When I looked up the actual date of his birth and found it to be March 15th, I realized that Roy was born under the right zodiacal sign for a watercolorist: the water sign of Pisces ( February 18 thru March 20 ).

Robert Roy MacGregor was born at the head of nearby Loch Katrine, and his well known cattle stealing exploits took him all around the area surrounding Aberfoyle.

Fermanagh born Goalkeeper Roy Carroll playing with Derby County F. C.

Famous authors of the city include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, James Hogg, author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series of crime thrillers, J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who began her first book in an Edinburgh coffee shop, Adam Smith, economist, born in Kirkcaldy, and author of The Wealth of Nations, Sir Walter Scott, the author of famous titles such as Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian, Robert Louis Stevenson, creator of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.

Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic, and Nadine Shultz, a nurse.

His youngest son with Claudette ( Wesley, born 1965 ) was raised by Orbison's parents ; Orbison and Barbara had a son ( Roy Kelton ) in 1970 and another ( Alexander ) in 1974.

* Roy Shaw ( bare knuckle / unlicensed boxer, born in Stepney )

Harold Washington was born on April 15, 1922, to Roy and Bertha Washington.

Roy was born in Radhanagore, Hooghly, Bengal, in August 1772 or 22 May 1774, into the Rarhi Brahmin caste.

Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City into an upper-middle-class Jewish family.

Chasez was born in Washington, D. C. At age five he was adopted by Roy and Karen Chasez.

* Jon Anderson ( John Roy Anderson, born 1944 ), lead singer of the British band Yes

François-André Danican Philidor was born to his father ’ s second wife, Elizabeth Le Roy, whom he wed in 1719 when she was 19 years old and he 72.

* Roy Clark, born in Meherrin, he became a highly acclaimed country musician and a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

* Roy Orbison, singer / songwriter born in Wilbarger County

* Roy Whittenburg, rancher, newspaper publisher, and banker born in Hutchinson County in 1913

* Roy Redgrave, actor, and patriarch of the Redgrave acting family, was born in Kennington in 1873.

Former armed robber, bare-knuckle boxer and businessman Roy Shaw was born in Stepney, whilst clergymen John Sentamu, formerly Bishop of Stepney, and Father Richard Wilson, founder of the Hoppers ' Hospitals at Five Oak Green, Kent, lived in the borough at one time.

Actor Roy Marsden was born in Stepney, as was EastEnders actress Anita Dobson.

* Sir Roy Strong, art historian was born in Winchmore Hill

* Arundhati Roy ( born 1961 ), writer

Roy Buchanan was born September 23, 1939, in Ozark, the third of four children of Bill Buchanan and the former Minnie Bell Reed. Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture entry on Roy Buchanan.

* Roy Mahlon Shelbourne-US federal judge born here who also practiced law in Bardwell for 14 years.

On May 25, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment were working with Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui on a re-envisioning or relaunch of the Buffy film for the big screen.

Suggested starting points for the Bronze Age of comics include Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan No. 1 ( October 1970 ), Denny O ' Neil and Neal Adams ' Green Lantern / Green Arrow No. 76 ( April 1970 ), or Stan Lee and Gil Kane's The Amazing Spider-Man No. 96 ( May 1971 ; the non-Comics Code issue ).

The 2003 University of California Berkeley report credits the estimate to the website of Caltech researcher Roy Williams, where the statement can be found as early as May 1999.

On 1 May 2012, Roy Hodgson was revealed as the new manager, just six weeks before Euro 2012.

Prominent contributors to Essendon's 1924 Premiership success included back pocket Clyde Donaldson, follower Norm Beckton, half back flanker Roy Laing, follower Charlie May and rover Charlie Hardy.

In January 2011 Dalglish was appointed Liverpool's caretaker manager after the dismissal of Roy Hodgson, becoming the permanent in May 2011.

Oliver Furley and Roy May ( Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1998 )

* May 22 – Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu religious and social reformer ( d. 1833 )

On May 25, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment would be working with Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kazi Kuzui on a relaunch of the Buffy series for the big screen.

She appeared in several high-profile films from the 1950s to 1970s, including The Hucksters ( 1947 ), Show Boat ( 1951 ), The Snows of Kilimanjaro ( 1952 ), The Barefoot Contessa ( 1954 ), Bhowani Junction ( 1956 ), On the Beach ( 1959 ), Seven Days in May ( 1964 ), The Night of the Iguana ( 1964 ), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ( 1972 ), Earthquake ( 1974 ), and The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 ).

In May 1963, a group of prominent Canadian thinkers — including Alan Jarvis, director of the National Gallery of Canada ; novelists Hugh MacLennan and Gabrielle Roy ; J. Tuzo Wilson, geophysicist ; and Claude Robillard, town planner — met for three days at the Seigneury Club in Montebello, Quebec.

On May 7,, the Dodgers, then playing their second season in Los Angeles, honored Campanella with Roy Campanella Night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Le Roy Township was organized on May 11, 1858 at a meeting held at the house of Daniel Caswell.

In elections held on May 10, 2008, Granjeno voters elected a mayor ( Vicente Garza, Jr .) and two commissioners ( Marco De Rueda and Roy Garcia ) who all were under the age of 25.

At Wilson's funeral on 10 May 1990, Reynolds saw Roy James ( who got into a verbal argument with the press ), Buster Edwards, Bob Welch ( hobbling on crutches ) and Jimmy White ( who went unnoticed most due to his ability to blend into the background ).

Roy J. Plunkett ( June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994 ) was the chemist who discovered polytetrafluoroethylene ( PTFE ), or Teflon by DuPont, in 1938.

He teamed with writer Roy Thomas on X-Men, then on the verge of cancellation, starting with issue # 56 ( May 1969 ).

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

As a tribute to Roy, an animation building at the Walt Disney Studios, in Burbank, California, was re-dedicated as the " Roy E. Disney Animation Building " on May 7, 2010.

* Critical Chain Project Management Theory and Practice, Roy Stratton, POMS 20th Annual Conference, May 2009

* May 15 – Antonio Tarver won the WBC light-heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of champion Roy Jones Jr.