Ray (given name)
Ray is a masculine given name and short form of Raymond, and may refer to:
Politics
- Ray Aguilar, former Nebraska state senator
- Ray Aguilera, Pueblo, Colorado City council member
- Ray Ahipene-Mercer, New Zealand city councillor in Wellington
- Rachel Simons, also known as Ray Alexander, South African communist and trade unionist
- Ray Tarver, American dentist and politician
- Raymond Ray Gosling, British gay rights activist
- Raymond Ray Groom, Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician
- Raymond Ray LaHood, American politician
- Raymond Ray Mabus, American politician, Secretary of the Navy and former Governor of Mississippi
- Raymond Ray Martin , Canadian politician, former leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party
- Raymond Ray Price , President Richard Nixon's chief speechwriter
- Raymond Ray Whitney , former UK politician
Music
- Ray Abrams , jazz and jump blues tenor saxophonist
- Ray Alexander , American jazz drummer and vibraphonist
- Ray Anderson , jazz trombone and trumpet player
- Ray Anthony, American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
- Raymond Ray Boltz, American Christian singer-songwriter
- Ray Brown Jr., American jazz and blues pianist and singer
- Raymond Ray Brown , American jazz double bassist
- Ray Bryant, American jazz pianist, composer
- Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter, musician and composer
- Ray Charles , American musician, and leader of The Ray Charles Singers
- Ray Dalton, American singer-songwriter
- Raymond Ray Davies, English rhythm guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Kinks
- Ray Davis , member of The Parliaments, Parliament, Funkadelic, and The Temptations
- Ray Fisher , Scottish folk singer
- Ray Griff, Canadian country music singer-songwriter
- Ray Hedges, English songwriter and record producer
- Ray Heindorf, American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger
- Ray Isaac, Australian singer
- Raymond Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter
- Ray Lewis, American rhythm and blues singer and member of The Drifters
- Raymond Ray Luzier, American drummer
- Ray Manzarek, American musician, singer, producer, film director and author, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of The Doors
- Ray Martin , British-Austrian orchestra leader born Kurt Kohn
- Ray Parker Jr., American guitarist, songwriter and producer
- Ray Peterson, American pop singer
- Ray Price , American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Ray Sawyer, American singer, founding member of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- Ray Thomas, English flautist, singer-songwriter
- Raymond Ray Toro, American rock guitarist
Sports
- Raymond Ray Abruzzese, American college and professional football player
- Raymond Ray Adduono, Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
- Ray Agnew, American former National Football League player
- Ray Alexander , American former National Football League and Canadian Football League player
- Ray Allen, American National Basketball Association player
- Raymond Ray Allison, Canadian retired National Hockey League player
- Ray Amm, Rhodesian motorcycle racer
- Ray Amoo, Nigerian professional boxer of the 1970s and 1980s
- Ray Anderson , light heavyweight boxer
- Ray Austin , American professional boxer
- Raymond Ray Austin , American former National Football League player
- Raymond Ray Bourque, Canadian retired National Hockey League player
- Ray Brown , American former National Football League player
- Raymond Ray Brown , American former National Football League player
- Raymond Ray Brown, American former National Football League quarterback
- Raymond Ray Brown , Negro league baseball pitcher
- Ray Brown , Australian former rugby league footballer
- Ray Cillien, Luxembourg boxer
- Ray Emery, Canadian National Hockey League goaltender
- Ray Graves, American college football and National Football League player and college football coach
- Ray Guy, American retired National Football League Hall-of-Fame punter
- Raymond Ray Hanken, American National Football League player
- Ray Harroun, American racecar driver
- Ray Isaac, American football player
- Ray Jauch, former coach in the Canadian Football League, United States Football League and Arena Football League
- Raymond Ray Julian, English former cricketer
- Ray Lazdins, Canadian retired discus thrower
- Sugar Ray Leonard, American retired boxer
- Raymond Ray Lewis, American former National Football League player
- Ray Lewis , former English association football referee
- Raymond Ray Lewis , Canadian track-and-field sprinter
- Raymond Ray Mabbutt, English retired footballer
- Raymond Ray Martin , American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Raymond Ray Martin , English footballer
- Ray Martin , American pool player
- Raymond Ray Nitschke, American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player
- Raymond Ray Price , Zimbabwean cricketer
- Ray Price , motorcycle drag racer, designer and engineer
- Ray Price , Australian rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
- Raymell Ray Rice, American National Football League player
- Sugar Ray Robinson, American Hall-of-Fame boxer born Walker Smith Jr.
- Raymond Ray Tesser, American National Football League player
- Ray Voltz, former U.S. soccer goalkeeper
- Raymond Ray Wallace , English former footballer
- Raymond Ray Wells, American former National Football League player
- Raymond Ray Whitney , Canadian National Hockey League player
- Raymond Ray Wilkins, British former footballer and football coach
- Ray Witter, American football player
Film and TV
- Ray Abruzzo, American actor
- Ray Aghayan, costume designer in the American film industry
- Ray Alan, English ventriloquist and television entertainer
- Ray Austin , British television director
- Ray Bolger, American actor, singer and dancer born Raymond Bulcao
- Raymond Ray Cokes, English television presenter and video jockey
- Raymond Ray Combs, American comedian, actor and game show host
- Ray June, American cinematographer
- Raymond Ray Liotta, American film actor
- Raymond Ray Martin , Australian television presenter
- Raymond Ray Mears, British TV personality and survival specialist
- Raymond Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist
- Ray Porter, American actor
- Raymond Ray Quinn, English actor
- Ray Reyes, Filipino-American singer and actor
- Raymond Ray Romano, American actor, comedian and screenwriter
- Herman Raymond Ray Walston, American character actor
- Raymond Ray Winstone, British actor, notable for parts in gangster films
- Raymond Ray Wise, American actor
Business
- Ray Anderson , founder and chairman of Interface Inc.
- Ray Davis, American billionaire businessman, chief executive officer of Energy Transfer Partners and owner of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball
- Raymond Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist who built up the McDonald's Corporation
Academia
- Ray Allen Billington, American historian
- Ray Hyman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon, author, magician and critic of parapsychology
- Ray Keck, American educator, college president and organist
- Raymond Ray Kurzweil, American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist
- Ray A. Laird, American educator, longtime president of Laredo Community College
Writing and journalism
- Ray Anderson, The New York Times reporter
- Ray Bradbury, American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery writer
- Ray Galton, British scriptwriter
- Ray Marcano, American medical reporter and music critic
- Raymond Ray Martin , Australian journalist
Other
- Raymond Affleck, Canadian architect
- Ray Brown , Australian clothing designer
- Ray Comfort, New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist
- Ray Davis , US four-star general and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Ray Eames, American artist, designer and filmmaker
- Ray Johnson, American artist
- Ray Lewis , Guyanese-born youth worker and former deputy mayor of London
- Ray Navarro, American artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
- Ray William Johnson, YouTube comedian