Gray is a surname that can come from a variety of origins but is typically found in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

and

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. In Ireland, the surname may have a Gaelic source from a phonetic transcription, or Anglicization of

McGrath McGrath or MacGrath derives from the Irish surname Mac Craith and is occasionally noted with a space: e.g. Izzy Mc Grath. In Ireland, it is pronounced "Ma Grah". In Australia and New Zealand it is pronounced ''MuhGrah''. Notable people with the su ...

or McGraw. "Mac Giolla Riabhaigh" is sometimes Gray, but is also Anglicized to "McGreevy," "Gallery" and others. In most Scottish instances, the name "Gray" is from the Germanic

Scots language Scots ( endonym: ''Scots''; gd, Albais, ) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonl ...

, and is cognate with

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

, "græg", meaning "grey", probably as a hair colour. Also among Irish and Scottish Grays is the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

name of

Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to: *Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066 * Anglo-Norman language **Anglo-Norman literature * Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...

origin. A knight of Viking origin,

Anchetil de Greye Anchetil de Greye (c. 1046 – after 1086) was a Norman chevalier and vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the great magnates of early Norman England. He is regarded as the ancestor of the noble House of Grey, branches of whi ...

, accompanied

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

in his 1066 invasion of England. de Greye's descendants would become bishops

John de Gray John de Gray or de Grey (died 18 October 1214) was an English prelate who served as Bishop of Norwich, and was elected but unconfirmed Archbishop of Canterbury. He was employed in the service of Prince John even before John became king, for wh ...

of Norwich and

Walter de Gray Walter de Gray (died 1 May 1255) was an English prelate and statesman who was Archbishop of York from 1215 to 1255 and Lord Chancellor from 1205 to 1214. His uncle was John de Gray, who was a bishop and royal servant to King John of England. Af ...

of York.

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Aaron Gray Aaron Michael Gray (born December 7, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A heart condition forced him into early retirement in 2015. High school care ...

, basketball player for the Detroit Pistons *

Adam Gray Adam C. Gray is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 21st Assembly district, encompassing all of Merced County and portions of Stanislaus County. He was a candidate in the 2 ...

, American politician *

Adeline Gray (parachutist) Adeline Gray, married names Johnson and Graf, (1915/16 – September 27, 1975) was an American parachutist. She is thought to have been the only female parachutist in the United States before the 1940s. Gray received her parachuting license at ...

(1915/16–1975), American parachutist *

Adrian Gray Adrian Gray (born 28 February 1981) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Gray made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open. He only began playing darts at the age of 18, and within thr ...

, English darts player *

Ahuvah Gray Ahuva Gray (née Delores Gray) is a writer on religion and memoirist. She is a former Baptist minister who converted to Judaism and chronicled her changing beliefs in the book ''My Sister, the Jew'', published in 2001. Biography Gray is African-A ...

Alan Gray Alan Gray (23 December 1855 – 27 September 1935) was an English organist and composer. Life and career Gray was born in into a well-known York family (the Grays of Grays Court). His father William Gray was a solicitor and (in 1844) Lord ...

(1855–1935), British organist and composer *

Alasdair Gray Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark: A Life in Four Books, Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays ...

(1934–2019), Scottish writer and artist * Alexander Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Alfred Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Alice Gray, American entomologist * Allan Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Andre Gray Andre Anthony Gray (born 26 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League Greece club Aris. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team. A product of the Shrewsbury Town youth system, Gray came ...

, English professional footballer * Andrew Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Andy Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Archibald Montague Henry Gray (1880-1967), British physician *

Archie Gray Archie James Francis Gray (born 12 March 2006) is an English professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for club Leeds United. Club career Born in Durham, Gray joined Leeds United at under-9 level. He progressed rapidly throug ...

(born 1878), Scottish footballer * Arthur Wellesley Gray (1876–1944), Canadian politician, creator of Wells Gray Provincial Park * Asa Gray (1810–1888), American botanist * Avis Gray (born 1954), Canadian politician

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Barry Gray Barry Gray (born John Livesey Eccles; 18 July 1908 – 26 April 1984) was a British musician and composer best known for his collaborations with television and film producer Gerry Anderson. Life and career Born into a musical family in Blackburn ...

