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Roy Hughes Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn (9 June 1925—19 December 2003), was a British Labour Party politician, and union organiser. He served as MP for Newport from 1966 to 1983, and for Newport East from 1983 until his retirement in 1997.
Roy Chaderton Roy Chaderton Matos (born August 17 1942) was the foreign minister of Venezuela from May 2002 until February 2004 in the government of Hugo Chávez. He has served as Ambassador of Venezuela to France since then.
Roy Chadwick Roy Chadwick, CBE, (April 30 1893 – August 23 1947) was an aircraft designer for Avro. Born at Marsh Hall Farm, Farnworth near Bolton, son of the mechanical engineer Charles Chadwick, he was the Chief Designer for the Avro Company and was responsible for practically all of their aeroplane designs.
Roy Chapman Andrews Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884–March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History, primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the fragmented China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs in the world to the museum.
Roy Iglesias Roy Iglesias, a graduate of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, is an award-winning film writer and director in the Philippines. He won Best Story and Best Screenplay for the film, "Mano Po" in Metro Manila Film Festival in 2002.
Roy J. Glauber Roy Jay Glauber (born 1 September 1925) is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University and Adjunct Professor of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. Born in New York City, he was awarded one half of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence", with the other half shared by John L.
Roy J. Turner Roy Joseph Turner, was a Governor of Oklahoma, Turner was born November 6, 1894, in Linclon County, Oklahoma Territory. Upon completion of his high school education, he attended Hill's Business College in Oklahoma City.
Roy Jenkins Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM PC (November 11, 1920 – January 5, 2003) was a British politician. Once prominent as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and government minister in the 1960s and 1970s, he went on to be one of the four principal founders of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981.
Roy Joseph Roy Adolphus Joseph (1909-1979) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He served as Mayor of San Fernando, Member of the Legislative Council, Minister of Education and Social Services, and Member of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation.
Roy Kerr Roy Patrick Kerr (born 1934) is a New Zealand born mathematician who is best known for discovering the famous Kerr vacuum, an exact solution to the Einstein field equation of general relativity, which models the gravitational field outside an uncharged rotating massive object, or even a rotating black hole.
Roy Kidd Roy Kidd (born December 4, 1931 in Corbin, Kentucky) is a former football coach for the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels. Serving as head coach of the Colonels from 1964 to 2002, Kidd had great success on the gridiron, racking up 314 career victories, making him second on the all-time Division I-AA list behind Eddie Robinson of Grambling State.
Roy Kidd Stadium Roy Kidd Stadium is located in Richmond, Kentucky is a 22,000 seat stadium home to the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels football team. Opened in 1969, the stadium is comprised of upper and lower level seating areas with the majority of the seats being metal bleachers.
Roy Kilner Roy Kilner (born October 17, 1890, Low Valley, Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England; died April 5, 1928, Kendray, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England) was arguably the best genuine all-rounder of the inter-war period and the most critical factor in Yorkshire's outstanding County Championship record during the early to middle 1920s, when they won four consecutive Championship and achieved a record 25 wins in 1923. Kilner's premature decline in health and early death at the age of 37 is indeed a tragedy to be compared to the deaths of Archie Jackson and Jock Cameron in the following decade, and put a temporary brake on Yorkshire amazing run of successes in county cricket during the late 1920s.
Roy Kinnear Roy Kinnear (January 81934 – September 20, 1988) was a prolific English character actor. Although he was a talented straight actor, he became best known for his comic roles, in which he often played a chubby and jocular figure.
Roy Kline Roi Klein (Hebrew: רועי קליין, Roi Klein) (pronounced Ro-ee Klein) (1975-July 26 2006) born in Raanana, Israel was a Major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces. Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers.
Roy Lamsam John Patrick Roy Lamsam (born May 15, 1980) is a Hong Kong cricketer who has played one one-day international and four ICC Trophy matches between 1997 and 2004. He is a specialist batsman who has batted between five and eight in the batting order for Hong Kong, scoring 15 ICC Trophy runs and eight one-day international runs, against Bangladesh before he was caught behind off Khaled Mahmud's bowling.
