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
 * 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 (born c. 1940), American physician, company director and civic leader
 * Jesse Royal (born 1980), New Zealand rugby league player
 * Marshal Royal (1912–1995), American clarinetist and alto saxophonist
 * 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 Robbins (1935–2017), American rock climbing pioneer
 * Royal Robertson (1936–1997), American artist
 * 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