(1908–1984), British musician and composer * Barry Gray (radio) (1916–1996), American radio personality * Benjamin Kirkman Gray (1862–1907), English economist and author

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Carl Raymond Gray Carl Raymond Gray (1867–1939) was an American railroad executive in the early 20th century. He was President of the Great Northern Railway (U.S.) from 1912 to 1914, and of the Western Maryland Railway from 1914 to 1919, and lastly of the Un ...

, American railroad president * Carolyn Gray, Canadian playwright *

Catriona Gray Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray (; born 6 January 1994) is a Filipino-Australian model, singer, beauty queen, television personality, youth advocate and arts ambassador best known for having been crowned Miss Universe 2018. She is the fourth Fi ...

, Filipino-Australian, model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who won

Miss Universe 2018 Miss Universe 2018 was the 67th Miss Universe pageant, held at the IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand on December 17, 2018. At the end of the event, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa crowned Catriona Gray of ...

* Cecil Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Chad Gray Chad Gray (born October 16, 1971) is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal bands Mudvayne and Hellyeah. Career Mudvayne Gray quit his factory job that paid $40,000 a year to move to Peoria, Illinois and formed Mudv ...

, HELLYEAH and former

Mudvayne Mudvayne is an American heavy metal band formed in Peoria, Illinois in 1996. Known for their sonic experimentation, face and body paint, masks and uniforms, the band has sold over six million records worldwide, including nearly three millio ...

vocalist * Charles Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Charles McNeill Gray, American politician * Charlotte Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Cheryl A. Gray Evans, Louisiana politician * Chris Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Christopher Gray Christopher Stewart Gray (April 24, 1950 – March 10, 2017) was an American journalist and architectural historian,Schneider, Daniel B (August 27, 2000)"F.Y.I. Hell's Kitchen in the Raw" ''The New York Times''. March 4, 2010. noted for his week ...

, American journalist *

, British organist *

Clifton Daggett Gray Clifton Daggett Gray (July 27, 1874 – February 21, 1948) was an American minister who served as the third President of Bates College from March 1920 to November 1944. Under his tenure the debate team began to compete internationally and hosted ...

, American Baptist, President of Bates College *

Coleen Gray Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was an American actress. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Nightmare Alley'' (1947), '' Red River'' (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's '' The Killing'' ...

(1922–2015), American actress *

Conan Gray Conan Lee Gray (born December 5, 1998) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Lemon Grove, California and raised in Georgetown, Texas, he began uploading vlogs, covers and original songs to YouTube as a teenager. Gray signed a record ...

(1998), American musician, songwriter and internet personality

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* Dana Sue Gray, American serial killer * Dan Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Dave Gray David Alexander Gray (January 7, 1943 – July 29, 2020) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1964 season. Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. Gray played baseball ...

, major league pitcher * David Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Dean Gray, pseudonym * Dennis Gray (born 1935), English mountain climber * Derwin Gray (offensive lineman) (born 1995), American football player *

Devin Gray Devin Antoine Gray (May 31, 1972 – August 17, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He played parts of three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets ...

(1972–2013), American basketball player * Dick Gray (1931–2013), Irish-American baseball player *

Dobie Gray Dobie Gray (born Lawrence Darrow Brown; July 26, 1940 – December 6, 2011) was an American singer and songwriter whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop, and musical theater. His hit songs included " The 'In' Crowd" in 1965 and "Dri ...

, American musician *

Dolores Gray Dolores Gray (born Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein; June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice, winning once. Early life She was born as Sylvia ...

, American musical theatre actress *

Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...

, fictional character in Oscar Wilde's ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' *

Dorian Gray (actress) Maria Luisa Mangini (2 February 1928 – 15 February 2011), better known as Dorian Gray, was an Italian actress. Biography Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema. T ...

(1928–2011), Italian actress *

Dulcie Gray Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison, (''née'' Bailey; 20 November 1915 – 15 November 2011), known professionally as Dulcie Gray, was a British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist. While at drama school in the late 1930s she met ...

