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'''Rock''' may refer to:
* [[Rock (geology)]], a mineral substance
* [[Rock music]], a form of popular music
===Places===
* [[Rock, Cornwall]], a village in Cornwall, England, UK
* [[Rock, Worcestershire]], a village in Worcestershire, UK
* [[Rock, Kansas]], an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States
* [[Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin]], a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
* [[Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin]], a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States
* "The Rock" or [[Gibraltar]], a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula
* "The Rock" or [[Alcatraz Island]], a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States
===Entertainment===
* [[Dwayne Johnson]], an actor and former professional wrestler who used the ring name "The Rock"
* [[The Rock (film)|''The Rock'' (film)]], a 1996 film starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage
* [[Rock (manga character)]], a character in Osamu Tezuka's manga series
* ''[[Rock (play)|Rock]]'', a play by Tim Fountain depicting the relationship between Rock Hudson and his agent Henry Willson
===Music===
* [[Rock (rapper)]], half of the hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah
* [[Rocks (album)|''Rocks'' (album)]], an album by Aerosmith
* [[The Rock (song)|"The Rock" (song)]], an instrumental song by The Who from ''Quadrophenia''
* [[Rocks (song)|"Rocks" (song)]], a song by Primal Scream
===Food===
* [[Rock (confectionery)]], a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery
* [[Rock (chicken)]], a breed of chicken
===Computers===
*[[ROCK Linux]], software for building customized Linux distributions
*[[Rock processor]], a microprocessor by Sun Microsystems
*[[Rocks Cluster Distribution]], a Linux distribution for cluster computing
===Other===
* [[ROCK1]], a human gene
* Rock or [[islet]], a small island
* The Rocks, the mascot of [[Rock Island High School]], Rock Island, Illinois
* "The Rock" or [[Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad]], a former Class I railroad in the United States
===People with the name Rock===
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In '''surnames''':
* [[Allan Rock]], Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat
* [[Andrew Rock]], Olympic athlete
* [[Bob Rock]], musician, sound engineer and record producer
* [[Chris Rock]], American comedian
* [[David M. Rock]], former mayor of Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada
* [[John Rock (American scientist)]], one of the inventors of the contraceptive pill
* [[Joseph Rock]], Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
* [[Raymond Rock]], Canadian politician
* [[Robert Rock]], English professional golfer
In '''given names''':
* [[Rock Hudson]], American actor
* [[Rock Whittington]], guitarist
In '''nicknames''':
* [[Kid Rock]], American rapper and rock musician
* [[Rahman Harper]], winner of ''Hell's Kitchen'' Season 3, nicknamed "Rock"
* [[Tim Raines]], American baseball player, nicknamed "Rock"
In '''fictional characters''':
* [[Rock Lee]], a character from the anime and manga series ''Naruto''
* [[Nathaniel "Rock" Adams]], a character from the ''Soul Calibur'' series of games
* [[Rock Howard]], a character from the ''Fatal Fury'' and ''King of Fighters'' series of games
==See also==
*[[The Rock (disambiguation)]]
*[[ROC (disambiguation)]]
* [[Rock salt]] or Halite, an unrefined form of sodium chloride
* [[Rock candy]], a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals
* [[Rock Township, Benson County, North Dakota]]
* [[Rock County, Wisconsin]]
* [[Rock Island, Illinois]]
* [[Rock River (Illinois)]]
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