Rothery is a surname most common in East Sussex in England, where more than 5 per cent of all people with this surname live and where it is the 14th most common surname with 3,359 bearers.
People
Agnes Rothery (1888–1954), American author
Casey Anne Rothery (1993-), child actress who played Lucy Beale in British soap opera EastEnders David Rothery, British planetary science professor Henry Cadogan Rothery (1817–1888), English lawyer James Rothery (1876-1919, English cricketer Steve Rothery (1959-), English rock guitarist Teryl Rothery (1962-), Canadian actress Thomas ap Rhodri (also known as Thomas Rothery, c. 1300 – 1363), Welsh prince William Hume-Rothery (1899–1968), English metallurgist William Rothery (1775–1864), British lawyer
Other
Hume-Rothery rules, rules describing the conditions under which an element could dissolve in a metal, named after William Hume-Rothery