Namesakes
Ray Ewry
(m) 1873-1937 
Notable Athletes (track)
Olympic Medalists 1900; 1904; 1908 long jump - standing; triple jump - standing; high jump - standing (gold)
Ray Schalk
(m) 1892-1970
Hall-of-Famers 1955 (baseball)
Ray Kegeris
(m) 1901-1975
Olympic Medalists 1920 swimming - 100 m backstroke (silver)
Ray Kroc
(m) 1902-1984
Notable Businesspeople
Ray Flaherty
(m) 1903-1994
Hall-of-Famers 1976 (football)
Ray Bolger
(m) 1904-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Barbuti
(m) 1905-1988
Olympic Medalists 1928 400 m; 4x400 m relay (gold)
Ray Milland
(m) 1907-1986
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1946 The Lost Weekend (actor)
Ray Brown
(m) 1908-1965
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (baseball)
Ray Lewis
(m) 1910-2003
Olympic Medalists 1932 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Ray Dandridge
(m) 1913-1994
Hall-of-Famers 1987 (baseball)
Ray Walston
(m) 1914-2001
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Bradbury
(m) 1920-2012
Notable Writers
"Sugar" Ray Robinson
(m) 1921-1989
Notable Athletes (boxing)
Ray Lumpp
(m) 1923-2015
Olympic Medalists 1948 basketball (gold)
Gil Hodges
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1924-1972
Hall-of-Famers 2022 (baseball)
Pete Rozelle
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1926-1996
Hall-of-Famers 1985 (football)
Ray McAnally
(m) 1926-1989
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Charles
(m) 1930-2004
Grammy Award Winners 2005 Genius Loves Company; Here We Go Again (album of the year/record of the year)
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1986
Ray Nitschke
(m) 1936-1998
Hall-of-Famers 1978 (football)
Kenny Rogers
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1938-2020
Notable Musicians
Eddie Cochran
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1938-1960
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1987
Ray Manzarek
(m) 1939-2013
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1993 The Doors
Ray Davis
(m) 1940-2005
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Chuck Norris
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1940-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jerry Lucas
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 1979 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1960 basketball (gold)
Otis Redding
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1941-1967
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1989
Ray Thomas
(m) 1941-2018
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2018 The Moody Blues
Ray Davies
(m) 1944-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1990 The Kinks
Dean Koontz
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1945-
Notable Writers
Jim Hines
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1946-2023
Olympic Medalists 1968 100 m; 4x100 m relay (gold)
Jonathan Banks
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Wise
(m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Baker
(m) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronnie Ray Smith
(m) 1949-2013
Olympic Medalists 1968 4x100 m relay (gold)
Ray Guy
(m) 1949-2022
Hall-of-Famers 2014 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Robert Wisdom
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1953-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
(m) 1954-1990
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2015 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Ray Liotta
(m) 1954-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Combs
(m) 1956-1996
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
"Sugar" Ray Leonard
(m) 1956-
Notable Athletes (boxing)
Olympic Medalists 1976 boxing (gold)
Ray Wilkins
(m) 1956-2018
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ray Winstone
(m) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray McKinnon
(m) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Romano
(m) 1957-
Emmy Award Winners 2002 Everybody Loves Raymond (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Armstead
(m) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1984 4x400 m relay (gold)
Ray Bourque
(m) 1960-
Hall-of-Famers 2004 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Billy Ray Cyrus
(m) 1961-
Notable Musicians
Ray Stevenson
(m) 1964-2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Stewart
(m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1984 4x100 m relay (silver)
Colin Jackson
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1988 110 m hurdles (silver)
Eric Schweig
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Skeet Ulrich
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Luzier
(m) 1970-
Notable Musicians
Ray Slijngaard
(m) 1971-
Notable Musicians
Ryan Franklin
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1973-
Olympic Medalists 2000 baseball (gold)
Ray Park
(m) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ray Lewis
(m) 1975-
Hall-of-Famers 2018 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Ray Allen
(m) 1975-
Hall-of-Famers 2018 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2000 basketball (gold)
Ray Krebbs
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1978 Dallas
Zane Holtz
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Micheal "Tyga" Stevenson
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 1989-
Notable Musicians
Ray Pruit
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210
Ray
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1992 It's A Shame About Ray
Miley Cyrus
(a.k.a. Ray) (f) 1992-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Ray Barnett
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 ER
Ray Kowalski
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Due South
Ray Vecchio
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Due South
Ray Barone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Maya Hawke
(a.k.a. Ray) (f) 1998-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lennon Stella
(a.k.a. Ray) (f) 1999-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Ray Cutter
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 The District
Ray Langston
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Triston Casas
(a.k.a. Ray) (m) 2000-
Olympic Medalists 2020 baseball (silver)
Ray Blackwell
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Close to Home
Miley Stewart
(a.k.a. Ray) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 Hannah Montana
Ray
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2007 Worried About Ray