Ray (given name)

{{wiktionary|Ray}} '''Ray''' is a given name and short form (hypocorism) of the given name Raymond and Rachel.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kolatch |first1=Alfred J. |title=The Jonathan David dictionary of first names |date=1981 |publisher=Putnam |location=New York, N.Y |isbn=9780399505706 |pages=224, 454}}</ref> {{TOC right}}

==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 Frenette (1935–2018), Canadian politician in New Brunswick * Ray Gricar (1945–2011), district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania * Ray Groom (born 1944), Australian lawyer, sportsman and politician * Ray Harmel (1905–1998), South African anti-apartheid activist * 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 Michie (1934–2008), Scottish politician * Ray Price (speechwriter) (1930–2019), President Richard Nixon's chief speechwriter * Ray Salva (born 1947), American politician * Ray Alexander Simons (1914–2004), South African communist and trade unionist * Ray Strachey (1887–1940), British feminist politician, artist and writer * 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 (musician) (born 1990), Japanese singer and radio personality * 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 BLK (born 1994), British singer and songwriter * 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 C (born 1982), Tanzanian musician * 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 Lev (1912–1968), American classical pianist * 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 (1926–2013), American country singer-songwriter and guitarist * Ray Sawyer (1937–2018), American singer, founding member of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show * Ray Singleton (1937–2016), American producer, songwriter, and vocalist * Ray Thomas (1941–2018), English flautist, singer-songwriter, founding member of The Moody Blues * Ray Toro (born 1977), American rock guitarist

==Sports== * Ray (wrestler) (1982–2018), Hong Kong professional wrestler * Ray Bassil (born 1988), Lebanese trap shooter * 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) (1949–2023), American National Football League player * Ray Brown (American football, born 1936) (1936–2017), 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 Collins (baseball) (1887–1970), Major league Baseball Player (Pitcher for Boston Red Sox) * 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 Milo (born 1954), American football 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 * 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 (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 Cox (1881–1957), American actress and vaudeville performer * Ray Fisher (born 1987), American actor, known for his role as Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe * 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 (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 (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 Shirley, American actress * Ray Stark (1915–2004), independent film producer * Ray Stevens (born 1939), American country- and pop singer-songwriter and comedian * Ray Stevenson (1964–2023), Northern Irish actor * Ray Szmanda (1926-2018), American radio and television announcer * Ray 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 and 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 Frank (1861–1948), Jewish religious leader in the United States * Ray Gosling (1939–2013), British gay rights activist * Ray Herman (1920–1996), American publisher, editor, writer, penciller and inker * Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), Welsh painter * 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 Milne (1914–2007), Scottish cinephile, translator and schoolteacher * Rachel Browne (born Ray Minkoff; 1934–2012), American dancer, teacher and choreographer * Ray Navarro (1964–1990), American artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist * Ray William Johnson (born 1981), American YouTube comedian

== Fictional characters == * Ray (DC Comics), a comics character ** Ray (Ray Terrill), the second version of the character * Ray ''(Ninjago)'', a character in ''Ninjago'' * Ray (''The Promised Neverland''), a main character in the manga series ''The Promised Neverland'' * Ray, a character in the television series ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' * Ray, the mascot from ''Good Morning America'' * Ray, a firefly in the 2009 animated Disney film ''The Princess and the Frog'' * Ray, a protagonist in ''Ray the Animation'', a science fiction anime television series * Ray, a main character in the Canadian television series ''Rusty Rivets'' * Ray the Flying Squirrel, a video game character from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' * Ray Barone, main character in the American sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' * Ray Boccino, minor character in GTA IV * Ray Bulgarin, minor character in GTA IV * Ray Donovan, titular main character in the American TV drama series ''Ray Donovan'' * 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 ''Henry Danger'' * Father Ray Mukada, priest character in the American TV drama series ''Oz'' * Ray Pruit, a character in ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' * Ray Shoesmith, main character in the Australian TV series ''Mr Inbetween'' and the 2005 film ''The Magician'' * Ray Stantz, a character in the ''Ghostbusters'' series * Ray Wilkins (Scary Movie), a character in the ''Scary Movie'' film franchise

==See also== * Rae (given name)

== References == {{Reflist}}

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