Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
2 actors
(actor) Raymond Burr 1959; 1961 Perry Mason 
(actor) Ray Romano 2002 Everybody Loves Raymond
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) Raymond 2011 Raymond
(character) Raymond 2013 Mon Raymond
Fictional Characters from Television:
6 characters
Karl Kennedy (middle name Raymond) 1985 Neighbours
Ray Kowalski 1994 Due South
Ray Vecchio 1994 Due South
Ray Barone 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Raymond Millbury 1997 Ally McBeal
Ray Langston 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 president/prime minister, 1 prime minister, 1 prime minister/president
(president/prime minister) Raymond Poincaré 1912-1913; 1913-1920; 1922-1924; 1926-1929
(prime minister/president) Georges Pompidou (middle name Raymond) 1962-1968; 1969-1974
(prime minister) Raymond Barre 1976-1981
Hall-of-Famers:
5 football, 4 baseball, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Ray Schalk 1955
(football) Raymond Berry 1973
(baseball) Bucky Harris (middle name Raymond) 1975
(football) Ray Flaherty 1976
(football) Ray Nitschke 1978
(baseball) Ray Dandridge 1987
(ice hockey) Ray Bourque 2004
(baseball) Ray Brown 2006
(football) Ray Lewis 2018
(football) Tom Flores (middle name Raymond) 2021
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 physics
(physics) Raymond Davis Jr. 2002
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
20 actors, 1 magician, 1 presenter
Raymond Hatton 1887-1971
Raymond Massey 1896-1983
Ray Bolger 1904-1987
Ray Walston 1914-2001
Raymond Burr 1917-1993
Daniel Massey (middle name Raymond) 1933-1998
Raymond J. Barry 1939-
Ray Wise 1947-
Teller (a.k.a. Raymond) 1948-
Jon Polito (middle name Raymond) 1950-2016
Ray Liotta 1954-2022
Michael O'Keefe (a.k.a. Raymond) 1955-
Ray Combs 1956-1996
Ray Winstone 1957-
Ray McKinnon 1957-
Ray Romano 1957-
Matt Dillon (middle name Raymond) 1964-
Ray Stevenson 1964-2023
Raymond Cruz 1964-
T. R. Knight (middle name Raymond) 1973-
Ray Park 1974-
Jimmi Simpson (middle name Raymond) 1975-
Notable Athletes:
2 soccer, 1 cricket, 1 cycling, 1 darts, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 tennis, 1 track
(track) Ray Ewry 1873-1937
(soccer) Raymond Kopa 1931-2017
(cycling) Raymond Poulidor 1936-2019
(soccer) Ray Wilkins 1956-2018
(ice hockey) Ray Bourque 1960-
(tennis) Mark Woodforde (middle name Raymond) 1965-
(darts) Raymond van Barneveld 1967-
(football) Ray Lewis 1975-
(cricket) Varun Aaron (middle name Raymond) 1989-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Ray Kroc 1902-1984
Notable Military Figures:
1 admiral
Raymond A. Spruance 1886-1969
Notable Musicians:
5 musicians, 1 singer
Ray Manzarek 1939-2013
Ray Thomas 1941-2018
Glenn Tipton (middle name Raymond) 1947-
Ray Luzier 1970-
Ray Slijngaard 1971-
Ray Toro 1977-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 philosopher/sociologist
Raymond Aron 1905-1983
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Raymond Davis Jr. 1914-2006
Notable Writers:
5 authors
Raymond Chandler 1888-1959
Raymond Carver 1938-1988
George R. R. Martin (middle name Raymond) 1948-
Raymond Benson 1955-
Raymond van de Klundert "Kluun" 1964-
Olympic Medalists:
4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze, 2 gold/silver
(gold) Ray Ewry 1900; 1904; 1908 long jump - standing; triple jump - standing; high jump - standing
(silver) Raymond Thorne 1904 swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay
(silver) Ray Kegeris 1920 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(silver) William Seagrove (middle name Raymond) 1920; 1924 3000 m team
(gold) Ray Barbuti 1928 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Ray Lewis 1932 4x400 m relay
(gold) Ray Lumpp 1948 basketball
(silver) Raymond Offner 1948 basketball
(bronze) Bob Sohl (middle name Raymond) 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Ray Armstead 1984 4x400 m relay
(gold/silver) Mark Woodforde (middle name Raymond) 1996; 2000 tennis
(gold/silver) Amaury Leveaux (middle name Raymond) 2008; 2012 swimming
Other Leaders:
2 prime ministers
Prime Minister Raymond Le Bourdon 1919-1923 Monaco
Prime Minister Fabian Picardo (middle name Raymond) 2011- Gibraltar
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
5 musicians
Ray Davies 1990 The Kinks
Ray Manzarek 1993 The Doors
Doug Clifford (middle name Raymond) 1993 Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ray Davis 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Ray Thomas 2018 The Moody Blues
Saints:
5 saints, 3 blessed
Saint Raymond of Toulouse ?-1118
Saint Raymond of Barbastro ?-1126
Saint Raymond the Palmer c. 1140-1200
Blessed Raymond of Fitero ?-1163
Saint Raymond of Peñafort 1175-1275
Saint Raymond Nonnatus 1204-1240
Blessed Ramon Llull (a.k.a. Raymond) 1232-1316
Blessed Raimondo of Capua (a.k.a. Raymond) ?-1399