Roy Lane Roy Lane is a British racing driver. He is best known for his great success in hillclimbing, having won the British Hillclimb Championship on four occasions (1975-76-92-96) in a career spanning more than three decades.
Roy Lee Cooke Roy Lee Cooke (born December 25, 1941) is an American who was a founding member of the Big Creek Missile Agency and, therefore, one of the original Rocket Boys. His character in the Universal Pictures film “October Sky” was played by William Lee Scott.
Roy Lee Williams Roy Lee Williams (March 22 1915 – April 28 1989) was an American labor leader who was President of the Teamsters from 1981 to 1983. He was convicted in 1982 with four others of conspiring to bribe Nevada Sentor Howard Cannon to defeat a trucking industry regulation bill.
Roy Levien Roy Levien is an author, consultant and inventor, with six issued US patentsUS Patents with Roy Levien as inventor and numerous US patent applicationsUS Patent Applications with Roy Levien as inventor. He is currently a Managing Inventor at Ambient Architecture, an invention company and and inventor at Intellectual Ventures where he participates in frequent "invention sessions" covering a variety of topics ranging from human-technology interaction and information processing to medical device technology and health informatics.
Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being "as artificial as possible".
Roy M. Goodman New York State Senate 1968-2002; served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Investigations, Taxation and Government Operations; considered a leader of the moderate wing of the Republican Party, he was called by his admirers "The Statesman of the state Senate." Born New York City 1930; New York City Director of Finance 1966-1967; Chairman of the New York Republican County Committee 1981-2001; President and CEO United Nations Development Corporation 2002-present.
Roy M. Hopkins Roy McArthur "Hoppy" Hopkins (June 10, 1943 -- November 23, 2006) was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, having represented District 1 in northern Caddo Parish and two precincts in northern Bossier Parish from 1988 until his Thanksgiving Day death after a long illness of bone cancer. In 1966, Hopkins moved his family to Oil City (population 1,219 in the 2000 census) and made his living there as an automobile dealer.
Roy Manning Roy Manning (born December 4, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Manning was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers in 2005 out of Michigan.
Roy Marble Roy Marble (born December 13 1966, in Flint, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1989 NBA Draft. Marble played for the Hawks during the 1989-90 NBA season, appearing in 24 games and scoring a total of 51 points for the year.
Roy Marlin Voris Captain Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris (September 19 1919–August 10 2005) was an aviator in the United States Navy, a World War II flying ace, and founder of the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels. During his 22-year naval career Voris flew everything from biplanes to modern jets, and afterward was instrumental in the development of the Navy's F-14 Tomcat strike fighter and NASA's Apollo Lunar Module (LM), both produced by the Grumman Aerospace Corporation.
Roy Mason (architect) Roy Mason (birth date unknown - 1996) was a lecturer, writer and futuristic architect who designed and built a variety of futuristic homes and other buildings in the 1970s and 1980s using low cost materials and alternative energy sources. Mason invented architronics which was exemplified in his Xanadu homes.
Roy McDonald Roy McDonald (born June 4, 1937) is a poet and busker (street performer) in London, Ontario, Canada. He is well known for singing and reciting poetry in front of Joe Kool's Restaurant and Jim-Bob Ray's Bar on Richmond Street.
Roy McMillan Roy David McMillan (July 17, 1929 - November 2, 1997) was a shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball. From 1951 through 1966, McMillan played for the Cincinnati Reds (1951-60), Milwaukee Braves (1961-64) and New York Mets (1964-66).
Roy Meadow Professor Sir Samuel Roy Meadow (born 1933) is a former British paediatrician. He is best known for identifying the (now controversial) condition commonly called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) or Meadow's Syndrome.
Roy Montgomery Adams Roy Montgomery Adams (born January 23th, 1989) of Corvallis, Oregon, is best-known as an vocalist and composer. At the young age of 17, he has already written and performed on numerous occasions throught the Mid-Willamette Valley.
