Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Rob Roy 1817 Rob Roy 
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
Roy Batty 1982 Blade Runner
Fictional Characters from Television:
2 characters
Roy Coffee 1959 Bonanza
Roy Anderson 2005 The Office
Hall-of-Famers:
2 baseball, 2 football, 2 ice hockey, 1 basketball
(football) William R. "Link" Lyman (a.k.a. Roy) 1964
(ice hockey) Roy Worters 1969
(baseball) Roy Campanella 1969
(football) Lee Roy Selmon 1995
(ice hockey) Roy Conacher 1998
(basketball) Roy Williams 2007
(baseball) Roy Halladay 2019
Most Valuable Players:
2 winners
Roy Worters 1929 ice hockey
Roy Campanella 1951; 1953; 1955 baseball
Nobel Prize Winners:
2 physics
(physics) Ben Roy Mottelson 1975
(physics) Roy J. Glauber 2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
8 actors, 1 entertainer/magician
Roy Rogers 1911-1998
Rock Hudson (a.k.a. Roy) 1925-1985
Roy Jenson 1927-2007
Roy Scheider 1932-2008
Roy Thinnes 1938-
Roy Marsden 1941-
Roy Horn 1944-2020
Michael Kitchen (a.k.a. Roy) 1948-
Roy Dupuis 1963-
Notable Athletes:
3 soccer, 2 baseball, 2 ice hockey, 1 tennis
(ice hockey) Roy Worters 1900-1957
(ice hockey) Roy Conacher 1916-1984
(baseball) Roy Campanella 1921-1993
(tennis) Roy Emerson 1936-
(soccer) Roy Makaay 1975-
(baseball) Roy Halladay 1977-2017
(soccer) Roy Carroll 1977-
(soccer) Roy Miller 1984-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Roy Disney 1893-1971
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
George Roy Hill 1921-2002
Notable Musicians:
1 composer, 1 musician, 1 singer
Roy Orbison 1936-1988
Roy Black 1943-1991
James Horner (a.k.a. Roy) 1953-2015
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Roy Cooper 1957-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 physicists
Roy J. Glauber 1925-2018
Ben Roy Mottelson 1926-2022
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold, 1 bronze, 1 silver/gold
(gold) Roy Cochran 1948 400 m hurdles; 4x400 m relay
(silver/gold) Roy Saari 1964 swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Roy Heiner 1996 sailing
(gold) Roy Oswalt 2000 baseball
Oscar Award Winners:
1 director
(director) George Roy Hill 1974 The Sting
Other Notables:
1 person
Rob Roy 1671-1734 outlaw
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
3 musicians
Roy Orbison 1987
Sammy Hagar (a.k.a. Roy) 2007 Van Halen
Roy Wood 2017 ELO