Rook

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Names in other languages

  • 日本語ルック (Rook)
  • brFrav du
  • gaRúcach
  • DeutschRook
  • EnglishRook
  • FrançaisRook
  • ItalianoRook
  • РусскийРукс

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Rook may refer to: ==Common meanings== Rook (bird), a bird of the corvid family Rook (chess), a piece in the game of chess ==People== Rook (surname) Russell Rook, Baron Rook (The Lord Rook; 21st century), British Anglican priest; elevated to Baron Rook lifepeerage in 2024 Jared Isaacman (callsign "Rook"), American entrepreneur, e-finance executive, aerospace executive, private astronaut, administrator of NASA Martin "Rook" O'Prey (1962–1991), Northern Ireland republican paramilitary Erik "Rook" Ortiz, member of the U.S. hiphop collective J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Rook Valard (born 19741), U.S. musician a rookie, shortened to rook ==Places== Rook Mountain, a summit in Alaska, USA Qolla l-Bajda Battery or Rook, a discothèque in Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta Rook Clift, South Harting, West Sussex, England, UK, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest Rook Street, Mere, Wiltshire, England, UK Montes Rook, a mountain range on the Moon ==Arts and entertainment== ===Fictional characters=== The Rook (comics), a comic book character from Eerie magazine Rook (G.I. Joe), in the G.I. Joe universe Rook, an Utrom in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season 4 Rook Bartley, in Robotech Rook Blonko, in Ben 10: Omniverse Bodhi Rook, in the Star Wars film Rogue One Harlan Rook, villain of the 1988 film The Dead Pool Alexander Rook, a recurring antagonist in the 2015 Dark Matter television series ===Other arts and entertainment=== Rook (album), 2008 album by Shearwater The Rook (novel), a 2011 supernatural thriller by Daniel O'Malley The Rook (TV series), a TV series on Starz Rook Islands, a fictional group of islands in the video game Far Cry 3 ===Military=== Sukhoi Su-25 "Rook" ( , a Russian close air support aircraft , a destroyer launched in 1944, a Cold War U.S. Navy destroyer , a 19th-century British Royal Navy schooner ==Other uses== Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game Rook (piercing), a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear Rook (rocket), a British rocket in use from 1959 and 1972 Rook, an 1874 South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotive .300 Rook, an obsolete rifle cartridge ==See also== Rook rifle, an obsolete rifle intended for shooting small game Rook's Textbook of Dermatology Rooke Rooks (disambiguation) Rookie (disambiguation) Rok (disambiguation)

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References

  1. ↩Wikipedia date of birth (×1) · confidence 0.95 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354187019

Provenance

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