Roy Moore Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947 in Etowah County, Alabama) is a controversial American jurist and politician often referred to as the "Ten Commandments judge" because of his refusal, as the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse despite orders from a federal court to do so. On November 13, 2003 Alabama's Court of the Judiciary unanimously removed him from his post as Chief Justice.
Roy Mustang Colonel/Brigadier General (episodes 45-51) Roy Mustang is a character from the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga series. Frequently referred to as the Flame Alchemist, he is a skilled State Alchemist who ambitiously strives to become the next leader of Amestris.
Roy Naylor Roy Naylor (born September 15, 1978 in Liverpool) is a goalkeeper who featured in Liverpool's FA Youth Cup winning side of 1996. He was released by the club in 1998, and had a brief spell with the Scottish side Clydebank, playing one game, before briefly representing Southport and Barrow.
Roy Nichols Roy Nichols (October 21, 1932 – July 3, 2001) was a United States country music guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for Merle Haggard for more than two decades. He was known for his guitar technique, a mix of fingerpicking and pedal steel-like bends, usually played on a Telecaster.
Roy of the Rovers Roy of the Rovers was a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional footballer named Roy Race which ran in various publications from 1954 to 2001. The strip gave its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and Fleetway from 1976 to 1995, in which it was the main feature.
Roy O. Disney Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893–December 20, 1971) was, with his younger brother Walt Disney, co-founder of what is now The Walt Disney Company. Roy served as the company's chief executive officer (1929–1971), president (1945–1971), and chairman (1966–1971).
Roy Oldham Samuel Roy Oldham, CBE (born 27 April 1934) the son of John and Mary Oldham (nee Bailey) has been the leader of Tameside Council since 1980 which makes his tenure of office as council leader the longest in British history . He is a member of the Labour Party and is councillor for Longdendale.
Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23 1936 – December 6 1988), nicknamed "The Big O", was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically advanced melodies, characteristic dark sunglasses, and occasional distinctive usage of falsetto, typified in songs such as "Only The Lonely", "In Dreams", "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Crying" and "Running Scared".
Roy Orbison - Live at Austin City Limits Roy Orbison - Live at Austin City Limits is an American DVD released by Image Entertainment in 2003 of a live performance by singer Roy Orbison on August 5, 1982 from the PBS television show Austin City Limits. Roy Orbison was the very first "legend" to appear on the weekly series which featured local Texas performers.
Roy Orbison - Live from Australia Roy Orbison - Live from Australia is a 1972 performance by American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Roy Orbison from Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia. In it, Orbison performs the Neil Diamond hit "Sweet Caroline" and Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" plus thirteen of his classic songs backed up by a full orchestra.
Roy Oxley Roy Oxley (born c. 1899 - presumed deceased), was a production designer at BBC television in England who became famous after the BBC chose him to model for a photo to be shown during their adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty Four.
Roy Park (sportsman) Roy Lindsay Park (born July 30, 1892, Charlton, New South Wales, died January 23, 1947, Middle Park, Victoria) was an all-round athlete and doctor. He played both cricket for Australia and also AFL/VFL football.
Roy Paul Roy Paul (born 18 April 1920 in Ton Pentre, Wales, died 2002) was a footballer who played in defence for Manchester City. He also represented the Welsh national team over 30 times and is regarded as one of Wales' best ever players.
Roy Pea Roy Pea is a professor in the School of Education at Stanford University. The author of over 110 published works in the learning sciences and learning technology design, Pea has made significant contributions to the understanding of how people learn with technology.
Roy Percy Cooper Roy Percy Cooper (1907-1976) was an Australian accountant and amateur ornithologist. He was a Council member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), including President 1960-1961, and Editor of the Emu 1960-1962.
Roy Piovesana Roy Piovesana noted teacher and historian was born in 1942, in Fort William, Ontario, Canada, (now part of Thunder Bay) one of three children born to Enrico Piovesana and Christina Brescia. His father had emigrated from Pasiano Pordenone (near Udine) and his mother was a second generation Italian Canadian born in Fort William.
