Ray (first name)
Ray is an English male given name . It can be derived from the first name Raymond , among other things .
Name bearer
- Ray Alexander (1925–2002), American jazz musician
- Ray Anthony (* 1922), American band leader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
- Ray Appleton (1941-2015), American jazz drummer
- Ray Barlow (1926–2012), English football player
- Ray Batts (1925-2015), American country musician
- Ray Bourque (* 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Ray Bray (1917-1993) American football player
- Ray Charles (1930-2004), American musician
- Ray Cokes (* 1958), British radio and television presenter and video jockey
- Ray Collins (actor) (1889–1965), American actor
- Ray Collins (musician) (1936–2012), American singer
- Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury (* 1954), English trade unionist and politician (Labor Party)
- Ray Comfort (born 1949), New Zealand evangelist
- Ray Conniff (1916–2002), American composer, arranger, orchestra conductor and trombonist
- Ray Dempsey (* ≈1925), British jazz guitarist
- Ray Doggett (1936–2002), American rockabilly musician, songwriter and producer
- Ray Dolby (1933–2013), American engineer and inventor
- Ray Edmonds (* 1936), English snooker and English billiards player
- Ray Flaherty (1903-1994) American football player and coach
- Ray Gallon (* ≈1965), American jazz musician
- Ray Guy (born 1949), American football player
- Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013), American animation technician and animator
- Ray Harris (1927–2003), American rockabilly musician and producer
- Ray Harroun (1879–1968), American racing driver
- Ray William Johnson (born 1981), American comedian
- Ray June (1895-1958), American cameraman
- Ray Kennedy (Musician) ( Raymond Louis Kennedy ; 1946–2014), American rock musician
- Ray Kennedy (soccer player) ( Raymond Kennedy ; born 1951), English soccer player
- Ray Kennedy (country singer) (born 1954), American country singer
- Ray Kennedy (pianist) ( Raymond Huston Kennedy Junior ; 1957-2015), American jazz pianist and arranger
- Ray Kurzweil (* 1948), American author, inventor, futurist
- Ray Liotta (born 1954), American actor
- Ray Mantilla (1934-2020), American jazz drummer and percussionist
- Ray Manzarek (1939–2013), American musician
- Ray Miller (* 1941), German pop singer
- Ray Nagin (born 1956), Mayor of New Orleans
- Ray Peterson (1939–2005), American rock and roll singer
- Ray Pickrell (1938-2006), British motorcycle racer
- Ray Poole (1921-2008) American football player
- Ray Price (1926-2013), American country singer
- Ray Reardon (born 1932), Welsh snooker player
- Ray Renfro (1929–1997) American football player
- Ray Romano (born 1957), American actor
- Ray Scott (1929–1999), American rockabilly musician
- Ray Smith (singer, 1918) (1918–1979), American country singer
- Ray Smith (track and field athlete) ( Raymond Charles Smith ; 1929-2010), Australian walker
- Ray Smith (soccer player, 1929) ( Raymond Scorer Smith ; 1929-2017), English soccer player
- Ray Smith (Soccer Player, 1934) ( Harold Raymond Smith ; * 1934), English soccer player
- Ray Smith (singer, 1934) ( Raymond Eugene Smith ; 1934–1979), American rockabilly singer from Kentucky
- Ray Smith (actor) (1936–1991), British actor
- Ray Smith (writer) (born 1941), Canadian writer
- Ray Smith (soccer player, 1943) ( Raymond James Smith ; born 1943), English soccer player
- Ray Smith (soccer player, 1950) ( Raymond Smith ; born 1950), Northern Irish soccer player
- Ray Smith (singer, Oklahoma) ( David Ray Smith - 1997), American rockabilly singer from Oklahoma
- Ray Smith (artist) (born 1959), American visual artist
- Ray Smith (entomologist) , American entomologist
- Ray Dennis Steckler (1938–2009), American film director
- Ray Wilkins (1956-2018), English football player and coach
- Ray van Zeschau (* 1964), German musician, photographer, filmmaker and journalist