Joe Rose may refer to: Joe Rose (American football) (born 1957), American football player Joe Rose (American actor), actor best known for his part in Scrubs Joe Rose (Konkani actor) (born 1946), Indian actor, singer, composer, playwright, and theatre director Joe Rose (activist) (died 1989), Canadian gay rights activist, killed by gay bashers in 1989 Joe Rose, fictional character in Ian McEwan's novel Enduring Love and its subsequent film adaptation