Roy Pounder Roy Pounder was Professor of Medicine at the Royal Free & University College Medical School in London and clinical Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Medicine, of London University.
Roy Powell Roy Powell (born October 2,1965 in Langham) is a British jazz pianist and composer.He first came to wider recognition when his first CD "A Big Sky "was released in 1994, the Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide 1997 calling it "extrordinary accomplished".
Roy Riegels Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels (April 4, 1908–March 26, 1993) played for the University of California, Berkeley football team from 1927–1929. His wrong-way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl Game is often cited as the worst blunder in the history of college football.
Roy Rike Field Roy RIke Field, usually referred to simply as Roy Rike, is the soccier field at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where the Battling Bishops' soccer teams play. The field—named after the Roy Rike, Class of 1942.
Roy Rittwage Roy Ronald Rittwage, Born May 5, 1943, Brighton On, died December 12, 2006, Trenton Memorial Hospital. The following article appeared in the Brighton Independent, owned by Connelly Publishing on Novemebr 22, 2006.
Roy Roebuck Roy Delville Roebuck (born 25 September 1929) is a British Labour Party politician and journalist. He was Member of Parliament for Harrow East from 1966 to 1970, when he lost the seat to the Conservative candidate Hugh Dykes.
Roy Rogers Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. He and his third wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German shepherd Bullet were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show which ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1964.
Roy Rogers cocktail A Roy Rogers is a non-alcoholic cocktail (or mocktail) made with cola soda (such as Coca-Cola) and grenadine syrup, garnished with a maraschino cherry. It is sometimes referred to as a "Darth Vader"; however, in recent years, both this name and the original "Roy Rogers" have given way to the term "grenadini.
Roy Shivers Roy Shivers (born July 5,1941 in Hally, Arkansas) was the General Manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League from December 24,1999 until August 21, 2006. Shivers' tenure as General Manager produced a record of 52 Wins, 64 Losses, and 1 Tie.
Roy Skelton Roy Skelton (born 1932) is a British actor and voice artist, whose voice may be more familiar than his name. He has provided the voices for many characters on British television for nearly fifty years, most notably the Daleks on Doctor Who from 1967 to 1988 (though he has played numerous other characters and voices on the same programme); and the characters of both Zippy and George on Rainbow.
Roy Sloan Dr Robert Sloan, known as Roy Sloan, is the head of the history department at the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, United Kingdom. He is the author of William Smith O'Brien and the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848 and a co-author of The Tudor Years.
Roy Smalley (AL baseball player) Roy Frederick Smalley III (born October 25, 1952 in Los Angeles, California) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball. From 1975 through 1987, Smalley played for the Texas Rangers (1975-1976), Minnesota Twins (1976-1982; 1985-1987), New York Yankees (1982-1984) and Chicago White Sox (1984).
Roy Smeck Roy Smeck (born Ray Smeck, 6 February 1900 – 5 April 1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, steel guitar, and especially the ukulele earned him the nickname "Wizard of the Strings.
Roy Spencer Roy Spencer is a principal research scientist for University of Alabama in Huntsville. In the past, he served as Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Roy Stevens Roy Stevens, co-creator of the Stevens-Costello Triple C Embouchure Technique (with second author being William N. Costello), had considered himself the Embouchure Clinician at Columbia University's Associate Instructor Teacher's College.
Roy Strider Records Roy Strider Records is a Switzerland-Estonian based independent record label, set up by Roy Strider in 2005 to promote music by artists who work outside of the mainstream music industry. The label's first release was with Estonian leading garage-rock band Les Diamants.
Roy Stryker Roy Emerson Stryker (November 5, 1893 - September 27, 1975) was an American economist, government official, and photographer. He is most famous for heading the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration or FSA during the Depression and launching the documentary photography movement of the FSA.
Roy Stuart (actor) Roy Stuart (July 17, 1935 New York,New York -December 25, 2005), was an American actor who had many guest starring roles on television. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Corporal Chuck Boyle on Gomer Pyle, U.
