Clay (surname)
Clay is a surname, and may refer to:
A
- Adam Clay (rugby league), English rugby league footballer
- Agnes Muriel Clay, English historian and writer
- Alan Clay, New Zealand film director, writer and clown teacher.
- Albert T. Clay, American professor, historian and linguist
- Alex Clay, American soccer player
- Alexa Clay, American writer and researcher
- Alexander Clay (rugby union), Scotland rugby union footballer
- Alexander S. Clay, American politician
- Alf Clay, Australian rules footballer
- Alfred Borron Clay, British artist
- Allyson Clay, Canadian artist
- Amy Clay, American-Australian rower
- Andrew Dice Clay, American stand-up comedian and actor
- Angela Clay, American politician and activist from Chicago
- Arlene Clay, American musician, air traffic controller and judge
B
- Barnaby Clay, British film and music video director
- Barry Clay, Alaskan gold miner
- Beatrice Clay, British educator and children's author
- Bert Clay, Australian rules footballer
- Bertha M. Clay, literary pseudonym used by Charlotte Mary Brame and then her daughter
- Betty Clay, English scout movement figure
- Bill Clay, American politician
- Bill Clay (baseball), American baseball player
- Billy Clay, American football player
- Bob Clay, British politician
- Boyd Clay, American football player
- Brian Clay, Australian rugby league footballer
- Brutus J. Clay, American politician from Kentucky, son of Green Clay
- Brutus J. Clay II, American businessman, political figure and diplomat.
- Bryan Clay, American decathlete
- Buddy Clay, American baseball player
C
- Caleb Clay, American baseball pitcher
- Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, American boxer
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician), American politician and abolitionist
- Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., American painter and musician, father of the boxer Muhammad Ali
- Cautious Clay, American singer, songwriter and record producer
- Cecil Clay, American Union Army officer
- Charles Clay (American football), American football player
- Charles Clay (patriot), American minister and politician, brother of Green Clay and Matthew Clay]
- Charles Clay (surgeon), English surgeon
- Charles Travis Clay, English antiquarian and librarian
- Chuck Clay, American politician
- Clarence S. Clay Jr., American geophysicist and oceanographer
- Clement Claiborne Clay, American politician, son of Clement Comer Clay
- Clement Comer Clay, Governor of Alabama
- Craig Clay, English footballer
D
- Dain Clay, American baseball player
- Danny Clay, American baseball pitcher
- Darcy Clay, New Zealand singer, songwriter and musician
- Dick Clay, Australian rules footballer
E
- Edmund de Clay, English lawyer and judge in Ireland
- Edward Clay, British diplomat
- Edward Sneyd Clay, British naval officer
- Edward Williams Clay, American artist, illustrator and political cartoonist
- Elisabeth Clay, American submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner
- Elizabeth Campbell Fisher Clay, American artist and painter
- Eric Clay, British rugby league referee
- Eric L. Clay, American judge
- Ethel Clay, later Ethel Clay Price, American nurse and socialite
- Ezekiel F. Clay, Confederate colonel of the American Civil War
F
- Francis Clay, American jazz and blues drummer
- Frank Butner Clay, United States Army officer
- Frank White Clay, American Crow politician from Montana
- Freddie Clay, Indigenous Australian activist on Palm Island, Queensland, husband of Iris Clay
- Frederic Clay, British composer
G
- Genevieve Clay-Smith, Australian writer and director
- George H. Clay, American airline executive and banker
- Governor Clay, American songwriter and performer
- Grady Clay, American journalist
- Green Clay, American businessman, planter, military officer and politician
H
- Harold Clay, British trade union leader
- Harry Clay, English footballer
- Hayward Clay, American football player
- Henry Clay, American statesman and orator
- Henry Clay Jr., American soldier and statesman, son of Henry Clay
- Henry Clay (economist), British economist and Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford
- Henry Robinson Clay, American World War I flying ace
- Sir Henry Clay, 6th Baronet, English engineer
- Henry Clay (rower), British rower
- Herbert Clay, American politician
- Herbert Spender-Clay, English soldier and politician
I
- Ivor Clay, Australian rules footballer
J
- Jabez William Clay, American founder of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity
- Jack Clay, American actor, acting teacher and director
- Jacob Clay, Dutch physicist
