Roach (surname)
Roach is an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, derived from the Old French roche, and may refer to:
Politics and government
- George Roach, Canadian politician
- John C. Roach, American jurist on the Kentucky Supreme Court
- William N. Roach, American politician
Entertainment
- Alexandra Roach, Welsh actress
- AJ Roach, American singer-songwriter
- Archie Roach, Australian musician
- Ada Roach, American musical comedy actress
- Cameron Roach, British television Producer
- Gary D. Roach, American film editor
- Hal Roach, American director & producer
- Hal Roach (comedian), Irish comedian
- Jay Roach, American director and producer
- Law Roach, American fashion stylist
- Martin Roach, Canadian actor
- Max Roach, American drummer
- Patrick Roach, Canadian actor
- Steve Roach, American musician
Academics and literature
- E. M. Roach, Tobagonian poet and playwright
- Kent Roach, Canadian professor
- Mary Roach, American author on death and the metaphysical
- Stephen S. Roach, American economist
Sports
- Alan Roach, American sports PA announcer
- Andy Roach, American ice hockey defenseman
- Clifford Roach, Trinidadian cricketer
- Danny Roach, Australian rules footballer
- Freddie Roach (boxing), American boxing trainer
- Jeremy Roach, American basketball player
- John Ross Roach, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kemar Roach, Barbadian cricketer
- Kimmari Roach, Jamaican sprinter
- Malcolm Roach, American football player
- Melanie Roach, US-American weightlifter of the 53-kg-class
- Mel Roach, American baseball player
- Michael Roach (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Mickey Roach, American hockey player
- Pat Roach, British wrestler
- Paul Roach, American football coach
- Ruth Roach, American rodeo performer
- Skel Roach, American baseball player and coach
- Steve Roach, Australian rugby league player
- Tom Roach (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Trevor Roach, American football player
Other
- Colin Roach, British man allegedly murdered by police in 1983
- David Roach (disambiguation), multiple people
- Franklin E. Roach, American astronomer, professor, ufologist, and a father of aeronomy
- James Terry Roach, American criminal
- John Roach (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mattea Roach, Canadian tutor and Jeopardy! champion
- Philip Roach, U.S. Coast Guard commodore
- Stephen S. Roach, American economist
Fictional characters
- Roderick Roach
- Steven Roach, an alias from a person claiming to have made Polybius.
- Ted Roach, police detective in The Bill