Roy Tarpley Roy James Tarpley (born 28 November 1964, in New York City, New York) is a professional basketball player, banned from the NBA. He starred at the University of Michigan, and in 1986 he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the seventh pick of the NBA Draft.
Roy Tattersall Roy Tattersall (born 17 August, 1922, Tonge Moor, Bolton, United Kingdom) is a former cricketer who played 16 Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler. Playing in the era of Jim Laker, a spin bowler who holds the record for the best Test bowling figures in a match, Tattersall found his opportunities at the highest stage limited, though he took wickets for Lancashire in county cricket at a bowling average below 20.
Roy Thomas Roy Thomas (born November 22 1940, Missouri, United States) is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E.
Roy Thomas (baseball outfielder) Roy Allen Thomas (March 24, 1874 - November 20, 1959) was a center fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1899 through 1911, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1899-1908[start], 1910-1911), Pittsburgh Pirates (1908[end]) and Boston Braves (1909).
Roy Thomas Baker Roy Thomas Baker is an English record producer who helped create a number of extremely popular pop and rock records in the 1970s and 1980s. Perhaps best known for co-producing the enduring hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody" for Queen, he also worked with numerous, notable artists, including Guns N' Roses, The Who, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Cars, Foreigner, Journey, Ozzy Osbourne, T.
Roy Thomason Kenneth Roy Thomason, known as Roy Thomason, OBE (born 14 December 1944) is a British Conservative Party politician who was a local government leader and served one term as a Member of Parliament before business problems forced him to stand down.
Roy Tuchman Roy of Hollywood, (real name Roy Tuchman) has produced, engineered and hosted the "Something's Happening" show on Pacifica Radio station KPFK at since 1977. His show runs from midnight Monday night/Tuesday mornings through Thursday night/Friday mornings.
Roy Turnbull Black Roy Turnbull Black was an American chess player. Although his record against Capablanca was one win, one draw and three losses, he beat Capablanca with black pieces in New York in 1911 (moves given in Algebraic chess notation):
Roy Urquhart Major General Robert Elliott Urquhart, CB, DSO (28 November, 1901 - 13 December, 1988) was a British military officer. He became prominent for his role commanding the British 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden.
Roy Vogt Roy Vogt is a professional electric bass and upright bass player who took up the instrument in Texas at 14, inspired by Jack Bruce, Jack Cassidy, Chris Hillman and Noel Redding. His first mentor, Dallas bassist Ed Garcia, turned him onto the playing of Ray Brown and Stanley Clarke and detoured the young bassist into jazz and fusion.
Roy Walton Roy Walton (born 1932 in London) is a card magic expert from England who currently lives and works in Scotland. First interested in magic at the age of eight, Roy Walton is a recognized card magician creating hundreds of classic card effects, including his most famous effect, Card Warp.
Roy Welensky Sir Roy Welensky KCMG (January 20, 1907 - December 5, 1991) was a white African politician and the second and final prime minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He would later describe himself as "half Jewish, half Afrikaner and 100% British".
Roy White Roy Hilton White (born December 27, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees between 1965 and 1979. White, a switch hitter, was named to two All Star teams (1969, 1970).
Roy Wier Roy William Wier (February 25, 1888 – June 27, 1963) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, February 25, 1888; moved with his parents in 1896 to Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN; attended the public schools and North High School; learned the telephone and electrical trade, later going into theatrical stage-lighting work; during the First World War served in the United States Army for eighteen months, with overseas service; in 1920 became active in the trade-union movement in Minneapolis and had been officially a representative of the Trades and Labor Assembly of Minneapolis; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1933 – 1939; member of the Minneapolis Board of Education 1939 – 1948 and the board of directors of Hennepin County Red Cross; elected as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to the Eighty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-se
Roy Wilkins Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins was active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and between 1931 and 1934 was assistant NAACP secretary under Walter Francis White.
Roy Williams (coach) Roy Williams (born August 1, 1950 in Marion, North Carolina) is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina.Citizen Times Article on Williams After averaging about an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003.
