Guy (surname)

Guy is a French and English

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Athol Guy Athol George Guy (born 5 January 1940) is a member of the Australian pop music group the Seekers, for whom he plays double bass and sings. He is easily recognisable by his black-framed "Buddy Holly" style glasses, and, during live performance ...

(born 1940), Australian musician * Barry Guy (born 1947), British composer *

Billy Guy Billy Guy (June 20, 1936 – November 5, 2002) was an American singer, best known as a lead singer for the Coasters. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Biography Born Frank Phillips in Texas, Guy is best known as a memb ...

(1936–2002), American singer *

Brent Guy Brent Guy (born September 5, 1960) is an American college football coach and former player. Guy served as the defensive coordinator for Florida International University. Guy also served as head football coach at Utah State University from 2005 to ...

(born 1960), American football coach * Buddy Guy (born 1936), American guitarist * Charles A. Guy (d. 1985), American newspaper owner and editor * Charles H. Guy (1924–2010), American football and lacrosse player and coach * Charles L. Guy (1856–1930), American politician and judge from New York *

Constantin Guys Constantin Guys (born Ernest-Adolphe Guys de Saint-Hélène, December 3, 1802 – December 13, 1892) was a French Crimean War correspondent, water color painter and illustrator for British and French newspapers. Biography Guys was born and bapti ...

(1802–1892), French journalist *

Edna Guy Edna Guy (1907–1982) was an African-American modern dance pioneer. Born in 1907 in Summit, New Jersey, Guy lived at a time when blacks and whites did not appear on stage together. At the age of fifteen she begged her mother to take her to a dan ...

(1907–1982), American dancer *

Edna Guy (artist) Edna W Guy (10 July 1897 – 1969) was a British marine artist and a notable oil painter. Biography Guy was born at Sutton in Surrey and was trained as an artist in South Africa by John Amschewitz during 1920 before continuing her training in ...

(1897–1969), British artist *

Étienne Guy Étienne Guy (February 16, 1774 – December 29, 1820) was a surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1774, the son of Pierre Guy, studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël and then spent over a year at the Col ...

(1774–1820), Canadian surveyor and politician *

Fabrice Guy Fabrice Guy (born 30 December 1968 in Pontarlier, Doubs) is a former French nordic combined skier who competed during the 1990s. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville he won gold in the 15 km individual, then won a bronze in the 4 x 5&n ...

(born 1968), French skier * Frances Guy (born 1959) British former ambassador, UN Women's representative in Iraq *

Fred Guy Frederick L. Guy (May 23, 1897 – December 22, 1971) was an American jazz banjo player and guitarist. Born in Burkeville, Virginia, Guy was raised in New York City. He played guitar and banjo with Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra. In the early 192 ...

(1897–1971), American jazz banjo player and guitarist *

Gary Guy Gary Guy (born 12 July 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Dandenong Football Club (VFA).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.331. Guy was recruited by Melbourne from the ...

(born 1952), Australian rules footballer *

Georgia Guy Georgia Ann Guy (born 26 November 1993) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 7 One Day Internationals and 6 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2014 and 2015. She played dome ...

(born 1993), New Zealand cricketer *

Greg Guy Gregory Guy Jr. (born October 17, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball player most known for being the NCAA Division I scoring champion during the 1992–93 season. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and his father Gregory Gu ...

(born 1971), American basketball player * Henry Lewis Guy (1887–1956), British mechanical engineer * James Guy (disambiguation) * Jasmine Guy (born 1962), American actress *

Jean Guy Elizabeth "Jean" Guy (September 8, 1922 – July 5, 2013) was an American First Lady of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The longest serving First Lady in North Dakota's history, she served from 1961 to 1973 during the tenure of her husband, forme ...

(1922–2013), First Lady of North Dakota * John Guy (governor) (died 1629), English merchant and Governor of Newfoundland * John Guy (historian) (born 1949), British historian *

Kyle Guy Kyle Joseph Guy (born August 11, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Joventut Badalona of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers as a shooting guard for three years and was named the NCAA To ...

(born 1997), American basketball player *

Lawrence Guy Lawrence Thomas Guy (born March 17, 1990) is an American football defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to being drafted by the Green Bay Packers, he played college football at Arizona State. ...

(born 1990), American football player * Lewis Guy (born 1985), English footballer * L. Ruth Guy (1913–2006), American educator and pathologist; Texas Women's Hall of Fame *

Mark Guy Mark Guy (born January 28, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver who played three seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders. He played college football at University of Ten ...

(born 1964), American football player * Matthew Guy (born 1974), Australian politician * Morais Guy, Jamaican politician *

Nathan Guy Allen Nathan Guy (born 1970) is a New Zealand former politician of the National Party. He was elected to Parliament in 2005 as a list MP and represented the electorate of Ōtaki after the 2008 election. He served as Minister of Immigration ...

(born 1970), New Zealand politician *

P.L.O. Guy Philip Langstaffe Ord Guy (23 January 1885 – 7 December 1952) was a British archaeologist, administrator, and British Army officer. Career Having served in the First World War, Guy assisted with the excavations at Carchemish in Syria and El Amar ...

(1885–1952), British archaeologist *

Phil Guy Phil Guy (April 28, 1940 – August 20, 2008) was an American blues guitarist. He was the younger brother of blues guitarist Buddy Guy. Phil and Buddy Guy were frequent collaborators and contribute both guitar and vocal performances on many o ...

(1940–2008), American guitarist *

Ray Guy William Ray Guy (December 22, 1949 – November 3, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a punter for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Guy was a first-team All-American selection ...

(1949–2022), American football player *

Ray Guy (humorist) Ray Guy (22 April 1939 – 14 May 2013) was a Canadian journalist and humourist, best known for his satirical newspaper and magazine columns. He was born in Come By Chance, Newfoundland, to George Hynes Guy and Alice Louisa Adams, but was rai ...

(1939–2013), Canadian journalist and writer *

Richard K. Guy Richard Kenneth Guy (30 September 1916 – 9 March 2020) was a British mathematician. He was a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Calgary. He is known for his work in number theory, geometry, recreational mathemati ...

(1916–2020), British mathematician *

Rosa Guy Rosa Cuthbert Guy () (September 1, 1922Margalit Fox"Rosa Guy, 89, Author of Forthright Novels for Young People, Dies" ''The New York Times'', June 7, 2012. – June 3, 2012) was a Trinidad-born American writer who grew up in the New York metro ...

(1925–2012), American writer * Scott Guy (died 2010), New Zealand murder victim *

Thomas Guy Thomas Guy (1644 – 27 December 1724) was a British bookseller, investor in the South Sea Company, member of Parliament, and the founder of Guy's Hospital, London. Early life Thomas Guy was born in Horselydown in Southwark, in south London, th ...

(1644–1724), British founder of Guy's Hospital *

Trent Guy Trenton Guy (born August 22, 1987) is an American football slotback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Louisville and attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has been a membe ...

(born 1987), American football player *

William Guy William Augustus Guy (13 June 1810 – 10 September 1885) was a British physician and medical statistician. Life He was born in Chichester and educated at Christ's Hospital and Guy's Hospital; he then studied at the University of Heidelberg an ...

(1810–1885), British physician *

William L. Guy William Lewis Guy (September 30, 1919 – April 26, 2013) was an American politician who was the List of Governors of North Dakota, governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1961 to 1973. Guy was North Dakota's longest-serving governor in ...

(1919–2013), American politician {{surname, Guy English-language surnames French-language surnames