A number of rose cultivars (rose plants bred and developed for their specific characteristics, such as size, colour or scent) have been named after real-life individuals or fictional characters. These roses may have been named after the person who originally bred them, or to honour a certain individual or character.
A Name of variety Namesake Date Rose breeder Location Image Ref A. Drawiel Andreas Drawiel 1887 Leveque France Rosen Duftrosen A - Ac Abbé André Reitter Abbé André Reitter 1904 Welter Germany Abbé Berlèse Lorenzo Berlèse 1864 Guillot France Abbé Bramérel Abbé Bramérel 1871 Guillot France Abbé Giraudier 1869 Levet France 'Abbé Giraudier' rose description Abel Carrière Élie-Abel Carrière 1875 E. Verdier France Abelle Weber-Paté 1904 Lambert Germany Abraham Darby Abraham Darby III 1985 Austin United Kingdom Rose Varieties, Alphabetical ListingAbraham Darby Achille Gonod Achille Gonod 1864 Gonod France 'Achille Gonod' rose description Adam Messerich 1920 Lambert Germany Rosen Duftrosen Ad - Ae Adélaide d'Orléans Adélaïde d'Orléans 1826 Jacques France Adelaide Hoodless Adelaide Hoodless 1973 Canada Adèle Heu Adèle Heu 1816 Vibert France Adèle Pavie 1851 Robert France 'Adéle Pavic' rose description Adèle Prévost Before 1836 Adele Prévost Admiral Tirpitz Alfred von Tirpitz 1918 Kiese Germany Adolf Deegen Adolf Degen 1935 Böhm Czechoslovakia Adolf Horstmann Adolf Horstmann 1971 Kordes Germany Adolphe van den Heede Adolphe van den Heede 1904 Lambert Germany Adrian Reverchon Adrian Reverchon 1909 Lambert Germany Ady Endre emleke Endre Ady 2004 Mark Hungary Aenne Burda Aenne Burda 1973 Kordes Germany Agar 1836 Laffay France Agatha Christie Agatha Christie 1988 Kordes Germany agatha christie> best Aglaia Aglaïa Before 1811 Descemet France Aglaia Aglaïa 1896 Schmidt/Lambert Germany 'Algaïa' rose descriptionRosen Duftrosen duftende Rosensorten Ag Agnes Agnes Saunders 1900 Saunders Canada Agnes Bernauer Agnes Bernauer 1989 Kordes Germany Agnes Schilliger Agnes Schilliger 2002 Massad France Aimée Vibert 1828 Vibert France Alain Blanchard Alain Blanchard 1839 Vibert France Gallicas Alain Souchon Alain Souchon 2000 Meilland France 'Alain Souchon ®' rose description Alan Titchmarsh Alan Titchmarsh 2007 Austin United Kingdom 'Alan Titchmarsh' Albéric Barbier Albéric Barbier 1900 Barbier France Alberich 1954 De Ruiter The Netherlands Albert Edwards 1961 Hillier United Kingdom Albert Hoffmann Albert Hoffmann 1904 Welter Germany Albert James Nottidge 1909 Welter Germany Albert Payé 1873 Tourais France Albert Poyet 1979 Eve Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer 2002 Tantau Germany Alec C. Collie Cocker United Kingdom Alexander MacKenzie Alexander Mackenzie 1985 Canada Explorer Roses Alexander Dumas Alexandre Dumas 1861 Margottin France Alexander Suddaby 1977 London United Kingdom Alexandre Dupont 1892 Liabaud France Alexandre Girault Alexandre Girault 1909 Barbier France Alexandre Laquement 1906 Roseraie de L'Hay France Alfieri Vittorio Alfieri After 1800 France Alfred Colomb 1865 Lacharme France Alfred de Dalmas Alfred de Dalmas 1855 Portemer/Laffay France Alfred K. Williams Alfred K. Williams 1877 Schwartz France Alice Aldrich Alice Aldrich 1899 Lovett USA Alice Hamilton Alice Hamilton 1904 Nabonnand France Alice Hoffmann Alice Hoffmann 1897 Hoffmann Germany Alice Rauch Alice Rauch 1909 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Alice Vena Alice Vena Before 1828 Lecomte Alida Lovett 1905 Van Fleet USA Alison Wheatcroft Alison Wheatcroft 1959 Wheatcroft United Kingdom Alister Stella Gray Alister Stella Gray 1894 Gray United Kingdom Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet 1997 Meilland France Amadeus (II) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2003 Kordes Germany Amadis 1829 Laffay France Amalia Jung Amalia Jung 1934 Leenders Netherlands Amalie de Greiff Amalie de Greiff 1912 Lambert Germany Amandine Chanel Amandine Chanel 2004 Massad France Ambroise Paré Ambroise Paré 1846 Vibert France Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart 1932 Reymond USA Amélie Gravereaux Amélie Gravereaux 1900 Gravereaux France Amélie Hoste Amélie Hoste 1875 Gonod France Amy Robsart Amy Robsart 1894 Penzance United Kingdom Anaïs Ségalas Anaïs Ségalas 1837 Vibert France Andenken an Alma de L'Aigle 1955 Wohlt/Kordes Germany Anacréon Anacreon 1836 Vibert France Andenken an Ferdinand Hopf Ferdinance Hopf 1927 Elbel Germany Andenken an Gustav Frahm Gustav Frahm 1956 Kordes Germany Andenken an Joh. Diering Johnathan Diering 1902 Hinner Germany Andenken an Erreth Jolànka Erreth Jolànka 1916 Welter Germany Andenken an Moritz von Fröhlich Moritz von Fröhlich 1904 Hinner Germany Andreas Hofer Andreas Hofer 1911 Kiese Germany André Le Nôtre André Le Nôtre 2001 Meilland France André Leroy d'Angers André Leroy 