J. Barst was an American pediatric cardiologist at Columbia University who pioneered drug treatment and registry-based research for pulmonary arterial hypertension in children, directing its center from 1987.
Robyn Kennedy
Robyn Kennedy is an American Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate representing the First Worcester District, born and raised in Worcester, where she worked in state and local government before joining the Senate.
Robyn L. Ward
Robyn L. Ward is an Australian oncology researcher who showed some hereditary colorectal cancer is caused by inherited MLH1 epimutations, and later served as a senior university research leader.
Robyn Lively
Robyn Lively (born 1972, Powder Springs, Georgia) is an American actress, half-sister of Blake Lively, best known as Louise Miller in Teen Witch (1989), Jessica Andrews in The Karate Kid Part III, and roles in Twin Peaks, Savannah, and Landman.
Robyn Malcolm
Robyn Malcolm (born 1965, Ashburton, NZ) is a New Zealand actress known for Cheryl West in Outrageous Fortune, Ellen Crozier in Shortland Street, and co-creating and starring in After the Party (2023), winner of Series Mania and NZ Television Best Actress awards.
Robyn Norton
Robyn Norton is an Australian epidemiologist who co-founded The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney in 1999, known for work on injury prevention, road deaths, and women's health.
Robyn Smith
Robyn Smith (Robyn Astaire), American jockey born 1942, first woman to win a stakes race (Paumanok Handicap, 1973); retired 1975; married Fred Astaire in 1980.
Robyn Stone
Robyn Stone is an American health policy researcher who studies aging and long-term care and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014.
Roc (mythology)
Roc, or Rukh, a giant bird of Middle Eastern legend able to carry elephants, known from the Arabian Nights' Sindbad voyages and Marco Polo, possibly inspired by Madagascar's extinct elephant bird Aepyornis.
Roc (TV series)
Roc (Fox, 1991–1994): American comedy-drama created by Stan Daniels, 3 seasons, 72 episodes, starring Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson; its entire second season aired live.
Roc Nation
Roc Nation is a full-service entertainment company founded in 2008 by Jay-Z with Live Nation as joint-venture partner, spanning artist management, publishing, a label, Roc Nation Sports, the NFL partnership, and the 2024-launched ROC Nation distribution service.
Roc Nation Sports
Roc Nation Sports, also called RNSI, is the athlete representation agency founded by Jay-Z and Juan Perez in April 2013 with CAA Sports, first signing Robinson Cano; it now spans NFL, NBA, MLB, boxing, and global soccer including Vinicius Junior.
Roc-A-Fella Records
Roc-A-Fella Records, the New York hip-hop label founded by Jay-Z, Damon Dash, and Kareem Burke, launched Reasonable Doubt, sold to Def Jam in 1997 and 2004, and became defunct in 2013.
Rocafonda
Rocafonda is a dense working-class neighborhood of northeast Mataró, Catalonia, built from 1960s Spanish internal migration and later Moroccan immigration; known for Lamine Yamal's '304' postal-code celebration and the city's lowest socioeconomic index.
Rocamadour
Rocamadour, Lot, Occitanie: cliffside French commune and medieval Marian pilgrimage sanctuary with the 12th-century Black Madonna, 216-step Grand Escalier, Saint Amadour relics, and UNESCO-listed basilica and crypt.
Rocatinlimab
Rocatinlimab (AMG 451/KHK4083) is an investigational anti-OX40 monoclonal antibody by Kyowa Kirin and Amgen for atopic dermatitis; positive phase 3 ROCKET trials preceded full program discontinuation in March 2026 over malignancy concerns.
Rocawear
Rocawear is an urban apparel brand founded in 1999 by Jay-Z, Damon Dash, and Kareem Burke; it reached hundreds of millions in sales and was sold to Iconix in 2007 for $204 million.
Rocbrutinib
Rocbrutinib (LP-168, Luobutini) is Lupeng Pharmaceutical's oral fourth-generation BTK inhibitor with dual covalent and noncovalent binding, approved June 2026 in China for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma after BTK inhibitor exposure, with phase 3 ROCKET-CLL versus pirtobrutinib ongoing.
Rocca (lunar crater)
Rocca is an IAU-approved lunar impact crater, 84.06 km in diameter, centered at -12.89°, -72.89° on the Moon's western near side, named in 1935 after Giovanni Antonio Rocca, Italian mathematician (1607-1656).
Rocca Brancaleone
Rocca Brancaleone: Venetian fortress in Ravenna, Italy, built 1457-1470 by Giacomo Corner and Vitale Lando; square rocca with four circular towers plus a 14,000 sqm Cittadella; now a public park and 1,400-seat open-air arena.
Rocca Calascio
Rocca Calascio, mountaintop fortress in Calascio, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy; highest castle in the Apennines at about 1,460 m; 1380 first record, Piccolomini rebuilding, 1703 earthquake ruin, film set for Ladyhawke and The Name of the Rose.
Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark
Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark, central Sicily, Province of Enna, Italy; a 1,298 km² gypsum-sulphur plateau across nine municipalities, recognized as a geopark in 2001, with Messinian evaporites, Floristella-Grottacalda sulphur mining park, Villa Romana del Casale, and Morgantina.
Rocca San Silvestro, Campiglia Marittima
Rocca San Silvestro, also known in the Middle Ages as Rocca a Palmento, is a deserted fortified medieval mining village near Campiglia Marittima, Tuscany, founded by the Della Gherardesca in the 10th-11th century for copper, lead and silver mining, excavated from 1984 by Riccardo Francovich and now the core of the San Silvestro Archaeological Mines Park.
Roccetta
Roccetta (rocchetta) is an Italian diminutive of roccia, a small rock outcrop, also the name of Monte Rocchetta above Riva del Garda, Alpe Roccetta near Balme, the Santa Marinella surf break La Roccetta, several Italian communes, and a crushed-stone road aggregate.
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) is Luchino Visconti's 1960 Italian-French drama about five brothers and their mother migrating from Basilicata to Milan, starring Alain Delon, with the Venice Special Jury Prize and censored scenes later restored.
Rocco Baldelli
Rocco Baldelli, Minnesota Twins manager 2019-2025; 2019 AL Manager of the Year; 527-505 record, three playoff berths, 2023 Wild Card Series win; dismissed September 29, 2025.
Rocco Coronel
Rocco Cruz Coronel (born 2010), Dutch racing driver, son of Tom Coronel, Red Bull Junior since 2024, 2025 Ginetta Junior champion, racing in F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport.
Rocco DiSpirito
Rocco DiSpirito (born 1966) is an Italian-American New York chef, author of 14 cookbooks including three NYT bestsellers, James Beard winner for Flavor, star of NBC's The Restaurant, and chef of Union Pacific, Standard Grill, and Bar Rocco.
Rocco Haynes
Rocco Haynes (born 2013) is a British child actor known for Gentleman Jack, 28 Years Later as Young Jimmy, Giant as Mikey, Starve Acre, and Small Prophets.