Ray (given name)
Ray is a given name and short form of the given name Raymond and Rachel.
Politics
- Ray Aguilar, Nebraska state senator
- Ray Aguilera, Pueblo, Colorado City council member
- Ray Ahipene-Mercer, New Zealand city councillor in Wellington
- Ray Frenette, Canadian politician in New Brunswick
- Ray Gricar, district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania
- Ray Groom, Australian lawyer, sportsman and politician
- Ray Harmel, South African anti-apartheid activist
- Ray LaHood, American politician
- Ray Liberti, American politician
- Ray Mabus, American politician, Secretary of the Navy and former Governor of Mississippi
- Ray Martin (politician), Canadian politician, former leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party
- Ray Mattox, American politician
- Ray Michie, Scottish politician
- Ray Price (speechwriter), President Richard Nixon's chief speechwriter
- Ray Salva, American politician
- Ray Alexander Simons, South African communist and trade unionist
- Ray Strachey, British feminist politician, artist and writer
- Ray Tarver, American dentist and politician
- Ray White (politician), Canadian politician
- Ray Whitney (politician), UK politician
- Ray Wyatt, American politician
Music
- Ray (musician), Japanese singer and radio personality
- Ray Abrams (musician), American jazz and jump blues tenor saxophonist
- Ray Alexander (musician), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist
- Ray Anderson (musician), American jazz trombone and trumpet player
- Ray Anthony, American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
- Ray BLK, British singer and songwriter
- Ray Boltz, American Christian singer-songwriter
- Ray Brown Jr., American jazz and blues pianist and singer
- Ray Brown (musician), American jazz double bassist
- Ray Bryant, American jazz pianist, composer
- Ray C, Tanzanian musician
- Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter, musician and composer
- Ray Charles (musician, born 1918), American musician, leader of The Ray Charles Singers
- Ray Chen, Taiwanese-American violinist
- Ray Conniff, American bandleader and arranger
- Ray Dalton, American singer-songwriter, best known for his role on Can't Hold Us
- Ray Davies, English rhythm guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Kinks
- Ray Davis (musician), member of The Parliaments, Parliament, Funkadelic, and The Temptations
- Ray Dorset, British guitarist, singer, and founding member of Mungo Jerry
- Ray Fisher (singer), Scottish folk singer
- Ray Griff, Canadian country music singer-songwriter
- Ray Hedges, English songwriter and record producer
- Ray Heindorf, American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger
- Ray Isaac (singer), Australian singer
- Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter
- Ray Lev, American classical pianist
- Ray Lewis, American rhythm and blues singer and member of The Drifters
- Ray Luzier, American drummer
- Ray Manzarek, American musician, singer, producer, film director and author, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of The Doors
- Ray Martin (orchestra leader), British-Austrian orchestra leader born Kurt Kohn
- Ray Parker Jr., American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer
- Ray Pennington, American country music singer-songwriter
- Ray Peterson, American pop singer
- Ray Price, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Ray Sawyer, American singer, founding member of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- Ray Singleton, American producer, songwriter, and vocalist
- Ray Thomas, English flautist, singer-songwriter, founding member of The Moody Blues
- Ray Toro, American rock guitarist
Sports
- Ray (wrestler), Hong Kong professional wrestler
- Ray Bassil, Lebanese trap shooter
- Ray Abruzzese, American college and football player
- Ray Adduono, Canadian ice hockey player
- Ray Agnew, American National Football League player
- Ray Alexander (gridiron football), American National Football League and Canadian Football League player
- Ray Allen, American National Basketball Association player
- Ray Allison, Canadian National Hockey League player
- Ray Amm, Rhodesian motorcycle racer
- Ray Amoo, Nigerian boxer of the 1970s and 1980s
- Ray Anderson (boxer), American light heavyweight boxer
- Ray Austin (boxer), American boxer
- Ray Austin (American football), American National Football League player
- Ray Bourque, Canadian National Hockey League player
- Ray Brown (offensive lineman), American National Football League player
- Ray Brown (safety), American National Football League player
- Ray Brown (American football, born 1936), American National Football League quarterback
- Ray Brown (Negro leagues pitcher), Negro league baseball pitcher
- Ray Brown (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- Ray Chapman, American baseball player
- Ray Cillien, Luxembourg boxer
- Ray Collins (baseball), Major league Baseball Player
- Ray Emery, Canadian National Hockey League goaltender
- Ray Graves, American college football and National Football League player and college football coach
- Ray Guy, American National Football League Hall-of-Fame punter
- Ray Hanken, American National Football League player
- Ray Harroun, American racecar driver
- Ray Isaac (American football), American football player
- Ray Illingworth, British cricketer
- Ray Jauch, coach in the Canadian Football League, United States Football League and Arena Football League
- Ray Julian, English cricketer
- Ray Lazdins, Canadian discus thrower
- Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
- Ray Lewis, American National Football League player
- Ray Lewis (referee), English association football referee
- Ray Lewis (sprinter), Canadian track-and-field sprinter
- Ray Mabbutt, English footballer
- Ray Martin (baseball), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ray Martin (English footballer), English footballer
- Ray Martin (pool player), American pool player
- Ray Milo, American football player
- Ray Nitschke, American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player
- Ray Perkins, American football player and coach
- Ray Price (cricketer), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Ray Price (motorcyclist), American motorcycle drag racer, designer and engineer
- Ray Price (rugby), Australian rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
- Raymell Ray Rice, American National Football League player
- Sugar Ray Robinson, American Hall-of-Fame boxer born Walker Smith Jr.
