Famous People with Name Roy

Roy Jones, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Jones, Jr.: Jones had a very successful career as an amateur boxer: He won the 1984 United States National Junior Olympics in the 119 lb (54 kg) weight division, the 1986 United States National Golden Gloves in the 139 lb (63 kg) weight division and the 1987 United S

Roy Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Williams: is an American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Cowboys eighth overall in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma.Roy Williams was a starter for the 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team that won 2000 National championship as a sophomore, setting a school record for tackles for loss by a defensive back with 12.Nicknamed "Superman" while at OU, Williams is best known at Oklahoma for his actions in the 2001 Red River Shootout. The Sooners led 7-3 with only minutes remaining as the Texas offense took the field, hoping to execute a game-winning drive

Roy Allen Saari            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Allen Saari: is a retired freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States, who has two Olympic medals (one gold, one silver) to his credentials.The son of a swimming and water polo coach Urho "Whitey" Saari, he grew up in El Segundo, California and starred in both sports as a high school student

Roy Green            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Green: is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1979-1987), Phoenix Cardinals (1988-1990) and Philadelphia Eagles (1991-1992).

Roy Franklin Simmons            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Franklin Simmons: is an American football player who played for the National Football League. He played offensive lineman for the New York Giants and then with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out of the closet as gay on the Phil Donahue Show.

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.

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.