Royle

Royle is a surname. The surname may derive from Ryal in Northumberland, England.

People:

• Amanda Royle (born 1962), English actress, second daughter of Derek Royle
• Adrian Royle (born 1959), retired English long distance runner
• Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond (1927–2001), British politician and businessman, son of Lancelot Royle
• Arthur Royle, English rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s
• Arthur Royle (priest) (1895–1973), Church of England Archdeacon of Huntingdon
• Carol Royle (born 1954), English actress, elder daughter of Derek Royle
• Catherine Royle (born 1963), English diplomat and Principal of Somerville College, Oxford
• Charles Royle, Baron Royle (1896–1975), British businessman and politician
• Charles Royle (Liberal politician) (1872–1963), English politician
• David Royle (disambiguation), two people
• Derek Royle (1928–1990), English actor, father of Amanda and Carol Royle
• Edward Royle, British historian
• Edwin Milton Royle (1862–1942), American playwright
• Gordon Royle, Australian mathematician and professor
• Guy Royle (1885–1954), Royal Navy admiral, Fifth Sea Lord and First Naval Member of the Royal Australian Navy
• Jen Royle (born 1974), former American sports reporter and chef
• Joe Royle (born 1949), English football player and manager
• John Forbes Royle (1799–1858), British botanist
• Joseph Royle (1732–1766), colonial American newspaper publisher and printer
• Lancelot Royle (1898–1978), British sprinter and businessman, son of Vernon Royle
• Nicholas Royle (born 1963), English novelist, editor, publisher and literary reviewer
• Nick Royle (born 1983), English rugby union players
• Pam Royle (born 1958), British television presenter and journalist
• Paul Royle (1914–2015), Australian Royal Air Force pilot, one of the last two survivors of the Second World War "Great Escape" from a German POW camp
• Roger Royle (born 1939), Anglican priest and television presenter
• Selena Royle (1904–1983), American actress, daughter of Edwin Royle
• Stanley Royle (1888–1961), English landscape painter and illustrator
• Timothy Royle (born 1931), businessman, son of Lancelot Royle
• Vernon Royle (1854–1929), English cricketer

Fictional characters:

• the title characters in The Royle Family, a television comedy series
• Joan Daisy Royle, in That Royle Girl, a 1925 film directed by D. W. Griffith
• Eddie Royle (EastEnders), in the soap opera EastEnders
• John Royle (EastEnders), in the soap opera EastEnders

See also

• Royal (name), a list of people with the surname or given name