- Ray Sefo, New Zealand fight promoter and retired kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist of Samoan descent
- Ray Tesser, American National Football League player
- Ray Voltz, American soccer goalkeeper
- Ray Wallace (footballer), English footballer
- Ray Wells, American National Football League player
- Ray Whitney (ice hockey), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Ray Wilkins, British footballer and football coach
- Ray Witter, American football player
Film and TV
- Ray Abruzzo, American actor
- Ray Aghayan, Iranian-American costume designer in the film industry
- Ray Alan, English ventriloquist and television entertainer
- Ray Austin, British television director
- Ray Bolger, American actor, singer and dancer born Raymond Bulcao
- Ray Boyle, American film and television actor
- Ray Cokes, English television presenter and video jockey
- Ray Combs, American comedian, actor and game show host
- Ray Cox, American actress and vaudeville performer
- Ray Fisher, American actor, known for his role as Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe
- Ray Gallardo, American film director and cinematographer
- Ray Girardin, American film, stage, and television actor
- Ray June, American cinematographer
- Ray Kellogg, American film and television actor
- Ray Liotta, American film actor
- Ray MacDonald, Thai actor, adventurer and television presenter
- Ray Martin, Australian television presenter
- Ray Mears, British TV personality and survival specialist
- Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and film director
- Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist
- Ray Porter, American actor
- Ray Quinn, English actor
- Ray Reyes, Filipino-American singer and actor
- Ray Romano, American actor, comedian and screenwriter
- Ray Shirley, American actress
- Ray Stark, independent film producer
- Ray Stevens, American country- and pop singer-songwriter and comedian
- Ray Stevenson, Northern Irish actor
- Ray Szmanda, American radio and television announcer
- Ray Walston, American character actor
- Ray Winstone, British actor, notable for parts in gangster films
- Ray Wise, American actor
Business
- Ray Anderson (entrepreneur), 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, American businessman and philanthropist who built up the McDonald's Corporation
Academia
- Ray Allen Billington, American historian
- Ray Blanchard, American-Canadian sexologist
- Ray Hyman, American Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon, author, magician and critic of parapsychology
- Ray Kurzweil, American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist
Writing and journalism
- Ray Anderson (journalist), American reporter for The New York Times
- Ray Bradbury, American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery writer
- Ray Galton, British scriptwriter
- Ray Marcano, American medical reporter and music critic
- Ray Martin (television presenter), Australian journalist
Other
- Raymond Affleck, Canadian architect
- Ray Brown (designer), Australian clothing designer
- Ray Comfort, New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist
- Raymond G. Davis, US four-star general and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Ray Eames, American artist, designer and filmmaker
- Rachel Ray Frank, Jewish religious leader in the United States
- Ray Gosling, British gay rights activist
- Ray Herman, American publisher, editor, writer, penciller and inker
- Ray Howard-Jones, Welsh painter
- Ray Johnson, American artist
- Ray Jones (chaplain), Anglican priest
- Ray Lewis (youth worker), Guyanese-born youth worker and former deputy mayor of London
- Ray Milne, Scottish cinephile, translator and schoolteacher
- Rachel Browne, American dancer, teacher and choreographer
- Ray Navarro, American artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
- Ray William Johnson, 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 Stantz, a character in the Ghostbusters series