- James Clay (author), English politician and writer about the game of whist
- James Clay (musician), American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist
- James Clay (Pennsylvania politician), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- James Brown Clay, American politician and diplomat
- James F. Clay, United States Representative from Kentucky
- Jenny Strauss Clay, American ancient politician
- Jo Clay, Australian politician
- Joe Clay, American rockabilly musician
- John Clay (Wars of the Roses), English soldier
- John Clay (chaplain), English prison chaplain
- John Clay (Nottinghamshire cricketer), English cricketer
- John Clay (offensive tackle), American football player
- John Clay (running back), American football player
- John Cecil Clay, American illustrator
- John Granby Clay, British general
- John Morrison Clay, American horse breeder
- John P. Clay, American investment banker and founder of the Clay Sanskrit Library
- John Randolph Clay, American diplomat
- Johnnie Clay, Welsh cricketer
- Jon Clay, British track and road racing cyclist
- Jonathan Clay (musician), American singer-songwriter
- Joseph Clay, American politician
- Joseph Clay (Georgia soldier), American military officer and politician from Georgia
- Joseph Clay Jr., American judge
- Josephine Russell Clay, American horse breeder
- Juanin Clay, American actress
- Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer
K
- Kaelin Clay, American football player
- Keith Clay of Keith Clay and Shannon Thomas, American duo of murderers
- Ken Clay, American baseball pitcher
L
- Lacy Clay, American politician
- Landon T. Clay, American businessman
- Laura Clay, American suffragist leader
- Lauren Clay, American artist
- Lawrence Clay-Bey, American professional boxer
- Lionel Clay, Australian politician
- Liz Clay, Australian hurdler
- Lucius D. Clay, American general and military governor
- Lucius D. Clay Jr., American general
M
- Marcy Clay, English thief and highway robber
- Marie Clay, New Zealand researcher
- Marshall Clay, American naval officer and politician from West Virginia
- Mary Barr Clay, American suffragist leader
- Mary Jane Warfield Clay, American abolitionist and suffragist
- Matthew Clay, American lawyer, Continental Army officer and politician
- Matthew Clay (swimmer), English swimmer
- Michael Clay, American football coach
- Michael Clay (rower), English rower
N
- Neville Bertie-Clay, British army officer
- Nicholas Clay, English actor
- Noble Clay, American college basketball coach
- Norman Clay, Australian motorcycle speedway rider
O
- Odessa Grady Clay, mother of the boxer Muhammad Ali
- Otis Clay, American R&B and soul singer
- Ozzie Clay, American football player
P
- Paffard Keatinge-Clay, British architect in the United States
- Pauline Spender-Clay, American-English socialite
- Philippe Clay, French singer
- Phillip Clay, American housing policy academic
R
- Ramon Clay, American sprinter
- Randy Clay, American football player
- Raven Clay, American hurdler
- Ray Clay, American announcer
- Robert E. Clay, American educator
- Robyn Clay-Williams, Australian academic and Royal Australian Air Force pilot
- Rosa Clay, later Rosa Lemberg, Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor
- Rotha Mary Clay, British historian and social worker
- Roy Clay, American computer scientist and inventor
- Rudy Clay (politician), American politician
- Rudolph Valentino Clay, American boxer Rahaman Ali, brother of Muhammad Ali
- Ruth Murray-Clay, American astrophysicist.
S
- Sam Clay, American baseball player
- Shirley Clay, American jazz trumpeter
- Sonny Clay, American jazz musician
- Stanley Bennett Clay, American actor, writer, director and producer
T
- Tangimoe Clay, New Zealand weaver and textile artist
- Tettje Clay-Jolles, Dutch physicist
- Theresa Clay, English entomologist
- Thomas Clay, English footballer
- Thomas Hart Clay, American diplomat
- Tom Clay, American radio personality and disc jockey
- Tony Clay, English actor
- Trevor Clay, English nurse and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing
V
- Virginia Clay-Clopton, American political hostess and activist
W
- Walt Clay, American football player
- Wendy Arlene Clay, Canadian surgeon general
- William Clay (footballer), Irish association footballer
- Willie Clay, American football player
- William Clay (cyclist), American track cyclist
- William Keatinge Clay, English cleric and antiquarian
- Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet, English merchant and politician
- Willie Clay, American football player
Z
- Zach Dockar-Clay, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Zachary Clay, Canadian artistic gymnast