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Ray is a
masculine
given name and short form (
hypocorism ) of the given name
Raymond , and may refer to:
Politics
Ray Aguilar (born 1947), Nebraska state senator
Ray Aguilera , Pueblo, Colorado City council member
Ray Ahipene-Mercer (born 1948), New Zealand city councillor in Wellington
Ray Gosling (1939–2013), British gay rights activist
Ray Gricar (1945-2011), district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania
Ray Groom (born 1944), Australian lawyer, sportsman and politician
Ray LaHood (born 1945), American politician
Ray Liberti , American politician
Ray Mabus (born 1948), American politician, Secretary of the Navy and former Governor of Mississippi
Ray Martin (politician) (born 1941), Canadian politician, former leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party
Ray Mattox (1927–2005), American politician
Ray Price (speechwriter) (1930–2019), President Richard Nixon's chief speechwriter
Ray Alexander Simons (1914–2004), South African communist and trade unionist
Ray Tarver (1921–1972), American dentist and politician
Ray White (politician) , Canadian politician
Ray Whitney (politician) (1930–2012), UK politician
Ray Wyatt , American politician
Music
Ray Abrams (musician) (1920–1992), American jazz and jump blues tenor saxophonist
Ray Alexander (musician) (1925–2002), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist
Ray Anderson (musician) (born 1952), American jazz trombone and trumpet player
Ray Anthony (born 1922), American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
Ray Boltz (born 1953), American Christian singer-songwriter
Ray Brown Jr. (born 1949), American jazz and blues pianist and singer
Ray Brown (musician) (1926–2002), American jazz double bassist
Ray Bryant (1931–2011), American jazz pianist, composer
Ray Charles (1930–2004), American singer, songwriter, musician and composer
Ray Charles (musician, born 1918) (1918–2015), American musician, leader of The Ray Charles Singers
Ray Chen (born 1989), Taiwanese-American violinist
Ray Conniff (1916–2002), American bandleader and arranger
Ray Dalton (born 1991), American singer-songwriter
Ray Davies (born 1944), English rhythm guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Kinks
Ray Davis (musician) (1940–2005), member of The Parliaments, Parliament, Funkadelic, and The Temptations
Ray Dorset (born 1946), British guitarist, singer, and founding member of
Mungo Jerry
Ray Fisher (singer) (1940–2011), Scottish folk singer
Ray Griff (1940–2016), Canadian country music singer-songwriter
Ray Hedges , English songwriter and record producer
Ray Heindorf (1908–1980), American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger
Ray Isaac (singer) , Australian singer
Ray LaMontagne (born 1973), American singer-songwriter
Ray Lewis, American rhythm and blues singer and member of
The Drifters
Ray Luzier (born 1970), American drummer
Ray Manzarek (1939–2013), American musician, singer, producer, film director and author, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of The Doors
Ray Martin (orchestra leader) (1918–1988), British-Austrian orchestra leader born Kurt Kohn
Ray Parker Jr. (born 1954), American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer
Ray Pennington (1933–2020), American country music singer-songwriter
Ray Peterson (1939–2005), American pop singer
Ray Price (musician) (1926–2013), American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ray Sawyer (1937–2018), American singer, founding member of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Ray Thomas (1941–2018), English flautist, singer-songwriter, founding member of The Moody Blues
Ray Toro (born 1977), American rock guitarist
Sports
Ray Abruzzese (1937–2011), American college and football player
Ray Adduono (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
Ray Agnew (born 1967), American National Football League player
Ray Alexander (gridiron football) (born 1962), American National Football League and Canadian Football League player
Ray Allen (born 1975), American National Basketball Association player
Ray Allison (born 1959), Canadian National Hockey League player
Ray Amm (1927–1955), Rhodesian motorcycle racer
Ray Amoo , Nigerian boxer of the 1970s and 1980s
Ray Anderson (boxer) (born 1944), American light heavyweight boxer
Ray Austin (boxer) (born 1970), American boxer
Ray Austin (American football) (born 1974), American National Football League player
Ray Bourque (born 1960), Canadian National Hockey League player
Ray Brown (offensive lineman) (born 1962), American National Football League player
Ray Brown (safety) (born 1949), American National Football League player
Ray Brown (American football, born 1936) , American National Football League quarterback
Ray Brown (Negro leagues pitcher) (1908–1965), Negro league baseball pitcher
Ray Brown (rugby league) (born 1957), Australian rugby league footballer
Ray Chapman (1891–1920), American baseball player
Ray Cillien (1939–1991), Luxembourg boxer
Ray Emery (1982–2018), Canadian National Hockey League goaltender
Ray Graves (1918–2015), American college football and National Football League player and college football coach
Ray Guy (1949–2022), American National Football League Hall-of-Fame punter
Ray Hanken (1911–1980), American National Football League player
Ray Harroun (1879–1968), American racecar driver
Ray Isaac (American football) , American football player
Ray Illingworth (1932–2021), British cricketer
Ray Jauch (born 1938), coach in the Canadian Football League, United States Football League and Arena Football League
Ray Julian (born 1936), English cricketer
Ray Lazdins (born 1964), Canadian discus thrower
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), American boxer
Ray Lewis (born 1975), American National Football League player
Ray Lewis (referee) (born 1944), English association football referee
Ray Lewis (sprinter) (1910–2003), Canadian track-and-field sprinter
Ray Mabbutt (1936–2016), English footballer
Ray Martin (baseball) (1925–2013), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Ray Martin (English footballer) (born 1945), English footballer
Ray Martin (pool player) (born 1936), American pool player
Ray Nitschke (1936–1998), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player
Ray Perkins (1941–2020), American football player and coach
Ray Price (cricketer) (born 1976), Zimbabwean cricketer
Ray Price (motorcyclist) (1937–2015), American motorcycle drag racer, designer and engineer
Ray Price (rugby) (born 1953), Australian rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
Raymell
Ray Rice (born 1987), American National Football League player
Sugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989), American Hall-of-Fame boxer born Walker Smith Jr.
