Famous People with Name Roy

Roy Myrie Medrano            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Myrie Medrano: is a Costa Rican professional football defender who currently plays for K.A.A. Gent in the Belgian First Division.Myrie has made 15 appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Ecuador on February 16, 2005.

Roy Bittan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Bittan: is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed "The Professor", plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers.[1]

Roy Stanley Geiger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Stanley Geiger: was a United States Marine Corps General who, during World War II, became the first Marine to lead an army.From December 1919 to January 1921, he was a squadron commander with the Marine Aviation Force attached to the First Provisional Brigade in Haiti. U

Roy Gerald Krenkel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Gerald Krenkel: often referred to as simply RGK, was an American illustrator who specialized in fantasy drawings and paintings.His artwork revealed the strong influence of artist Norman Lindsay, in addition to Franklin Booth, Joseph Clement Coll and J. Allen St. John. In

Roy Lee Howell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Lee Howell: is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1974-1984. He would play for the Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Milwaukee Brewers.

Joseph-Aurélien Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Aurélien Roy: was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Lévis in the Canadian House of Commons as a Social Credit member from 1962 to 1963 and in the Quebec National Assembly from 1970 to 1973 as a member of the Ralliement créditiste. He was born in Beaumont, Quebec in 1910, the son of farmer Lauréat Roy, and studied at Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont. He worked on the family farm and then purchased his own farm in 1933. In 1934, he married Marie-Alice Turgeon. Roy moved to Lauzon in 1943, where he worked with a shipbuilding company, later becoming a salesperson with another company. He opened his own hardware business in 1946 and then a construction company in 1951. Roy was also a member of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. He served on the city council from 1952 to 1967. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1962 but was defeated in the election held the following year. Roy was elected in Levis to the Quebec assembly in 1970 but defeated in 1973.

Charles-François Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles-François Roy: was a civil engineer, land surveyor and political figure in Quebec. He represented Kamouraska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1869 to 1877 and Kamouraska in the Canadian House of Commons from 1877 to 1878 as a Conservative member.

Georges-Cyrias Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Georges-Cyrias Roy: was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmagny in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal. He was born in St-François de la Rivière-du-Sud, the son of Georges Roy and Henriette Corriveau. Roy was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1887 and practised in Montmagny. In 1899, he was named prothonotary for Montmagny district, sharing this title with Amédée Beabien until 1904; he resigned this position in 1908 to run for a seat in the House of Commons. In 1912, he became prothonotary again, this time with Cléophas Leclerc. Roy died in Montmagny at the age of 54.

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.