Rock 25683 226186932 2008-07-17T06:16:34Z NiciVampireHeart 5692371 /* Entertainment */ fixed {{wiktionarypar|rock}} {{TOCRight}} '''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=== {{surname|Rock}} 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)]] {{disambig}} [[de:Rock]] [[es:Rock]] [[fr:Rock (homonymie)]] [[he:רוק]] [[ka:როკი]] [[nds:Rock]] [[simple:Rock]] [[sv:Rock]] [[zh:Rock]]