Ray (family name)
Ray is a family name .
Name bearer
A.
- Adil Ray (* 1974), British presenter
- Alain Le Ray (1910–2007), French general and resistance fighter
- Albert Ray (1897–1944), American director and actor
- Aldo Ray (1926–1991), American actor
- Allan Ray (* 1984), American basketball player
- Amy Ray (* 1964), American singer and songwriter
- Andrew Ray , pseudonym of Andrea Aureli (* 1923), Italian actor
- Andrew Ray (British actor) (1939–2003), British actor
- Anthony Ray (actor) (1937-2018), American actor and producer
- Anthony Ray , known as Sir Mix-a-Lot (born 1963), American rapper
B.
- Baby Ray ( Buford Ray ; 1914–1986) American football player
- Billy Ray (* 1971), American screenwriter and director
- Bingham Ray (1954–2012), American filmmaker
- Bobby Ray (actor) (actually Robert Fuehrer ; 1899–1957), American actor and director
- Bobby Ray (singer) , American singer-songwriter and entertainer
- Bobby Ray ( Bobby Ray Simmons Jr .; * 1988), American rapper and music producer, see BoB
- Bradley Ray (* 1997), British motorcycle racer
- Brian Ray (* 1955), American musician, songwriter and producer
C.
- Carline Ray (1925–2013), American singer and musician
- Charles Ray (actor) (1891–1943), American actor
- Charles Ray (artist) (born 1953), American artist
- Charles W. Ray (1872-1959), American sergeant
- Charlie Ray (* 1992), American actress
- Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911), American teacher and lawyer
- Chris Ray (* 1982), American baseball player
- Christopher Ray (* 1977), American film director and producer
- Clifford Ray (born 1949), American baseball player and coach
- Connie Ray (born 1956), American actress
D.
- Daniel Ray , real name of Big Black (percussionist) (* 1934), American percussionist
- Daniel Burrill Ray (* 1928), American mathematician
- Daniel Adams-Ray (* 1983), Swedish rapper, singer and fashion designer
- Dave Ray (1943–2002), American blues singer and guitarist
- David Ray († 1997), American rockabilly musician, see Ray Smith (singer, Oklahoma)
- David Parker Ray (1939–2002), American serial killer
- David R. Ray (1945–1969), American seaman
- Dijen Kumar Ray-Chaudhuri (* 1933), Indian-American mathematician
- Dixy Lee Ray (1914–1994), American politician
- Don Ray (1942–2019), German-French disco musician and music producer
- Dorothy Jean Ray (* 1919), American writer and anthropologist
- Dwijendralal Ray (1864-1913), Indian poet
E.
- Elise Ray (* 1982), American gymnast
- Elmer Ray (born 1910), American boxer
- Eugen Ray (1957–1986), German athlete
F.
- Fran Ray (* 1963), German writer, see Manuela Martini
- Fred Olen Ray (* 1954), American film producer and wrestler
G
- Gabrielle Ray (1883–1973), English singer, dancer and actress
- Gemma Ray (born 1980), British singer
- Gene Anthony Ray (1962–2003), American actor, dancer and choreographer
- George W. Ray (1844–1925), American politician
- Greg Ray (* 1966), American racing driver
H
- Hugh Ray (1884–1956) American football referee
I.
J
- James Ray (actor) (1932–1988), American actor
- James Ray (singer) (1941–1964), American R&B singer
- James Ray (basketball player) (born 1957), American basketball player
- James Arthur Ray (born 1957), American writer and convicted criminal
- James B. Ray (1794–1848), American politician
- James Earl Ray (1928–1998), American assassin
- James Edwin Ray (* 1941), American pilot
- Jane Ray (* 1960), English illustrator
- Janisse Ray (* 1962), American writer and environmental activist
- Jason Ray (* 1978), American biathlete
- Jean Ray , pseudonym of Raymundus Joannes de Kremer (1887–1964), Belgian writer
- John Ray (1627-1705), English botanist
- John D. Ray , British Egyptologist
- John H. Ray (1886–1975), American politician
- Johnnie Ray (1927–1990), American singer
- Johnny Ray (born 1957), American baseball player
- Joie Ray (1894–1978) American track and field athlete
- Joseph Warren Ray (1849–1928), American politician
K
- Kay Ray (* 1965), German cabaret artist and travesty artist
- Ken Ray (* 1974), American baseball player
- Kevin Ray (comedian) (* 1990), German comedian
- Kevin Ray (jazz musician) (* around 1975), American jazz musician (double bass) of the Modern Creative
- Kevin Ray (racing driver) (* 1977), American stock car racing driver
- K'Sun Ray (born 1993), American actor
L.
M.
- Madalina Ray (* 1979), Romanian porn actress
- Man Ray (1890–1976), American photographer
- Manuel Ray (1924–2013), Cuban-American civil engineer, resistance fighter, politician and entrepreneur
- Martha Ray (1742–1779), English singer
- Michael Ray (* 1952), American jazz and funk musician
- Michèle Ray-Gavras , French model, journalist and film producer
- Mona Ray (1905–1986), American actress
N
- Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), American film director
O
- Ola Ray (* 1960), American model
- Ossian Ray (1835-1892), American politician
P
- Pratibha Ray (* 1944), Indian writer
R.
- Rachael Ray (* 1968), American presenter
- Raymond Saw Po Ray (* 1948), Myanmar clergyman, Bishop of Mawlamyine
- Ricardo Ray (actually Ricardo Maldonado Morales ; * 1945), American-Puerto Rican pianist, composer and band leader
- Richard Ray (1927–1999), American politician
- Ricky Ray (* 1979), American Canadian football player
- Rob Ray (* 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
- Robert D. Ray (1928–2018), American politician
- Ronnie Ray (* 1954), American sprinter
- Rudolf Ray (born Rudolf Rapaport; 1891–1984), painter
S.
- Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), Indian film director
- Shane Ray (born 1993), American football player
- Shawn Ray (born 1965), American bodybuilder and writer
- Sibnarayan Ray (1921–2008), Indian-Bengali philosopher and literary critic
- Siddhartha Shankar Ray (1920–2010), Indian politician
- Sidney Herbert Ray (1858–1939), British teacher and linguist
- Sohini Ray (* 1966), classical Manipuri dancer, dance researcher, choreographer and anthropologist from India
- Sophie Gilliat-Ray (* 1969), university professor
- Stevie Ray (* 1958), American show wrestler
- Sukumar Ray (1887–1923), Bengali poet and playwright
T
- Ted Ray (Golfer) (1877-1943) British golfer
- Ted Ray (comedian) (1905–1977), British comedian
- Thomas Ray (1862– ??), British athlete
- Thomas S. Ray (* 1954), American biologist and computer scientist
- Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972), British photographer
V
- Van Ray (* 1984), German artist
- Vanessa Ray (born 1981), American actress
W.
- William Ray (1925–2019), American opera singer (baritone), television actor in Germany
- William Hallett Ray (1825–1909), Canadian politician
- William H. Ray (1812–1881), American politician
- Winifred Ray , literary translator