Rowntree is an English surname derived from "Rowan tree". It may refer to:
Rowntree's confectionery company and trusts
- Rowntree's, a confectionery company in York, England previously owned by members of the Rowntree family
- Rowntree trusts
People
Rowntree's confectionery company family and close relatives
- Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (1872–1951), Liberal MP for York
- Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), sociologist and businessman, also known as Seebohm Rowntree
- Henry Isaac Rowntree (1837–1883), founder of the business
- John Stephenson Rowntree (1834–1907)
- John Wilhelm Rowntree (1868–1905), chocolate manufacturer and religious activist
- Joseph Rowntree (educationist) (1801–1859), education leader
- Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist) (1836–1925), cocoa and chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist
- Joshua Rowntree (1844–1915), social reformer
- Michael Rowntree (1919–2007), journalist and philanthropist
- Tessa Rowntree (1909-1999), aid worker in Czechoslovakia, 1938-1939
Unrelated persons
- Catriona Rowntree (born 1971), Australian television personality
- Dave Rowntree (born 1964), British musician
- Fred Rowntree (1860–1927), Scottish architect
- Gil Rowntree (born 1934), Canadian racehorse trainer and owner
- Graham Rowntree (born 1971), English rugby union player and coach
- Joseph Rowntree (Canadian) pioneer of Thistletown, miller on the banks of the Humber River in 1843
- Kenneth Rowntree (1915–1997), British artist
- Leonard Rowntree (1883–1959), Canadian physician and medical researcher
- Leslie Rowntree (1914–1975), Canadian political figure
- Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree (1879–1979), American botanist and horticulturist
- Mark Rowntree (born c. 1956), British spree killer
- Norman Rowntree (1912–1991), British civil engineer
- Richard Rowntree (1884–1968), English-born New Zealand cricketer
Other uses
- Rowntree Park, a 20-acre (8.1 ha), a park in York, England
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