Famous People with Name Royal

Royal Terence Ivey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Royal Terence Ivey: is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks. He started on the Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens, New York City.[1] After a college career at the University of Texas at Austin, in which he finished as the school's all-time career leader in games started (126),[2] he was a second round draft choice of the Atlanta Hawks in the 2004 NBA Draft.

Royal Alexander Brink            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Royal Alexander Brink: was a Canadian-born plant geneticist and plant breeder at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Brink was instrumental to the beginning of the Wisconsin maize breeding program during the 1920s. He also served as chair of the Department of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1939 through 1951.His scientific achievements include the discovery of paramutation in maize and the study of transposons. Brink was also very interested in agriculture, creating new varieties of clover and alfalfa during his career.Brink was awarded many honors during his lifetime. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1947. He was also an editor of the Genetics Society of America's journal, Genetics, from 1952 through 1957 and served as president of the society in 1957.

Royal Robbins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Royal Robbins: was one of the early pioneers of American rock climbing. Learning his skill at Tahquitz he moved on to put up many of the early Yosemite routes. A prolific writer, Robbins has written numerous influential magazine articles emphasizing a philosophy of mini

Royal Skousen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Royal Skousen: a professor of linguistics and English at Brigham Young University, is mainly known as the editor of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project and as the founder of the Analogical Modeling approach to language modeling.Royal Skousen was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a B.A. degree from Brigham Young University, with a major in English and a minor in mathematics. Skousen went on to study linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, there earning his Ph.D. degree in 1972. He has also held the position of assistant professor at the University of Texas. He is the older brother of libertarian author Mark Skousen and survivalist/economist author Joel Skousen. He is the nephew of conservative author Cleon Skousen.

Royal Meeker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Royal Meeker: was an American statistician, born at Quaker Lake, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1898, then studied at Columbia (Ph.D., 1906) and in Europe at the University of Leipzig (1903-04). From 1906 to 1913, he was profe

Donald Adam Royal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Adam Royal: is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 3rd round (52nd overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. A 6'8" small forward from the University of Notre Dame, Royal played in 8 NBA seasons for five different teams. He played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Hornets.

Joseph Royal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Royal: was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, businessman, and Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories. In the 1870 Manitoba provincial elections, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding St François Xavier West, and in 1871 he was unanimously chosen speaker. From 1874 to 1876, he was the Provincial Secretary and Minister of Public Works. From 1876 to 1878, he was the Attorney General. In 1878, he was the Minister of Public Works. In a 1879 by-election, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Manitoba riding of Provencher. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1882 and 1887. Royal was appointed to, and served as a member on the Temporary North-West Council, the first legislature of the Northwest Territories from 1872 to 1876. He would later serve as the Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1893.