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Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay (b. 1974, Omaha, Nebraska), also known as Bad Feminist author Roxanne Gay, is an American writer, professor, and editor. NYT bestsellers Bad Feminist and Hunger, Marvel's World of Wakanda, The Audacity, and Roxane Gay Books.
Roxann Dawson
Roxann Dawson, also credited as Roxann Biggs-Dawson, is an American actress, director, and writer known for B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager and for directing Breakthrough, Foundation, and many TV series.
Roxanne (film)
Roxanne is a 1987 American romantic comedy directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, adapted from Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac.
Roxanne (The Police song)
Roxanne, written by Sting for The Police, released 7 April 1978 from Outlandos d'Amour; flopped first, then hit No. 12 UK and No. 32 US on 1979 re-release; Grammy Hall of Fame 2008.
Roxanne McKee
Roxanne McKee (born 1980) is a British actress and model known as Louise Summers in Hollyoaks and Doreah in Game of Thrones, later lead in Dominion and Strike Back.
Roxanne Modafferi
Roxanne Modafferi, born 1982, is a retired American mixed martial artist known as "The Happy Warrior" who fought from 2003 to 2022 and challenged for the inaugural UFC women's flyweight title.
Roxanne Pallett
Roxanne Pallett (Roxanne Kaboli-Nejad, born 1982, Carlisle), also Roxanne Carrion, English actress who played Jo Stiles/Sugden in Emmerdale 2005–2008; later Dancing on Ice, horror films, and the 2018 Celebrity Big Brother punch row with Ryan Thomas.
Roxanne Perez
Roxanne Perez (Carla Gonzalez), also known as Rok-C, is an American WWE wrestler from Laredo, Texas; a two-time NXT Women's Champion, inaugural ROH Women's World Champion, and Judgment Day member on Raw.
Roxanne Persaud
Roxanne Persaud is an American politician and Democrat representing Brooklyn's 19th district in the New York State Senate, elected in November 2015 after serving in the State Assembly.
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne is a 2017 biographical drama directed by Michael Larnell about rapper Roxanne Shanté, the 14-year-old Queensbridge battle rapper behind 1984's "Roxanne's Revenge"; it premiered at Sundance and streamed on Netflix from March 23, 2018.
Roxanne Shante
Roxanne Shanté (Lolita Shanté Gooden, born 1969), American rapper from Queensbridge, Queens; her 1984 answer record "Roxanne's Revenge" against UTFO sold 250,000 copies in New York, sparked the Roxanne Wars, and made her hip hop's first female hitmaker.
Roxas City
Roxas City, capital of Capiz province on Panay Island, Philippines; formerly Municipality of Capiz, chartered May 12, 1951 (RA 603) and named for President Manuel Roxas. Known as the Seafood Capital of the Philippines, driven by aquaculture.
Roxboro Steam Plant
The Roxboro Steam Plant is a four-unit, coal-fired power station with 2,558 MW of capacity, operated by Duke Energy Progress near Semora, North Carolina, since 1966.
Roxby
Roxby: English place name covering Roxby cum Risby, North Lincolnshire, site of a Roman villa with a mosaic found in 1699 and re-excavated in 1989, plus Roxby Low Moor and Roxby Hill in North Yorkshire.
Roxelana
Roxelana (Hürrem Sultan, Haseki Hürrem), born c. 1505 in Rohatyn, died April 1558 in Constantinople, was a Slavic captive who became Suleiman the Magnificent's legal wife, the first haseki, and a diplomatic and political power.
Roxette
Roxette, the Swedish pop rock duo of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle formed in Halmstad in 1986, scored four US number ones (The Look, Listen to Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love, Joyride), sold 75–80 million records, and since 2025 tours with Lena Philipsson.
Roxette discography
Roxette discography: catalog of Swedish pop duo Roxette (Gessle and Fredriksson), from Pearls of Passion (1986) to Good Karma (2016), over 80 million records sold, four US number ones.
Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart is the murderous, fame-seeking chorus girl at the center of Maurine Dallas Watkins's 1926 play Chicago and its musical, inspired by Beulah Annan's 1924 trial; played by Gwen Verdon (1975), Ann Reinking (1996 revival), and many celebrity replacements.
Roxithromycin
Roxithromycin, formerly developed under the code RU 28965, is a semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin and used for respiratory tract, ENT, and skin infections.
ROXs 12
ROXs 12 b (ROXs 12 B), directly imaged planetary-mass companion or brown dwarf near the deuterium-burning limit, about 16-17.5 Jupiter masses at 210 AU from the young M0 star ROXs 12 in Ophiuchus, discovered 2013.
Roxxxy Andrews
Roxxxy Andrews (Michael Feliciano) is an American drag performer from Orlando, Florida, runner-up on Drag Race season 5 (2013) to Jinkx Monsoon and on All Stars 9 alongside Vanjie, famed for her double wig reveal and lip syncs.
Roxy Atkins
Roxy Atkins (Edna Roxanne Atkins, later Andersen; 1912–2002), Canadian Olympic hurdler at Berlin 1936, 80 m hurdles Canadian record holder (11.8, 1932), later US women's track and field administrator and 1991 Hall of Famer.
Roxy Dekker
Roxy Dekker (born 2005, Amsterdam) is a Dutch pop singer and TikTok personality, ex-6TIMES Junior Songfestival member, whose 2023 hit "Anne-Fleur Vakantie" and "Sugardaddy" led to chart-topping albums Mama I Made It and SUPERSTAR.
Roxy Mitchell
Roxy Mitchell (Roxanne Mitchell) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Rita Simons 2007–2017, sister of Ronnie, mother of Amy by Jack Branning, drowned on 1 January 2017, with cameo returns in 2019 and 2023.
Roxy Music
Roxy Music is an English art rock band formed in London in 1971, led by Bryan Ferry, whose eight albums between 1972 and 1982 shaped glam and art rock.
Roxy Music (album)
Roxy Music (1972) is the English art rock band's self-titled debut album, released June 16, 1972 on Island Records, produced by Peter Sinfield at Command Studios, London; Virginia Plain was recorded separately and added to later editions.
Roxy Sternberg
Roxy Sternberg (Roxanne Sternberg), British actress born 1989 in London, lives in Brooklyn; best known as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes on CBS's FBI: Most Wanted (2020–2025), with roles in MARS, Emerald City, Absentia, and BBC's Famalam.
Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood, California)
The Roxy Theatre is a 500-capacity all-ages music club at 9009 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, opened September 20, 1973 by Lou Adler and Elmer Valentine; Neil Young opened it, and The Rocky Horror Show had its first American run there in 1974.
Roy (film)
Roy (रॉय) is a 2015 Hindi romantic drama, Vikramjit Singh's directorial debut, starring Ranbir Kapoor as thief Roy, Arjun Rampal as filmmaker Kabir Grewal, and Jacqueline Fernandez; a T-Series production that flopped despite a strong opening.
Roy A. Mariuzza
Roy A. Mariuzza is a structural immunologist and professor at the University of Maryland, known for crystal structures of immune receptors including a 1996 Nature superantigen study.