Ray (given name)

Ray is a given name, and may refer to:

Politics

• Ray Gosling (born 1939), British gay rights activist
• Ray LaHood, American politician

Music

• Ray Charles, musician
• Ray Davies, musician
• Ray J (William Ray Norwood, Jr.), singer
• Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter
• Ray Manzarek, American musician
• Ray Luzier, American musician
• Ray Toro, American/Hispanic rock guitarist

Sport

• Ray Allen, NBA player
• Ray Cillien (b 1939), a Luxembourg boxer
• Ray Emery, professional ice hockey player
• Ray Lazdins, Canadian discus thrower
• Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
• Ray Lewis (American football), NFL player
• Ray Whitney (ice hockey), professional hockey player
• Ray Wilkins, British ex-football player

Film and TV

• Ray Combs, game show host
• Ray Liotta, American film actor
• Ray Martin, Australian television presenter
• Ray Mears, British TV personality and survival specialist
• Ray Quinn, English actor
• Ray Reyes, Filipino-American singer and actor
• Ray Romano, American comedian/sitcom star
• Ray Walston, stage, television and feature film character actor
• Ray Winstone, British actor, notable for parts in gangster films
• Ray Wise, American actor

Other

• Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer
• Ray Kroc, of the McDonald's Corporation
• Ray Kurzweil, futurist
• Ray Martin, numerous - disambiguation page
• Ray William Johnson, YouTube comedian

Fictional

• Ray Barone, main character in sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
• Father Ray Mukada, priest character in HBO drama Oz
• Ray Singh, character from "The Lovely Bones"

See also

• Raymond
• Rae (given name)