, British actress *

Dunc Gray Edgar Laurence "Dunc" Gray (17 July 190630 August 1996) was an Australian track cyclist and Olympian. Gray was born in Goulburn, New South Wales. He was called 'Dunc', which dates back to school where he was called 'Dunc' and this was later e ...

, Australian cyclist

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* Eddie Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Edmund Gray, American politician *

Edmund Dwyer-Gray Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray (2 April 18706 December 1945) was an Irish-Australian politician, who was the 29th Premier of Tasmania from 11 June to 18 December 1939. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Early life He was bo ...

, Irish-Australian politician *

Edward Leslie Gray Edward Leslie Gray (April 8, 1895 – June 13, 1992) was a politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta, Canada. Gray was born April 8, 1895, in Maple Valley, Ontario to Samuel Gray and Mary Taylor, both of Irish de ...

, Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta * Edward Whitaker Gray, English physician & botanist *

Effie Gray Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais (''née'' Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and the wife of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously been married to the art critic John Ruskin ...

, wife of John Ruskin and John Everett Millais *

Eileen Gray Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 187831 October 1976) was an Irish architect and furniture designer who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, she was associated with many notable Euro ...

, Irish furniture designer and architect * Elisha Gray, American electrical engineer * Elizabeth Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Elspet Gray Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many television roles in the 1970s and 1980s. S ...

(1929–2013), Scottish actress *

Eric Gray (disambiguation) Eric Gray may refer to: * Eric Gray (American football) (born 1999), American football player * Eric Gray (photographer), British photographer {{Hndis, Gray, Eric ...

, multiple people *

Erin Gray Erin Gray (born January 7, 1950) is an American model, casting agent, and actress whose roles include Colonel Wilma Deering in the science fiction television series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' and Kate Summers-Stratton in the situat ...

, American actress * Eva Gray (actress) * Eva Gray (cricketer) *

Evan Gray Evan John Gray (born 18 November 1954) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 10 Tests and 10 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the 1980s. He was selected as an all rounder, with 17 wickets at a bowling average of 52.11. In 198 ...

, New Zealand cricketer

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* Farrah Gray *

Frank Gray Francis Tierney Gray (born 27 October 1954) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He played for Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland and Darlington, while he also represented Scotland 32 times. Gray has managed Darlington, ...

Frank Gray (politician) Francis James Gray (31 August 1880 – 2 March 1935) was a British politician and welfare campaigner. He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Oxford from 1922 to 1924. Background He was born in Oxford and educated at Rugby School. Car ...

Frank Gray (researcher) Frank Gray (13 September 1887 – 23 May 1969) was a physicist and researcher at Bell Labs who made numerous innovations in television, both mechanical and electronic, and is remembered for the Gray code. The Gray code, or reflected binary co ...

* Fred Gray (disambiguation), multiple people

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* Gabriel "Sylar" Gray, character on the television show ''Heroes'' * Gary Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

F. Gary Gray Felix Gary Gray (born July 17, 1969) is an Americans, American film director, film producer, and music video director. Gray began his career as a director on numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning music videos, including "It Was a Good ...

Gary LeRoi Gray Gary LeRoi Gray (born February 12, 1987) is an American actor, who has appeared in movies, television and animation. Career He is best known for his childhood role as Nelson Tibideaux, the son of Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux and Elvin Tibideaux on ...

, American actor *

Geoffrey Gray Geoffrey Gray (born February 19, 1979) is an American author, documentary producer, and journalist. He is a contributing editor at ''New York'' magazine. Biography and education Gray was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Northfield Mo ...

(born 1997),

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professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * George Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Gilda Gray Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 24, 1901 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions. Early life and 'th ...

Glen Gray Glenn Gray Knoblauch (June 7, 1900 – August 23, 1963), known professionally as Glen Gray, was an American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra.'' The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. B ...

* Gregory Gray *

Gustave Le Gray Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray (; 30 August 1820 – 30 July 1884)Le Corre, Florence "Translated from the catalogue ''Une visite au camp de Châlons sous le Second Empire: photographies de Messieurs Le Gray, Prévot...'', Paris: musée de l'Armée, ...