Roy Worters Roy "Shrimp" Worters (Born - October 19, 1900 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Died - November 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional Hockey goaltender who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans .
Roy Z Roy Z is a guitarist, composer and producer known for his work with Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Rob Halford and Judas Priest. He also is the founder and mastermind of Tribe of Gypsies, a Hard Rock band with latin influences.
Roy Zimmerman Roy Zimmerman is a Guitarist/songwriter/satirist who founded the Southern California folk quartet The Foremen. The quartet pulled off the remarkable feat of performing at the national conventions of both major American political parties in 1996.
Roy Zimmerman (baseball) Roy Franklin Zimmerman (September 13, 1916 - November 22, 1991) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the New York Giants in 1945. The 28-year-old rookie stood 6'2" and weighed 187 lbs.
Roy's identity Roy's identity (named for French economist Rene Roy) is a major result in microeconomics having applications in consumer choice and the theory of the firm. The lemma states that if indifference curves of the indirect utility function are convex in prices, then the cost minimizing point of a given good (i), with price p_i, is unique.
Roy's Keen "Roy's Keen" was a single by Morrissey released in October 1997. It was the second single to be taken from the Maladjusted album and was the first Morrissey single no to feature himself on the cover, instead a photograph of two boys taken by Roger Mayne on London Southam Street in the 1950s.
Roy's model of nursing Roy's model of nursing sees an individual as a set of interrelated systems, biological, psychological, and social. The individual tries to maintain a balance between each of these systems and the outside world.
Roya bugyo Rōya bugyō (牢屋奉行)- Government office in Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate concerned with the management of prisons. The position was hereditary in the Ishide family, with the head of each generation taking the name Ishide Tatewaki (石出帯刀).
Roya Hakakian Roya Hakakian (born 1966) is a Iranian-Jewish writer who, in 1984, fled with her family from Tehran to the United States, where she now works as a poet (For the Sake of Water), journalist (NPR's Weekend Edition), and documentary filmmaker (Her short film, Armed and Innocent, is about the involvement of underage children in wars around the world).
Royal & SunAlliance Chase The Royal & SunAlliance Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above novices run over a distance of 3 miles 110 yards (4,929 metres)on the Old Course at Cheltenham Racecourse during the Cheltenham Festival in March. There are nineteen fences to be jumped in the race.
Royal 22e RĂ©giment The Royal 22e RĂ©giment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three regular battalions, two reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the army.
Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society The Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society of Hammerfest in Norway is a small museum and tourist attraction in the world's most northerly town (based on defining a "town" as a permanent settlement of 5,000 or more residents.) The significance of the polar bear is that this animal is the town's mascot and heraldic crest.
Royal and noble ranks Traditional ranks among European royalty, peers, and nobility are rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time and between geographic regions (for example, one region's prince might be equal to another's grand duke), the following is a fairly comprehensive list that provides information on both general ranks and specific differences.
Royal and noble styles This page will detail the various styles used by royalty and nobility in Europe, in the final form arrived at in the nineteenth century. In earlier years, many different styles were used, with little standardization.
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 Passed on April 12, 1927, the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 (17 Geo 5, c. 4) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that formed a significant landmark in the constitutional history of the UK and British Empire as a whole.
Royal angelfish The royal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, is a species of marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, the only member of the genus Pygoplites. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans from Red Sea and East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia, at depths down to 48 m.
Royal anthem A royal anthem is a patriotic song, much like a national anthem but specifically praising, or praying for, a monarch or royal dynasty. Such anthems are usually performed at public appearances by the monarch or during other events of royal importance.
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland was founded in 1780 and claims to be the sixth oldest golf club in the world. It was founded as The Society of Golfers at Aberdeen and became the Aberdeen Golf Club in 1815.
Royal Academy (horse) Royal Academy (b. 1987) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse bred in the United States best known as the winner of the 1990 Breeders' Cup Mile in which famed British jockey Lester Piggott came out of retirement to ride the colt to victory.

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