Royal (name)

Royal can be a surname or a given name. Bearers include:

Surname

• Billy Joe Royal (1942–2015), American country music and pop singer
• Calvin Royal III, American ballet dancer
• Darrell Royal (1924–2012), former football coach and player
• Devin Royal (born 2004), American basketball player
• Donald Royal (born 1966), retired National Basketball Association player
• Doyle P. Royal (1919–2020), American tennis and soccer coach
• Eddie Royal (born 1985), National Football League player
• Ernie Royal (1921–1983), American jazz trumpeter
• Frank S. Royal (1939-2026), American physician, company director and civic leader
• Jesse Royal (rugby league) (born 1980), New Zealand rugby league player
• Marshal Royal (1912–1995), American clarinetist and alto saxophonist
• Matthew J. Royal (1863–1900), Canadian novelist and playwright
• Robert Royal (born 1979), National Football League player
• Ségolène Royal (born 1953), French socialist politician
• William R. Royal (1905–1997), American underwater diver

Given name

• Roy Castleton (1885–1967), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, first Mormon in the major leagues
• Royal Dano (1922–1994), American actor
• Royal Galipeau (1947–2018), Canadian Conservative Member of Parliament
• Royal Harbor (born 1975), stage name Knoc-turn'al, American songwriter and rapper
• Royal Ivey (born 1981), American basketball player
• Royal Wade Kimes (born 1951), American country music singer
• Royal Little (1896–1989), American businessman considered the father of conglomerates
• Royal Raymond Rife (1888-1971), American inventor
• Royal Robbins (1935–2017), American rock climbing pioneer
• Royal Robertson (1936–1997), American artist
• Royal Russell Long (1935–1993), American kidnapper, rapist and suspected serial killer
• Royal Skousen (born 1945), American professor of linguistics and English
• Royal Sprague (1814–1872), 11th Chief Justice of California
• Royal A. Stone (1875–1942), Minnesota Supreme Court justice

See also

• Royle, a list of people and fictional characters with the surname
• Royle Stillman (born 1951), former Major League Baseball player