Ray Sefo (born 1971), New Zealand fight promoter and retired kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist of Samoan descent
Ray Tesser (1912–1982), American National Football League player
Ray Voltz , American soccer goalkeeper
Ray Wallace (footballer) (born 1969), English footballer
Ray Wells (born 1980), American National Football League player
Ray Whitney (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian National Hockey League player
Ray Wilkins (1956–2018), British footballer and football coach
Ray Witter (1896–1983), American football player
Film and TV
Ray Abruzzo (born 1954), American actor
Ray Aghayan (1928–2011), Iranian-American costume designer in the film industry
Ray Alan (1930–2010), English ventriloquist and television entertainer
Ray Austin (director) (1932–2023), British television director
Ray Bolger (1904–1987), American actor, singer and dancer born Raymond Bulcao
Ray Boyle (1923–2022), American film and television actor
Ray Cokes (born 1958), English television presenter and video jockey
Ray Combs (1956–1996), American comedian, actor and game show host
Ray Fisher (born 1987), American actor, known for his role as
Cyborg in the DCEU
Ray Gallardo , American film director and cinematographer
Ray Girardin (1935–2019), American film, stage, and television actor
Ray June (1895–1958), American cinematographer
Ray Kellogg (actor) (1919–1981), American film and television actor
Ray Liotta (1954–2022), American film actor
Ray MacDonald (born 1977), Thai actor, adventurer and television presenter
Ray Martin (television presenter) (born 1944), Australian television presenter
Ray Mears (born 1964), British TV personality and survival specialist
Ray Milland (1907-1986), Welsh-American actor and film director
Ray Park (born 1974), Scottish actor and martial artist
Ray Porter , American actor
Ray Quinn (born 1988), English actor
Ray Reyes (1970–2021), Filipino-American singer and actor
Ray Romano (born 1957), American actor, comedian and screenwriter
Ray Stark (1915–2004), independent film producer
Ray Stevens (born 1939), American country- and pop singer-songwriter and comedian
Ray Stevenson (born 1964), Northern Irish actor
Herman Raymond Walston (1914–2001), American character actor
Ray Winstone (born 1957), British actor, notable for parts in gangster films
Ray Wise (born 1947), American actor
Business
Ray Anderson (entrepreneur) (1934–2011), founder and chairman of Interface Inc.
Ray Dalio , founder & co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund
Ray Davis (businessman) , American billionaire businessman, chief executive officer of Energy Transfer Partners and owner of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball
Ray Kroc (1902–1984), American businessman and philanthropist who built up the McDonald's Corporation
Academia
Ray Allen Billington (1903–1981), American historian
Ray Blanchard (born 1945), American-Canadian sexologist
Ray Hyman (born 1928), American Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon, author, magician and critic of parapsychology
Ray Kurzweil (born 1948), American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist
Writing and journalism
Other
Raymond Affleck (1922–1989), Canadian architect
Ray Brown (designer) (born 1959), Australian clothing designer
Ray Comfort (born 1949), New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist
Raymond G. Davis (1915–2003), US four-star general and recipient of the Medal of Honor
Ray Eames (1912–1988), American artist, designer and filmmaker
Ray Johnson (1927–1995), American artist
Ray Jones (chaplain) (born 1934), Anglican priest
Ray Lewis (youth worker) (born 1963), Guyanese-born youth worker and former deputy mayor of London
Ray Navarro (1964–1990), American artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
Ray William Johnson (born 1981), American YouTube comedian
Fictional characters
See also