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* Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin (1927–2006), Scottish politician *

Hanna Holborn Gray Hanna Holborn Gray (born October 25, 1930) is an American historian of Renaissance and Reformation political thought and Professor of History ''Emerita'' at the University of Chicago. She served as president of the University of Chicago, from 197 ...

(born 1930), American historian *

Harold Gray Harold Lincoln Gray (January 20, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie''. Early life Harold Gray was born in Kankakee, Illinois on January 20, 1894, to Este ...

(1894–1968), American cartoonist * Harold St George Gray, British archeologist *

Harry Gray (business) Harry Jack Gray (November 18, 1919 – July 8, 2009) was an American business manager and philanthropist, best known as CEO and chairman of United Technologies. He was born Harry Jack Grusin in Milledgeville Crossroads, Georgia. His mother, Be ...

(1919–2009), American business executive * Harry B. Gray (born 1935), American chemist * Hawthorne C. Gray (1889–1927), American balloonist * Henry Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Herb Gray Herbert Eser Gray (May 25, 1931 – April 21, 2014) was a Canadian lawyer who became a prominent federal politician. He was a Liberal member of parliament for the Windsor area over the course of four decades, from 1962 to 2002, making Gray o ...

(1931–2014), Canadian politician *

Herb Gray (Canadian football) Herbert "Herb" William Gray (June 12, 1934 – January 21, 2011) was an All-American from the University of Texas who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1956 to 1965. CFL As a member of the Winnipe ...

(1934–2011), American-born Canadian football player *

Herbert Branston Gray Herbert Branston Gray (21 April 1851 – 5 April 1929) was an English clergyman and schoolmaster. He was Headmaster and later Warden of Bradfield College and Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference for the year 1900. Born at Putney, Gray was the y ...

(1851–1929), English clergyman and schoolmaster *

Horace Gray Horace Gray (March 24, 1828 – September 15, 1902) was an American jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and then on the United States Supreme Court, where he frequently interpreted the Constitution in ways that increa ...

(1828–1902), American jurist

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Iain Gray Iain Cumming Gray (born 7 June 1957) is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2008 to 2011. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the East Lothian constituency from 2007 to 2021, having ...

* The Honourable Sir Ian Campbell-Gray * Isaac P. Gray

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* James Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Jamie Gray (disambiguation), multiple people ** Jamie Gray, a British murderer ** Jamie Gray Hyder, American actress and model **

Jamie Lynn Gray Jamie Lynn Corkish (formerly Gray, née Beyerle, born May 26, 1984) is an American sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, competing as Jamie Beyerl ...

(born 1984), American Olympic sport shooter *

Jason Gray (musician) Jason Jeffrey Gay (born January 18, 1972), better known by his stage name Jason Gray, is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter. He was born Jason Jeffrey Gay and released a number of albums independently under his given name. Ga ...

(born 1972), American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter * Jason Gray (poet), American poet *

Jason Gray-Stanford Jason Gray-Stanford (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. He is best known for playing Lieutenant Randy Disher in the Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe-winning TV program ''Monk'' and for voicing the role of Raditz in ''Dra ...

, Canadian actor *

Jeffrey Alan Gray Jeffrey Alan Gray (26 May 1934 – 30 April 2004) was a British psychologist who is notable for his contributions to the theory of consciousness. Life and work He was born in the East End of London. His father was a tailor, but died when Jeffr ...

, British psychologist *

Jerry Gray Jerry Don Gray (born December 16, 1962) is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Gray played college footbal ...

, American football player *

Jerry Gray (arranger) Jerry Gray (July 3, 1915 – August 10, 1976) was an American violinist, arranger, composer, and leader of swing dance orchestras (big bands) bearing his name. He is widely known for his work with popular music during the Swing era. He worked ...

, (1915–1976), arranger, composer, and conductor * Jesse Gray (1923–1988), New York civil right leader and politician *

Jim Gray (sportscaster) Jim Gray (born November 11, 1959 in Denver, Colorado) is an American sportscaster. , he is currently with Showtime, Fox and SiriusXM as a reporter, commentator, and interviewer, having served in the same capacity at ESPN, NBC Sports and CBS Sp ...

