Rosevear is a British (Cornish) surname. Rosevear and Roseveare are derived from either of two places so called in Cornwall (one is in Mawgan in Meneage and the other in Treverbyn: these place names have different origins).Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2002). The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford University Press. p. 533.
Notable people with the surname include:
Craig Rosevear, Australian drummer, auctioneer and TV presenter Donovan Reginald Rosevear (1900 - 1986), British forester and mammalogist John Rosevear (died 1881), Canadian politician Paul Rosevear, of the American band The Vice Rags Sol Rosevear (1892–1953), Australian politician Stanley Wallace Rosevear (1896–1918), Canadian WWI flying ace
See also Roseveare
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