Loy


Loy or Loys is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Loy Allen Bowlin, outsider artist
  • Loy Allen Jr., former NASCAR driver
  • Loy Hanning, Major League Baseball pitcher in 1939 and 1942
  • Loy W. Henderson, United States Foreign Service Officer
  • Loy Hering,, German Renaissance sculptor
  • Loy McAfee, American surgeon, bibliographer, and editor
  • Loy Mendonsa, Indian film singer
  • Loy Petersen, retired American professional basketball player
  • Loy Vaught, retired American basketball player
  • Loys of Gruuthuse, better known as Lewis de Bruges, lord of Gruuthuse
  • Loys Louis Bourgeois , French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance
  • Loÿs Delteil, French engraver and lithographer, publisher, dealer, and art historian

    Surname

  • Angie Loy, American field hockey forward
  • Brendan Loy, American blogger
  • Cathy Jo Loy, American politician
  • Christof Loy, German opera director
  • David Loy, American Buddhist philosopher
  • Egon Loy, German former professional football goalkeeper
  • Frank E. Loy, American diplomat and former United States Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
  • James Loy, United States Coast Guard admiral, former TSA administrator, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Joseph F. Loy, American politician
  • Julien Loy, French triathlete
  • Matthias Loy, American Lutheran theologian
  • Mina Loy, British artist, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist, actor, Christian Scientist, designer of lamps and bohemian
  • Myrna Loy, American motion picture actress
  • Nanni Loy, Italian film, theatre and TV director
  • Rachel Loy, American solo artist
  • Rory Loy, Scottish footballer
  • Tristan Loy, French long distance and marathon speed skater and inline speed skater
  • William A. Loy, American politician
  • François De Loys, Swiss oil geologist and discoverer of "Loy's Ape"