Gay (surname)
Gay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adelaide Gay, American soccer goalkeeper
- Al Gay, British jazz tenor saxophonist
- Alberta Gay, American domestic worker, mother of Marvin Gaye
- Amandine Gay, French-African feminist, film maker, and actress
- Andrew Gay, Australian rugby league footballer
- Antoine Gay, Frenchman believed to have been possessed by a demon named Isacaron
- Arnold Gay, Singaporean TV and radio presenter
- Benjamin Gay, former American football running back
- Bill Gay, professional American football player
- Blenda Gay, defensive end in the National Football League
- Bram Gay, trumpet player and brass band enthusiast
- Brian Gay, American golfer
- Byron Gay, American songwriter
- Cesc Gay, movie director
- Charles R. Gay, American banker and president of the New York Stock Exchange
- Chet Gay, American football player
- Christopher Daniel Gay, American habitual car thief
- Claude Gay, French botanist
- Claudine Gay, American academic
- Connie B. Gay, American country music promoter
- D. J. Gay, retired American professional basketball player
- Dale Pickett Gay, Wyoming clubwoman in the oil business
- Danny Gay, various people
- David Gay, British Army officer, recipient of the Military Cross, and English cricketer
- Désirée Gay, French socialist feminist
- Duncan Gay, an Australian politician
- Earl C. Gay was a registered pharmacist, member of the Los Angeles City Council
- Edward Gay, several people
- Edwin Francis Gay, American economist
- Emma Jane Gay, American woman who devoted her life to social reform and photography
- Éric Gay, French politician in New Caledonia
- Everett Gay, former American football wide receiver
- Federico Gay, various people
- Francisque Gay, French editor, politician and diplomat
- Françoise Gay, Swiss alpine skier
- Frank William Gay, American executive who oversaw several entities for Howard Hughes
- Frederick Parker Gay, American bacteriologist who combated typhoid fever and leprosy
- Geoff Gay, English former professional footballer
- George Gay, various people
- Georges Gay, French professional racing cyclist
- Gerald Gay, American politician
- Git Gay, Swedish revue director, actress, and singer
- Greg Gay, American politician
- Henry M. Gay, one of three founders of Triad Systems Corporation, now known as Activant
- Hobart R. Gay, American general
- Jacques Etienne Gay French botanist
- Jacques Gay, French painter
- Jamal Gay, soccer player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Jason Gay, birth name of Christian singer-songwriter Jason Gray; made many recordings as Jason Gay before changing his name to Gray
- Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French statesman
- Jennifer Gay, on-screen BBC Children's TV continuity announcer
- Jesús Bal y Gay, Spanish composer, music critic, and musicologist
- Joey Gay, American actor and comedian
- John Gay, English dramatist
- John Gay, various people
- Jonathan Gay, inventor of Macromedia Flash
- Jordan Gay, American football kickoff specialist
- José Aurelio Gay, Spanish football player and manager
- José María Pérez Gay, Mexican academic, writer, translator and diplomat
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist
- Jotham Gay, army officer, political figure in Nova Scotia
- Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
- Madam Gay, British Thoroughbred racehorse
- Maddison Gay, Australian rules footballer
- Maria Gay, Catalan opera singer
- Marie-Louise Gay, Canadian children's writer and illustrator
- Martin Gay, metal smith and political figure in Nova Scotia
- Marvin Gay, Sr., American minister of the House of God
- Mary Ann Harris Gay, American writer of Life in Dixie During the War
- Matt Gay, American football player
- Michel Gay, French illustrator and author of children's books
- Nikolai Ge or Gay, Russian painter
- Noel Gay, English composer of popular music
- Pamela L. Gay, American astronomer, educator, podcaster, writer
- Patrice Gay, French former racing driver
- Patrick Gay, emigrated to South Australia aboard James Fernie in 1854
- Paul Gay, French opera singer
- Peter Gay, German-born U.S. historian
- Ramón Gay, Mexican film actor
- Randall Gay, American football player
- Richard Gay, various people
- Robert Gay, various people
- Ross Gay, American poet and professor
- Roxane Gay, American writer, professor, editor, and commentator
- Rudy Gay, American professional basketball player
- Ruth Gay, Jewish writer
- Samuel Gay, judge and political figure in New Brunswick
- Sophie Gay, French author who was born in Paris
- Steve Gay, former U.S. collegiate soccer player
- Susan Elizabeth Gay, chronicler of the history of Old Falmouth
- Sydney Howard Gay, American attorney, journalist and abolitionist
- Terry Gay, former Australian rules footballer
- Thomas Gay, intelligence officer
- Thomas Gay , English politician
- Tim Gay, politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska
- Titus Gay, born into slavery and freed in 1812
- Tyson Gay, American sprinter
- Virginia Gay, Australian actress
- Walter Gay, American artist
- William Gay, various people
- Winckworth Allan Gay, American landscape artist
