Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Ray Romano 2002 Everybody Loves Raymond 
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) Ray 1992 It's a Shame About Ray
(character) Ray 2007 Worried About Ray
Fictional Characters from Television:
10 characters
Ray Krebbs 1978 Dallas
Ray Pruit 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210
Ray Barnett 1994 ER
Ray Kowalski 1994 Due South
Ray Vecchio 1994 Due South
Ray Barone 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Ray Cutter 2000 The District
Ray Langston 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ray Blackwell 2005 Close to Home
Miley Stewart (middle name Ray) 2006 Hannah Montana
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year) Ray Charles 2005 Genius Loves Company; Here We Go Again
Hall-of-Famers:
5 football, 4 baseball, 2 basketball, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Ray Schalk 1955
(football) Ray Flaherty 1976
(football) Ray Nitschke 1978
(basketball) Jerry Lucas (middle name Ray) 1979
(football) Pete Rozelle (middle name Ray) 1985
(baseball) Ray Dandridge 1987
(ice hockey) Ray Bourque 2004
(baseball) Ray Brown 2006
(football) Ray Guy 2014
(football) Ray Lewis 2018
(basketball) Ray Allen 2018
(baseball) Gil Hodges (middle name Ray) 2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
21 actors, 1 presenter
Ray Bolger 1904-1987
Ray Milland 1907-1986
Ray Walston 1914-2001
Ray McAnally 1926-1989
Chuck Norris (middle name Ray) 1940-
Jonathan Banks (middle name Ray) 1947-
Ray Wise 1947-
Ray Baker 1948-
Robert Wisdom (middle name Ray) 1953-
Ray Liotta 1954-2022
Ray Combs 1956-1996
Ray Winstone 1957-
Ray McKinnon 1957-
Ray Romano 1957-
Ray Stevenson 1964-2023
Eric Schweig (a.k.a. Ray) 1967-
Skeet Ulrich (middle name Ray) 1970-
Ray Park 1974-
Zane Holtz (middle name Ray) 1987-
Miley Cyrus (middle name Ray) 1992-
Maya Hawke (middle name Ray) 1998-
Lennon Stella (middle name Ray) 1999-
Notable Athletes:
2 basketball, 2 boxing, 2 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 soccer, 1 track
(track) Ray Ewry 1873-1937
(boxing) "Sugar" Ray Robinson 1921-1989
(basketball) Jerry Lucas (middle name Ray) 1940-
(football) Ray Guy 1949-2022
(boxing) "Sugar" Ray Leonard 1956-
(soccer) Ray Wilkins 1956-2018
(ice hockey) Ray Bourque 1960-
(football) Ray Lewis 1975-
(basketball) Ray Allen 1975-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Ray Kroc 1902-1984
Notable Musicians:
9 musicians, 4 singers
Ray Charles 1930-2004
Kenny Rogers (middle name Ray) 1938-2020
Ray Manzarek 1939-2013
Otis Redding (middle name Ray) 1941-1967
Ray Thomas 1941-2018
Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954-1990
Billy Ray Cyrus 1961-
Ray Luzier 1970-
Ray Slijngaard 1971-
Ray Toro 1977-
Micheal "Tyga" Stevenson (middle name Ray) 1989-
Miley Cyrus (middle name Ray) 1992-
Lennon Stella (middle name Ray) 1999-
Notable Writers:
2 authors
Ray Bradbury 1920-2012
Dean Koontz (middle name Ray) 1945-
Olympic Medalists:
10 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze
(gold) Ray Ewry 1900; 1904; 1908 high jump - standing; long jump - standing; triple jump - standing
(silver) Ray Kegeris 1920 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(gold) Ray Barbuti 1928 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Ray Lewis 1932 4x400 m relay
(gold) Ray Lumpp 1948 basketball
(gold) Jerry Lucas (middle name Ray) 1960 basketball
(gold) Jim Hines (middle name Ray) 1968 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Ronnie Ray Smith 1968 4x100 m relay
(gold) "Sugar" Ray Leonard 1976 boxing
(gold) Ray Armstead 1984 4x400 m relay
(silver) Ray Stewart 1984 4x100 m relay
(silver) Colin Jackson (middle name Ray) 1988 110 m hurdles
(gold) Ryan Franklin (middle name Ray) 2000 baseball
(gold) Ray Allen 2000 basketball
(silver) Triston Casas (middle name Ray) 2020 baseball
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Ray Milland 1946 The Lost Weekend
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
8 musicians
Ray Charles 1986
Eddie Cochran (a.k.a. Ray) 1987
Otis Redding (middle name Ray) 1989
Ray Davies 1990 The Kinks
Ray Manzarek 1993 The Doors
Ray Davis 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Stevie Ray Vaughan 2015 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Ray Thomas 2018 The Moody Blues