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                            Introduction
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Rob Roy usually refers to the Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor (,
1671-1734).

Rob Roy may also refer to:


                               Places
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* Rob Roy, Victoria, a district of the town of Christmas Hills,
Victoria, Australia
* Mount Rob Roy, a mountain, adjacent to the Canberra suburb of Banks,
Australian Capital Territory
* Rob Roy, Ontario, a hamlet in Grey County, Ontario, Canada
* Rob Roy Glacier, a glacier on New Zealand's South Island
* Rob Roy Peak, a mountain on New Zealand's South Island
* Rob Roy Way, a long-distance footpath in Scotland
* Rob Roy Island, an island in the Solomon Islands
* Rob Roy, Indiana, United States, a small town


                 Works related to Rob Roy MacGregor
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* 'Rob Roy' (novel), an 1817 novel by Walter Scott based on
MacGregor's life
** 'Rob Roy' (play), an 1818 play based on the novel
** 'Rob Roy Overture', a musical composition by Hector Berlioz
inspired by the novel, composed in 1831 and first performed at the
Paris Conservatoire on 14 April 1833
* 'Rob Roy' (operetta), an 1894 operetta by Reginald De Koven and
Harry B. Smith
* 'Rob Roy' (1922 film), a silent film starring David Hawthorne
* 'Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue', a 1953 film starring Richard Todd and
Glynis Johns
* 'Rob Roy' (1987 film), an animated film produced by Burbank Films
Australia
* 'Rob Roy' (1995 film), starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange


                               Ships
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* CSS 'Rob Roy', a Confederate blockade runner
* , a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the First World War
* PS 'Rob Roy', the first seaworthy steamship
* Rob Roy 23, an American sailboat design


                               Sports
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* Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C., a football club from Kirkintilloch,
Scotland
* Rob Roy F.C., a defunct football club from Callander, Scotland
* Rob Roy Boat Club, a rowing club on the River Cam, Cambridge, United
Kingdom


                             Other uses
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* Rob Roy, nickname of John MacGregor (1825-1892), English explorer,
travel writer and philanthropist, and also the boats that he designed
* Rob Roy, CEO and co-founder of Switch
* Rob Roy (cocktail), created in conjunction with the premiere of  De
Koven' and Smith's 'Rob Roy' operetta (1894)
* Rob Roy (dog), a collie owned by Calvin Coolidge
* Rob Roy (bar), a bar in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
* Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys, a doo-wop group


                              See also
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* Robert H. Roy (1906-2000), American mechanical engineer and the
former Dean of Engineering Science at Johns Hopkins University
* Robert Roy (cricketer) (born 1948), New Zealand cricketer
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