** American Roy Sullivan is struck by lightning for the seventh time.

** Roy Halladay, American baseball player

** Brandon Roy, National Basketball Association player

** Roy Jones Jr., American boxer

** Roy D ' Arcy, American actor ( b. 1894 )

** Roy Boulting, English film director and producer ( d. 2001 )

** Roy Saari, American swimmer

** Roy Blount, Jr., American writer and comedian

** Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor

** Roy Roberts, American actor ( d. 1975 )

** James Roy, Australian author

** Roy Dennis, disabled American boy ( d. 1978 )

** Roy Orbison, American singer ( b. 1936 )

** Roy Ward Baker, English film director ( d. 2010 )

** Roy Atwell, American actor, comedian, and composer ( b. 1878 )

** Roy Keane, Irish footballer

** Roy Harris, American composer ( b. 1898 )

** Roy Jenkins is elected Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

** Roy Scheider, American film actor ( Jaws ) ( d. 2008 )

** Roy Hattersley, British politician

** Roy Harris, American composer ( d. 1979 )

** Roy and Walt Disney found The Walt Disney Company.

** Roy Dotrice, British actor

** Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector ( d. 2006 )

** Heather, Alan, " Oliver Heaviside ".

** In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed.

** Oliver Tielemans, Dutch race-car driver

** Oliver Kahn, German football goalkeeper

** David Lean's Oliver Twist, based on Charles Dickens's famous novel, premieres in the UK.

** Oliver Stone, American film director and producer

** Oliver Platt, Canadian actor

** Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

** Oliver Neuville, German footballer

** George Oliver Curme, American philologist ( d. 1948 )

** Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor ( d. 1957 )

** Peter Oliver, English miniaturist ( d. 1648 )

** Richard Martin fitz Oliver, Irish politician ( d. 1648 )

** 1998: London Weekend Television's three-hour mini-series Tess of the D ' Urbervilles, directed by Ian Sharp, and starring Justine Waddell ( Tess ), Jason Flemyng ( Alec ), and Oliver Milburn ( Angel ), the latter himself Dorset-born.

** Martin Sauer ( producer ), Michael Brammann ( engineer ), Nikolaus Harnoncourt ( conductor ), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner ( chorus masters ), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicas Wien for Bach: St. Matthew Passion

** Oliver Humperdink

** Carol Cymbala & Oliver Wells ( producers ) for Live-God Is Working performed by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

** Oliver H. Prince ( J ), from November 7, 1828

** Oliver!

** Oliver Humperdink

** Elliott Carter ( composer ), Oliver Knussen ( conductor ) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Carter: Violin Concerto

** Sir Oliver Humperdink

** Oliver Henry Ramsey ( born 28 September 1995 )

** Leone d ' Oro for the Best Young Artist: Oliver Payne and Nick Relph ( United Kingdom )