1866 Trouillard France Angela Müll Angela Müll 1902 Hinner Germany Angela Rippon Angela Rippon 1978 De Ruiter The Netherlands Angela Welter Angela Welter 1903 Welter Germany Angéle Pernet 1924 Pernet-Ducher France Angels Mateu Angels Mateu 1934 Dot Spain Angyal Dezső emléke 2000 Mark Hungary Anikó 1994 Mark Hungary Anisley Dickson Anisley Dickinson 1983 Dickson United Kingdom Ann Saxby Ann Saxby 1997 Austin United Kingdom Anne de Besobrasoff 1878 Gonod France Anna de Diesbach Anna de Diesbach 1858 Lacharme France Anna de Diesbach Anna Ford Anna Ford 1980 Harkness United Kingdom Anna Geschwind 1882 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlova 1891 Beales United Kingdom Anna Rübsamen Anna Rübsamen 1903 Weigand France 1890 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Anna Schneider Anna Schneider 1912 Welter Germany Anna Zinkeisen Anna Zinkeisen 1983 Harkness United Kingdom Annamarie Jacobs 1911 Jacobs Germany Ännchen Müller 1907 J.C. Schmidt Germany Anna Neander 1886 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Anna von Tharau Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn 1999 Austin United Kingdom Anne Cocker Anne Cocker 1970 Cocker United Kingdom Anne of Brittany 1979 Meilland France Anne Harkness Anne Harkness 1979 Harkness United Kingdom Anne-Marie de Montravel Anne-Marie de Montravel 1879 Rambeaux France Anne-Marie d'Orbesson Anne-Marie d'Orbesson 1820 Jacques France Anne Marie Trechslin Anne Marie Trechslin 1968 Meilland France Anne-Mette Poulsen Anne-Mette Poulsen 1935 Poulsen Denmark Anne of Geierstein Anne of Geierstein 1894 Penzance United Kingdom Anneliese Rothenberger Anneliese Rothenberger 1975 Tantau Germany Annie Welter Annie Welter 1912 Welter Germany Anthony Meilland Anthony Meilland 1990 Meilland France Antigone Antigone 1969 Gaujard France Antoine Devert Antoine Devert 1880 Gonod France Antoine Ducher Antoine Ducher 1826 Ducher France Antoine Mouton 1874 Levet France Antoine Rivoire 1895 Pernet-Ducher France Antonia d'Ormois Antonia d'Ormois 1835 Vibert France Antonia Ridge Antonia Ridge 1976 Meilland France Antonie Schurz Antonie Schurz 1890 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Anuschka Udo Jürgens 1977 Tantau Germany Aphrodite Aphrodite 2006 Tantau Germany Apor Vilmos emléke Vilmos Apor 1994 Mark Hungary Apotheker Georg Höfer 1902 Welter Germany Áprily Lajos emléke Lajos Áprily 2000 Mark Hungary Arany János emléke János Arany 2006 Mark Hungary Archiduc Charles Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen 1825 Laffay France Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria 1892 Nabonnand France Archiduchesse Elisabeth d'Autriche Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria 1881 Moreau-Robert France Archiduchesse Elisabeth d'Autriche Ariana El 1912 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Arielle Dombasle Arielle Dombasle 1992 Meilland France Arillaga Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga 1929 Schoener USA Aristide Briand Aristide Briand 1928 Penny France Arlene Francis Arlene Francis 1957 Boerner/Jackson and Perkins USA Armide Armida 1817 Vibert France Arndt Ernest Moritz Arndt 1913 Lambert Germany Arpad-hazi Szent Erzsebet emléke Elisabeth of Hungary 1995 Mark Hungary Arthur Bell Arthur Bell 1965 McGredy Ireland Arthur de Sansal 1855 Cochet France Arthur Rimbaud 2008 Meilland France Arthur Scargill Arthur Scargill Arthur Young Arthur Young 1863 Portemer France Arva Leany Arva Leany 1911 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Asta von Parpart Asta von Parpart 1909 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Astra Desmond Astra Desmond United Kingdom Astrid Lindgren 1989 Olesen Denmark Athena Athena 1982 Kordes Germany Audie Murphy Audie Murphy 1957 Lammerts USA Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn 1991 Twomey USA Audrey Wilcox Audrey Wilcox 1987 Fryer United Kingdom August Seebeauer August Seebeauer 1944 Kordes Germany Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg 1999 Tantau Germany Auguste Gervais Auguste Gervais 1918 Barbier France Auguste Kordes Auguste Kordes 1928 Kordes Germany Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1995 Meilland France Auguste Roussel 1913 Barbier France Augustine Guinoisseau Augustine Guinoisseau 1889 Guinoisseau France Augustine Halem 1891 Guillot France Augustus Hartmann Augustus Hartmann 1914 Cant Germany Aurelia Liffa Aurelia Liffa 1886 Geschwind Austria-Hungary Aurora Aurora 1923 Pemberton United Kingdom Aurore de Jacques-Marie Aurore de Jacques-Marie 1999 Guillot France Aurore Poiniatowska Aurore Poiniatowska 1820 Du Pont Paris, France Ausonius Ausonius 1932 Lambert Germany Louis Blériot 1909 Fauqué France Avocat Duvivier Avocat Duvivier 1875 Lévêque France
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