Royston may refer to:

Places

Australia

Royston, Queensland Royston is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Royston had a population of 346 people. Geography The D'Aguilar Highway passes through the south of Royston where the Stanl ...

, a rural locality

Canada

Royston, British Columbia Royston is an unincorporated community that is part of the greater Comox Valley region, 100 km northwest of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, pro ...

, a small hamlet

England

Royston, Hertfordshire Royston is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Hertfordshire, District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated on the Prime meridian (Greenwich), Greenwich Meridian, which brush ...

, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire *

Royston, South Yorkshire Royston is a suburban village within the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically, the village formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was incorporated into the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley in 197 ...

, a suburban village, near Barnsley, and Wakefield *

Royston Vasey ''The League of Gentlemen'' is a British surreal comedy horror series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the lives o ...

, a fictional town in the television series ''The League of Gentlemen''

Scotland

Royston, Glasgow Royston/Roystonhill is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It was previously known as The Garngad and is still known as such by residents that have a familial link and is still displayed in local shops and bars. It is notable for its l ...

, a district of Glasgow, traditionally known as ''Garngad''

United States

Royston, Georgia Royston is a city in Franklin, Hart, and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 2,649 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Royston has been in operation since 1878. The community was named after W.A. Roy ...

, a town * Royston, Texas, a ghost town

Surname

Royston is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

Toponymic Surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

, and comes from a place in

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...

named Royston.

People

Royston Drenthe Royston Ricky Drenthe (born 8 April 1987) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer. Although primarily a left winger, he has also played as a left-back. Drenthe started his professional career with Eredivisie side Feyenoor ...

(born 1987), Dutch football player * Royston Ellis (born 1941), English writer *

Royston Ffrench Royston Ffrench (born 5 September 1975) is a professional flat jockey. He was the 1997 British Champion Apprentice Jockey and has won multiple Grade 1 races in Europe and the Middle East. Early life Ffrench was bought up in Telford, and is the ...

(born 1975), British jockey *Royston Evans (1884–1977), Australian cricketer and soccer player, commonly known as Mac Evans * Royston Gabe-Jones (1906–1965), Welsh cricketer *Royston or

Roy Goodacre Royston "Roy" Goodacre is Chair in Biological Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. With training in both Microbiology and Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry, Goodacre runs a multidisciplinary Metabolomics and Raman spectroscopy research group i ...

(born 1967), British Microbiologist and Analytical Chemist *

Royston Nash Royston Hulbert Nash (23 July 1933 – 4 April 2016) was an English conductor, best known as a music director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and, later, as the conductor of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. His career as a conductor began w ...

, English conductor *

Royston Tan Royston Tan (born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker and actor. Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short films: ''Sons'' (2000), ''Hock Hiap Leong' ...

(born 1976), Singaporean film-maker *Royston Vasey, real name of English comedian

Roy 'Chubby' Brown Royston Vasey (born 3 February 1945), better known professionally as Roy Chubby Brown, is an English comedian. His act consists of offensive humour, high profanity and outspoken disdain for political correctness. Early life Roy Chubby Brown ...

Henry Royston Henry Royston (12 August 1819 – 30 September 1873) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket umpire. Royston was born at Harrow on the Hill in August 1819. A professional all-round cricketer, he began his 25 year association with the ...

(1819–1873), English cricketer *

Young Lea Royston Young Lea Royston (1819 – 1884) was an officer, rising to the rank of colonel, in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Young Lea Royston was a native of Perry county, Alabama. His parents came to the county f ...

(1819–1884), Confederate States Army colonel *

Ivor Royston Ivor Royston is an American oncologist, researcher, scientist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, recognized for his efforts to develop treatments for multiple disease targets and to fund biotechnology companies with promising science, technol ...

, American physician and entrepreneur *Brigadier General

John Royston Brigadier General John Robinson Royston, (29 April 1860 – 25 April 1942) was a Colony of Natal-born military officer who commanded a brigade of Australian Light Horse during the First World War. A farmer and citizen soldier, during the lat ...

(1860–1942), South African-born British army officer *

Richard Royston Richard Royston (1601 in Oxford – November 1686) was an English bookseller and publisher, bookseller to Charles I, Charles II and James II. Life Royston, the son of an Oxford tailor Richard Royston and Alice Tideman, was admitted a freeman o ...

(1601-1686), English bookseller and publisher *

Robert Royston Robert N. Royston (1918 – September 19, 2008) was one of America's most distinguished landscape architects, based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the United States. His design work and Professor, university teaching in the yea ...

(1918–2008), master landscape architect *

Shad Royston Shad Royston (born 29 November 1982) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s, he played over 200 professional games in the United Kingdom. He spent more than half his professional career with Halifa ...

(born 1982), Australian rugby league player *

Royston Sagigi-Baira Royston Sagigi-Baira, also known as Royston Noell, is an Australian singer best known for winning the eighth season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2023. He officially won the title in March 2023, $100,000 prize money and a recording contract with Sony ...

(born 1999), Australian singer and winner of Australian Idol in 2023