Ray (given name)
Ray is a given name, and may refer to:
Politics
- Ray Aguilar, former Nebraska state senator
- Ray Aguilera, Pueblo, Colorado City council member
- Ray Ahipene-Mercer, New Zealand politician serving as city councillor in Wellington
- Ray Gosling (born 1939), British gay rights activist
- Ray Groom, lawyer and former Australian sportsman and politician
- Ray LaHood, American politician
- Ray Mabus, Secretary of the United States Navy
- Ray Price (speechwriter) (born 1930), U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's chief speechwriter from 1969 to 1974
- Ray Tarver (1921-1972), American dentist and politician
- Ray Whitney (politician) (1930–2012), former UK politician
Music
- Ray Abrams (1920-1992), jazz and jump blues tenor saxophonist
- Ray Anderson (musician) (born 1952), jazz trombone and trumpet player
- Ray Anthony, American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor
- Ray Boltz, American Christian singer-songwriter
- Ray Brown (musician) (1926–2002), American jazz double bassist
- Ray Brown, Jr. (born 1949), American jazz and blues pianist and singer
- Ray Brown & The Whispers, 1960s Australian rock band with a singer Ray Brown
- Ray Charles, musician
- Ray Dalton, American singer-songwriter
- Ray Davies, musician
- Ray Davis (musician) (1940–2005), member of The Parliaments, Parliament, Funkadelic, and The Temptations
- Ray J (William Ray Norwood, Jr.), singer
- Ray Hedges, English songwriter and record producer
- Ray Heindorf (1908-1980), American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger
- Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter
- Ray Manzarek, American musician
- Ray Lewis, American rhythm and blues singer and member of The Drifters
- Ray Luzier, American musician
- Ray Parker, Jr., American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and recording artist
- Ray Price (musician), American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Ray Toro, American/Hispanic rock guitarist
Sport
- Ray Abruzzese (1937–2011), American college and professional football player
- Ray Acosta ("Kung Fu") (1951-2001), Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler
- Ray Adduono, retired professional ice hockey player
- Ray Agnew, former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League
- Ray Alexander, former American football wide receiver
- Ray Allen, NBA player
- Ray Allison, retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward
- Ray Amm (1927–1955), post-war motorcycle racer
- Ray Amoo, Nigerian professional boxer
- Ray Anderson (boxer) (born 1944), light heavyweight boxer
- Ray Austin (boxer) (born 1970), American professional boxer
- Ray Austin (American football), American football player
- Ray Brown (offensive lineman) (born 1962), offensive guard for the Washington Redskins
- Ray Brown (safety) (born 1949), cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons
- Ray Brown (Baltimore Colts) (born 1936), quarterback for the Baltimore Colts
- Ray Brown (Negro leagues pitcher) (1908–1965), Negro league baseball pitcher
- Ray Brown (National League pitcher) (1889-1955), baseball pitcher for Chicago Cubs in 1909
- Ray Brown (rugby league), former Rugby league footballer for Western Suburbs, Manly, New South Wales & Australia
- Ray Cillien (b 1939), a Luxembourg boxer
- Ray Emery, professional ice hockey player
- Ray Graves, former American college and professional football player and former college football coach
- Ray Guy, retired American football punter for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders
- Ray Hanken (1911–1980), American football player
- Ray Harroun (1879-1968), American racecar driver
- Ray Isaac, American football player
- Ray Jauch, former coach in the Canadian Football League, USFL, and Arena Football League
- Ray Julian, former English cricketer
- Ray Lazdins, Canadian discus thrower
- Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
- Ray Lewis (American football), NFL player
- Ray Lewis (referee) (born 1944), former English association football referee
- Ray Lewis (track and field athlete) (1910–2003), Canadian track-and-field athlete
- Ray Mabbutt, retired English footballer
- Ray Nitschke, NFL player
- Ray Price (cricketer) (born 1976), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Ray Price (rugby) (born 1953), Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s
- Ray Rice, NFL player
- Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer
- Ray Tesser, American football player
- Ray Wells, American football player
- Ray Whitney (ice hockey), professional hockey player
- Ray Wilkins, British ex-football player
Film and TV
- Ray Abruzzo, American actor
- Ray Alan (1930–2010), English ventriloquist and television entertainer
- Ray Anderson (broadcaster)
- Ray Austin (director) (born 1932), British television director
- Ray Bolger, American entertainer and actor
- Ray Cokes, English television presenter and video jockey (MTV Europe, starting 1987)
- Ray Combs, game show host
- Ray June (1895-1958), American cinematographer
- Ray Liotta, American film actor
- Ray Martin, Australian television presenter
- Ray Mears, British TV personality and survival specialist
- Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist
- Ray Quinn, English actor
- Richard Ray Rawlings, owner of Gas Monkey Garage, Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live!
- 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
- Raymond Affleck (1922–1989), Canadian architect
- Ray Aghayan (1928-2011), costume designer in the United States film industry
- Ray Allen Billington (1903-1981), American historian
- Ray Anderson (entrepreneur) (1934–2011), founder and chairman of Interface Inc.
- Ray Anderson (journalist), The New York Times reporter
- Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer
- Ray Brown (designer) (born 1949), clothing designer
- Ray Comfort, New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist
- Ray Davis (banker), chief executive officer of the US bank Umpqua Holdings Corporation
- Ray Davis (businessman), chief executive officer of Energy Transfer Partners and owner of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball
- Ray Davis (U.S. Marine) (1915–2003), US General and 1950 recipient of the U.S. Medal of Honor
- Ray Davis (born 1933), Bluegrass DJ and historian
- Ray Eames, American artist, designer, and filmmaker
- Ray Galton, British scriptwriter
- Ray Johnson, American artist
- Ray Kroc, of the McDonald's Corporation
- Ray Kurzweil, futurist
- Ray Lewis (youth worker) (born 1963), former deputy mayor of London
- Ray Lewis (transport manager)
- Ray Lewis, retired Philadelphia police captain and Occupy Wall Street protester
- Ray Martin, numerous - disambiguation page
- Ray Narvaez Jr. of Achievement Hunter
- Ray Price (motorcycles), motorcycle drag racer, designer and engineer
- 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"