, American sportscaster *

Jim Gray (UDA member) James Gray (1958 – 4 October 2005), known as Jim Gray, was a Northern Irish loyalist and the East Belfast brigadier of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), the largest Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. He was of ...

, leader of the Ulster Defence Association in Northern Ireland *

John Gray (disambiguation) John Gray may refer to: Politics and government *John Gray (North Carolina politician), American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 * John C. Gray (1783–1823), United States representative from Virginia *John Gray ...

, multiple people *

Johnny Gray John Lee Gray Jr. (born June 19, 1960) is a retired American world class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s and the holder of the 600m world best. A four-time-Olympian (1984-1996) in 1985 he set the US record of 1:42.60 at a ...

, American 800m runner *

Jon Gray Jonathan Charles Gray (born November 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Colorado Rockies. Gray played college baseball for Eastern Oklahoma S ...

(born 1991), American baseball player * Joseph Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Joseph Anthony Gray, US Congressman from Pennsylvania * Joseph M. M. Gray, Chancellor of American University from 1933 until 1941 * Josh Gray (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player * Josh Gray (footballer) (born 1991), English footballer *

Josiah Gray Josiah Gray (born December 21, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second r ...

(born 1997), American baseball player * J. T. Gray (born 1996), American football player *

Julian Gray Julian Raymond Marvin Gray (born 21 September 1979) is an English former professional footballer who last played for Walsall. He previously played in the Football League and Premier League for Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City, Birmingham ...

, English footballer

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Karla M. Gray Karla Marie Gray (1947 – 2017) was an American attorney and judge who served as the chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court; she was the first woman to serve as Chief Justice and to be elected to the Montana Supreme Court. Background Gray w ...

, American judge * Katherine Gray, American artist *

Kelly Gray Kelly Gray (born April 7, 1981 in Palo Alto, California) is a former American soccer player. He does commentary for San Jose Earthquakes games on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area Career College Gray played forward and midfielder at the University ...

, American soccer player *

Kelly Gray (musician) Kelly Gray (born June 20, 1963) is an American record producer and guitarist. He currently plays in former Queensrÿche vocalist Geoff Tate's band Operation: Mindcrime. Career Gray grew up with his mother and brother Howard D. Gray in a rural ar ...

, American producer and guitarist * Kevin Gray (disambiguation), multiple people

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* Larry Gray, jazz musician *

Lawrence Gray Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in San Francisco in 1898, Gray served during World War I in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission. After the war he began i ...

, American actor * Lee Gray, American DJ * Les Gray, English singer * Liam Gray, Scottish footballer * Liam Gray, (born 2006), Australian prime minister *

Linda Gray Linda Ann Gray (born September 12, 1940) is an American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CB ...

, American actress * Linda Esther Gray (born 1948), Scottish opera singer *

Lord Gray Lord Gray is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The Barony of Gray was created circa July 1445 for the Scottish diplomat and politician Sir Andrew Gray. The first Lord Gray was a hostage in England for the good conduct of James I of Scotland ...

, title in the Peerage of Scotland *

Loren Gray Loren Gray Beech (born April 19, 2002) is an American social media personality and singer best known for the TikTok career she began in 2016, at the age of 13. She is the seventeenth most-followed individual on TikTok as of December 2022, and ...

(born 2002), American singer and social media personality *

Lorna Gray Virginia Pound (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017), known professionally as Lorna Gray and (after 1945) Adrian Booth, was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columb ...

(1917–2017), American actress * Louis Harold Gray, British physicist * Lyons Gray, American politician

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Mackenzie Gray Alexander Mackenzie Gray (born 22 November 1957) is a Canadian film, television, and stage actor. He is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Canada. He divides his time between Toronto and Vancouver. Life and career Gray was born in Toron ...

, Canadian actor *

Macy Gray Natalie Renée McIntyre (born September 6, 1967), known by her stage name Macy Gray, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. Gray ha ...

, American R&B, soul and neo-soul singer, songwriter, record producer and actress * Marlin Gray, American murderer * Martin Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Mary Tenney Gray Mary Davy Tenney Gray ( Tenney; June 19, 1833 – October 11, 1904; known as the "Mother of the Women's Club Movement in Kansas") was a 19th-century American editorial writer, clubwoman, philanthropist, and suffragist from Pennsylvania, who later ...

