Famous People with Name Roy

Roy Chester Bell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Chester Bell: (August 20, 1907 - September 14, 1977) born on in Bellville, Texas was an Outfielder for the St. Louis Browns (1935-39), Detroit Tigers (1939) and Cleveland Indians (1940-41).

Roy Campanella            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Campanella: (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player

Roy Edward Carlyle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Edward Carlyle: (December 10, 1900 - November 22, 1956) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1925 and 1926 for the Washington Senators (1925), Boston Red Sox (1925-26) and New York Yankees (1926).

Roy Allen Hartzell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Allen Hartzell: (born July 6, 1881 in Golden, Colorado, died November 6, 1961 in Golden, Colorado) played in the Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1916.

Roy Cleveland Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Cleveland Johnson: (February 23, 1903 - September 10, 1973) was a left fielder/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1929-32), Boston Red Sox (1932-35), New York Yankees (1936-37)

Jean-Yves Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean-Yves Roy: is a Canadian politician. He was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from the 2000 election until his resignation in 2010. Roy resigned from the House effective October 22, 2010 after having been largely absent from the House of Commons. He had been asked by Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe to make a decision as to his future due to his prolonged absences and announced in September that he would wait until after the Commons voted on a private members bill to abolish the long gun registry to resign so that he could vote for the registry's retention.

Sylvie Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvie Roy: is a politician in Quebec, Canada, and the Coalition Avenir Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Lotbinière. She previously represented the riding as a member of the now-defunct ADQ from 2003 to the merger of the party into the CAQ. She served as mayor of Saint-Sophie-de-Lévrard from 1998 to 2003. She also worked for the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Quebec Roy was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2003 election with 37% of the vote.Parti Québécois (PQ) incumbent Jean-Guy Paré finished third with 26% of the vote.

Camille Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Camille Roy: was a Canadian politician and a three-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.Roy ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the district of Nicolet in the 1952 election and won. He as re-elected in the 1956 and 1960 elections, but was defeated against Liberal candidate Germain Hébert in the 1962 election.

Marcel-Claude Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marcel-Claude Roy: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an agrologist by career. He entered national politics at the Quebec riding of Laval in the 1968 federal election. He was re-elected at Laval (subsequently Laval West) in the 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980 federal elections but was defeated by Guy Ricard of the Progressive Conservative party. Roy served five successive terms from the 28th to the 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

Philippe-Honoré Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philippe-Honoré Roy: was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Saint-Jean in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1900 to 1908 as a Liberal.He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1890 and for a seat in the House of Commons in 1896. Roy was named Queen's Counsel in 1899