Ray (given name)

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, best known for his role on Can't Hold Us
 * 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

 * Ray Anderson (journalist), American reporter for The New York Times
 * Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery writer
 * Ray Galton (1930–2020), British scriptwriter
 * Ray Marcano, American medical reporter and music critic
 * Ray Martin (television presenter) (born 1944), Australian journalist

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

 * Ray (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
 * Ray (The Promised Neverland), a main character in the manga series The Promised Neverland
 * Ray Boccino, minor characther in GTA IV
 * Ray Molina, from Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms
 * Ray Machowski, a character in the Grand Theft Auto III and also appeared in Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
 * Ray Manchester, the boss of his sidekick Henry Danger from the show of the same name.