Roy

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Roy may refer to:

[edit] Places

• Roy, New Mexico, USA
• Roy, Utah, USA
• Roy, Washington, USA
• Roy, British Columbia, Canada

[edit] People

[edit] Family name

• Arundhati Roy, an Indian novelist and peace activist
• Brandon Roy, American basketball player
• Bryan Roy, Dutch football (soccer) player
• Claude Roy (politician), Canadian politician
• Deep Roy, actor
• Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• Fabien Roy, politician
• Gabrielle Roy, author
• Indra Lal Roy, an Indian flying ace of World War I
• Jean Sebastien Roy, motocross driver
• Jean-Yves Roy, politician
• M. N. Roy, an Indian-born philosopher and 20th century revolutionary in India, Mexico, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, Indonesia and China
• Mathieu Roy Canadian ice hockey player
• Monique Roy Verville, Canadian politician
• Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• Sylvie Roy, Canadian politician
• William Roy (1726-1790), Scottish surveyor

[edit] Given name

Roy is a common male given name. The following people and characters are commonly known by this name alone:

• Roy Jones Jr. - Professional boxer
• Roy Mustang- a character from the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga series.
• Roy Masters (commentator) - American talk radio personality, podcaster, and spiritual counselor.
• Roy Campanella - Baseball hall of famer catcher from the Brooklyn Dodgers
• Roy Horn, half of the Las Vegas show team Siegfried & Roy
• Roy Scheider, film actor
• Roy (Peanuts), a minor character from the Peanuts comic strip
• Roy (Fire Emblem), a character from the game Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi (Sword of Seals)
• Roy Greenhilt, a character from the webcomic Order of the Stick
• Roy Lichtenstein, a renowned pop artist

[edit] Other

• a unit in the Ukrainian military; see Sotnia
• Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer nicknamed "Roy"

[edit] See also

• All pages beginning with Roy
• Ray (surname)
• Robert Roy MacGregor, commonly known as "Rob Roy"
• Roi