Lay (surname)

Lay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alfred Morrison Lay Alfred Morrison Lay (May 20, 1836 – December 8, 1879) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Lewis County, Missouri, Lay moved with his parents to Benton County in 1842. He attended private sc ...

(1836–1879), U.S. politician *

Beirne Lay, Jr. Beirne Lay Jr., (September 1, 1909 – May 26, 1982) was an American writer, aviation writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and combat veteran of World War II with the U.S. Army Air Forces. He is best known for his collaboration with Sy Bartlett ...

(1909–1982), American author and World War II aviator *

Benjamin Lay Benjamin Lay (January 26, 1682 – February 8, 1759) was an Anglo-American Quaker humanitarian and abolitionist. He is best known for his early and strident anti-slavery activities which would culminate in dramatic protests. He was also an autho ...

(1681–1760), English Quaker and abolitionist *

Bob Lay Robert William Lay (20 March 1944 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian sprinter. He was Australian 100 yards champion three times. For years, Lay was regarded as the fastest man in Australia. He is best known for competing in the men's 100 m ...

(1944–2022), Australian sprinter *

Caren Lay Caren Nicole Lay (born 11 December 1972) is a German politician (The Left (Germany), Die Linke). She has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009 and has been deputy chairperson of the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2017. F ...

(born 1972), German politician *

Carol Lay Carol Lay (born 1952) is an American alternative cartoonist best known for her weekly comic strip, ''Story Minute'' (later to evolve into the strip ''Way Lay''), which ran for almost 20 years in such US papers as the '' LA Weekly'', the ''NY Pres ...

(born 1952), American author *

Cecil Howard Lay Cecil Howard Lay (1885–1956) was an English poet of the Georgian school, architect and artist, closely associated with his native Suffolk. Life Lay was born in the village of Aldringham, near Leiston, Suffolk, the son of the village schoolmast ...

(1885–1956), English poet *

Charles Downing Lay Charles Downing Lay (September 3, 1877 – February 15, 1956) was an American landscape architect. Early life and family estate The son of Oliver Ingraham Lay, a professional painter, and Hester Marian Wait Lay, Charles Downing Lay was bo ...

(1877–1956), American landscape architect * Donald P. Lay (1926–2007), American jurist *

Elzy Lay William Ellsworth "Elzy" Lay (November 25, 1869 – November 10, 1934) was an outlaw of the Old West in the United States. He was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, gang, operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Johnson County, Wyoming ...

(1868–1934), U.S. outlaw *

George W. Lay George Washington Lay (July 26, 1798 – October 21, 1860) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a U.S. Representative from New York and Charge D'Affaires to Sweden. Born in Catskill, New York, Lay pursued classical studies an ...

(1798-1860), U.S. politician *

George Tradescant Lay George Tradescant Lay (c. 1800 – 6 November 1845) was a British naturalist, missionary and diplomat. Lay was a naturalist on the English sailing ship HMS ''Blossom'' under the command of Captain Frederick William Beechey from 1825 to 1828, wh ...

(c. 1800-1845), British naturalist, missionary and diplomat *

Herman Lay Herman Warden Lay (March 6, 1909 – December 6, 1982) was an American businessman who was involved in potato chip manufacturing with his eponymous brand of Lay's potato chips. He started H.W. Lay Co., Inc., now part of the Frito-Lay corporati ...

(1909–1982), American businessman *

Horatio Nelson Lay Horatio Nelson Lay (23 January 1832 – 4 May 1898, Forest Hill, Kent, England) was a British diplomat, noted for his role in the ill-fated "Lay-Osborn Flotilla" during the Taiping Rebellion. Biography Early life Horatio Nelson Lay was born in ...

(1832–1898), British diplomat *

Humberto Lay Pastor Humberto Lay Sun (Chinese language, Chinese: 黎孙 ''Lí Sūn''; born 25 September 1934) is a Peruvian evangelicalism, evangelical minister of the Iglesia Biblica Emmanuel, an architect, and a politician belonging to the National Restorat ...

(born 25 September 1934), Peruvian evangelical pastor *

Jeffrey Lay Jeffrey M. Y Lay/Honorat (born October, 1962 is a retired Rowing (sport), rower from Canada. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours, alongside Brian Peaker, Dave Boyes, and Gavin Hassett. Refer ...

(born 1969), Canadian rower *

John Louis Lay John Louis Lay (January 14, 1833 – April 17, 1899) was an American inventor, and a pioneer of the torpedo. Biography Lay was born in Buffalo, New York. He was appointed 2nd assistant engineer in the Union Navy on July 8, 1862, and was promoted t ...

(1832–1899), American inventor *

Josh Lay Bernard "Josh" Lay (born September 8, 1982) is a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pittsburgh. Lay was also a member of the St. L ...

(born 1982), American football player *

Kenneth Lay Kenneth Lee Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in the eponymous accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the large ...

(1942–2006), U.S. businessman *

Ken Lay (police officer) Kenneth Douglas Lay, (born 17 February 1956) is a former Australian police officer and Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 2011 to 2015. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria from November 2017 to November 2021. Early life Lay was born ...

(born 1956), Australian police commissioner *

Ko Lay Ko Lay ( my, ကိုလေး, ; born 31 October 1931) was mayor of Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yan ...

(born 31 October 1931), Burmese politician *

Oliver Ingraham Lay Oliver Ingraham Lay (1845-1890), was an American portrait painter. Original art education in the United States. He traveled to Europe in 1860 he returned to the United States and began his professional career as an artist. There was a regular e ...

(1845-1890), American portrait painter. *

Sam Lay Samuel Julian Lay (March 20, 1935January 29, 2022) was an American drummer and vocalist who performed from the late 1950s as a blues and R&B musician alongside Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Paul Butterfield, and many others. He was inducted into ...

(1935–2022), American drummer and vocalist *

Stan Lay Stanley Arthur Lay (27 July 1906 – 12 May 2003) was a New Zealand javelin thrower who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1930 British Empire Games, 1938 British Empire Games, and 1950 British Empire Games. In 1928, he finished seventh. ...

(1906–2003), New Zealand track and field athlete * Susan Lay (born March 13, 1985), English actress, musician, and TV presenter {{surname, Lay