(1833-1904), American writer, clubwoman, philanthropist, suffragette * Matt Gray (born 1936), Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Manchester City) * Mel Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Michael Gray (DJ) Michael Anthony Gray (born 25 July 1966), better known as Michael Gray, is a British DJ and house music producer. He is also half of the dance music production and remixing duo Full Intention. Biography Michael Gray created a megamix enti ...

, British DJ and house music producer *

Michael Gray (footballer) Michael Gray (born 3 August 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back or left winger for 18 years. He is mostly remembered for his 12-year stay with his hometown club Sunderland, where he made 363 league appe ...

, English football full-back * Michael John Gray (born c. 1976), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives * Mike Gray (1935–2013), American writer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer and director *

Morris Gray Morris Abraham Gray (May 16, 1889-January 22, 1966) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the provincial legislature from 1941 to 1966, and was a prominent figure in the province's social-democratic Cooperative Commonweal ...

, Canadian politician

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Nan Grey Nan Grey (born Eschal Loleet Grey Miller; July 25, 1918 – July 25, 1993) was an American film actress. Early years Grey was born in Houston, Texas. In 1934, at age 16, she went to Hollywood with her mother for a holiday. She was persuaded by ...

, American actress * Naomi Gray, American, first female Vice President of Planned Parenthood * Neely Gray, American businessman and territorial legislator * Neil Gray, Scottish National Party politician *

Nigel Gray Nigel Gray (1947 – 30 July 2016) was an English record producer. His album credits include '' Outlandos d'Amour'' (1978), '' Reggatta de Blanc'' (1979), and '' Zenyatta Mondatta'' (1980) for the Police, '' Kaleidoscope'' (1980) and '' Juju'' (19 ...

, English record producer * Noah Gray (born 1999), American football player * Noel Desmond Gray (1920–1999), Australian businessman

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Owen Gray Owen Gray, also known as Owen Grey (born 5 July 1939),Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, is a Jamaican musician. His work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been ...

(born 1939), Jamaican musician

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* Pat Gray, American radio personality * Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray, (died 1584) Scottish nobleman *

Patrick Gray, 6th Lord Gray Patrick Gray, 6th Lord Gray (died 1612), known most of his life as Patrick, Master of Gray, was a Scottish nobleman and politician during the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI of Scotland. Early life Patrick Gray, the son of Patrick Gr ...

, (died 1612) Scottish nobleman, grandson of the above * L. Patrick Gray, Acting director of the FBI from 1972 to 1973 * Paul Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Pearl Zane Gray, American western novelist under the pen name Zane Grey *

Percy Gray Henry Percy Gray (1869–1952) was an American painter. Gray was born on October 3, 1869 into a San Francisco family with broad literary and artistic tastes. He studied at the San Francisco School of Design and later under William Merritt Chase ...

, American artist * Peter Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Pete Gray (1915–2002), one-armed Major League baseball player * Pete Gray (activist) (1980–2011), Australian environmental and anti-war activist * Polly Gray, character in ''Peaky Blinders''

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* Quinn Gray, American football quarterback

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Raphael Gray Raphael Gray (born 1981 in Lambeth, London) is a British computer hacker who, at the age of 19, hacked computer systems around the world over a period of six weeks as part of a multi-million pound credit card mission. He then proceeded to publ ...

(born 1981), British computer hacker * Richard Gray (game designer) (born 1957), video game designer * Richard E. Gray (1945 – 1982), NASA test pilot *

Robbie Gray Robert "Robbie" Gray (born 30 March 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited with the 55th overall selection in the 200 ...

(born 1988), Australian Rules Football player * Robert Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Robin Gray (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rocky Gray William Rocky Gray (born July 2, 1974) is a drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 1990s. He is best known as a former drummer of the rock band Evanescence from 2003-2007. He is the lead guitarist ...

