People Named Rowntree
- Members of the family that owned the Rowntree's confectionery company close relatives. (See family tree
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- 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
- other apparently unrelated people named Rowntree:
- Catriona Rowntree (born 1971), Australian television personality
- Dave Rowntree (born 1964), US musician
- Fred Rowntree (1860-1927), Scottish architect
- Gil Rowntree (born 1934), Canadian racehorse trainer and owner
- Graham Rowntree (born 1971), English athlete in rugby
- Henry Leslie Rowntree (1914-?1984?), Canadian political figure
- Joseph Rowntree (Canadian) pioneer of Thistletown, miller on the banks of the Humber River in 1843
- Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997), British artist
- Mark Rowntree (born c. 1956), British spree killer
- Norman Rowntree (1912–1991), British civil engineer
- Richard Rowntree (1884-1968), English-born New Zealand athlete in cricket
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