(born 1974), American musician and songwriter * Roger Gray (1881 – 1959), American character actor * Roger Gray (1921–1996), professor and expert on agricultural futures markets * Ron Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Ross F. Gray (1920 – 1945), American soldier, Medal of Honor awardee

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* Sally Gray, English actress *

Samuel Gray (Australian politician) Samuel William Gray (1 January 1823 – 19 April 1889) was an Irish Australian pastoralist, farmer and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kiama (1859–1864), Illawarra (1874–1880) and The Richmond (1882–1885). Biogra ...

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Samuel Frederick Gray Samuel Frederick Gray (10 December 1766 – 12 April 1828) was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray. Background He was the son of Samuel Gray, a London s ...

(1766–1828), British Botanist (IPNI = Gray) * Selina Gray (1823-1907), enslaved woman who rescued historical heirlooms *

Simon Gray Simon James Holliday Gray (21 October 1936 – 7 August 2008) was an English playwright and memoirist who also had a career as a university lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London, for 20 years. While teaching at Q ...

, English playwright *

Sonny Gray Sonny Douglas Gray (born November 7, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and Cincinnati Reds. Gray attended ...

(born 1989), American baseball player * Spalding Gray, American actor, screenwriter and playwright *

Stephen Gray (scientist) Stephen Gray (December 1666 – 7 February 1736) was an English dyer and astronomer who was the first to systematically experiment with electrical conduction. Until his work in 1729 the emphasis had been on the simple generation of static char ...

(1666–1736), English astronomer and scientist * Stephen Gray (writer) (born 1941), South African author * Steven Gray (footballer) (born 1981), Irish defender for Derry City F.C. * Stuart Gray (basketball) (born 1963), American basketball player * Sylvia Gray (1909–1991), English businessperson

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* T. M. Gray, American horror novelist and illustrator * Tamyra Gray, American actress and singer *

Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his '' Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,'' published in 1751. G ...

, British poet and scholar *

Thomas Gray (VC) Thomas Gray, VC (17 May 1914 – 12 May 1940) was a British airman and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. RAF career Gray was 25 y ...

, British soldier * Thomas Cecil Gray, British anaesthetist *

Thomas Lomar Gray Thomas Lomar Gray (4 February 1850 – 19 December 1908) was a Scottish engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology. Early life Born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, Gray graduated in 1878 from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in en ...

, British engineer *

Tom Gray Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

, bluegrass musician * Tony Gray (disambiguation), multiple people

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* Valerie Gray, fictional character from the television series '' Danny Phantom'' * Veleka Gray, American actress * Vincent C. Gray, American politician * Vincent R. Gray, New Zealand chemist *

Violet Gray Violet Gray is a fictional character featured in the long-running syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip ''Peanuts'', created by Charles M. Schulz. Violet first appeared in the February 7, 1951 strip. She was originally a major character, unt ...

, fictional character from the ''Peanuts'' comic strip * Virgil Gray (born 1984), American football player *

Vivean Gray Jean Vivra Gray (20 July 1924 – 29 July 2016), known professionally as Vivean Gray, also credited as ''Vivian Gray'' and ''Viven Gray'', was an English television and film actress. She starred in the films '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' a ...

(1924–2016), British actress based in Australia

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, English prelate and politician *

Walter de Gray Birch Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924) was an English historian, editor and author. He is best known for his ''Cartularium Saxonicum — A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History'', which supersede John Mitchell Kemble's ''Codex Diplo ...

, English historian *

Wardell Gray Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods. Biography Early years Gray was born in Oklahoma City, the youngest of four children. He spent his early chil ...

, American jazz bebop saxophonist * Wayne D. Gray, cognitive science professor * Wells Gray (1876–1944), Canadian politician, creator of Wells Gray Provincial Park * William Gray (disambiguation), multiple people * Willoughby Gray, English actor * Woodville Gray, Scottish footballer of the 1880s *

Wyndol Gray Wyndol Woodrow Gray (March 30, 1922 – March 20, 1994) was an American professional basketball player. He was the brother of Cortez Gray, who was also a professional basketball player. Gray played at Akron South High School in Akron, Ohio and we ...

, (1922–1994), American basketball player

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*Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Mills, A. D.; Room, Adrian (2002). ''The Oxford Names Companion''. Oxford: the University Press; p. 260 English-language surnames Surnames from nicknames {{Grey-surname

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