Mays is the surname of: * Al Mays (1865–1905), American baseball pitcher * Albert Mays (footballer) (1929–1973), Welsh professional footballer and amateur cricketer *

Alvoid Mays Alvoid Wilson Mays (born July 10, 1966) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at West Virginia. He was drafted in the eighth round (172nd overall) of the 1989 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers. He also played for th ...

(born 1966), American football cornerback * Aspen Mays (born 1980), American artist *

Benjamin Mays Benjamin Elijah Mays (August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and American rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the American civil rights movement. Mays taught and mentored many in ...

(1894–1984), American minister, educator, and social activist *

Bill Mays William Allen Mays (born February 5, 1944), known professionally as Bill Mays, is an American jazz pianist from Sacramento, California. Biography Mays came from a musical family and at the age of 15 became interested in jazz at an Earl Hines co ...

(born 1944), American jazz pianist *

Billy Mays William Darrell Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, ...

(1958–2009), American television commercial salesman * Billy Mays (footballer) (1902–1959), Welsh footballer *

Brad Mays Brad Mays (born May 30, 1955) is an independent filmmaker and stage director, living and working in Los Angeles, California. Background and education Mays was raised in the Edinburg section of West Windsor Township, New Jersey, attending the ...

(born 1955), independent filmmaker and stage director * Brook Mays, investor in the Brook Mays Music Group *

Cade Mays Cade Montgomery Mays (born April 26, 1999) is an American football center for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia before transferring to Tennessee. College career Mays started his c ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Carl Mays Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was an American baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. During his career, he won over 200 games, 27 in 1921 alone, and was a member of four Wor ...

(1891–1971), American baseball player * Carol Jean Mays (1933–2021), American politician from Missouri *

Carolene Mays Carolene Mays is the executive director of the White River State Park (WRSP) Development Commission. She was appointed by Governor Eric Holcomb having first been appointed in 2016 by Governor Mike Pence (later vice president). She is also co-ho ...

(born 1961), American politician and government official * Charles Mays (1941–2005), American Olympic athlete and politician *

Corey Mays Corey Lemard Mays (born November 27, 1983, in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Notre Dame ...

(born 1983), American football linebacker *

Damon Mays Damon E. Mays, Jr. (born May 20, 1968) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers and Washington Redskins. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowb ...

(born 1968), American football wide receiver *

Daniel Mays Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor. Early life Born in Epping, Essex, the third of four boys, Mays was brought up in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, by his electrician father and bank cashier mother. He attended the Italia Conti Acad ...

(born 1978), English actor * Dannite H. Mays (1852–1930), American farmer and politician *

David Mays David Mays is the founder of ''The Source'' Magazine and co-founder of ''Hip Hop Weekly''. He is the co-founder of Breakbeat, a multimedia podcast network launched in September 2021 that is dedicated to serving the interests and perspectives of t ...

(fl. 1980s–2000s), co-founder and co-owner of ''The Source'' magazine * David J. Mays (1896–1971), lawyer and 1953 Pulitzer Prize winner *

Dave Mays (baseball) David Mays (December 3, 1910 – June 23, 1993) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s. A native of Leggett, Texas, Mays played for the Kansas City Monarchs in 1937. In 17 recorded games, he posted 14 hits in 61 plate appearances. ...

(1910–1993), American baseball player *

Dave Mays David W. Mays III (born June 20, 1949 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 1976. He played college football at Texa ...

(born 1949), American football quarterback *

Devante Mays Devante Roshard Mays (born May 26, 1994) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Utah State and Blinn College. Early years Mays was born to Mark and Elwanda Mays in Livingston, Texas and ...

(born 1994), American football player * Doris Crouse-Mays (born 1958), American labor leader * Dorothy Mays (born 1957), American model and actress *

Eaddy Mays Eaddy Mays is an American actress and producer. Mays is known for her role as Elaine in the 2009 film '' The Blind Side''. Mays is also known for her portrayal of Victoria Argent in the MTV supernatural drama series, ''Teen Wolf'', a role that le ...

(fl. 2010s–2020s), American actress and producer *

Eddie Lee Mays Eddie Lee Mays (March 15, 1929 – August 15, 1963) was the last person to be executed by the New York (state), state of New York. He was convicted of first degree murder and robbery in 1962. Mays was 34 years old at the time of execution. Early ...

(1929–1963), last person to be executed by the state of New York * Frank Mays (born 1990), American football defensive lineman *

Gerry Mays Gerry Mays (18 July 1921 – 20 March 2006) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Hibernian, St Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic and Kilmarnock, and then managed Ayr United. Mays appeared for Kilmarnock in the 1957 Scottish ...

(1921–2006), Scottish football player and manager *

Isaiah Mays Isaiah Mays (February 16, 1858 – May 2, 1925) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the Wham Paymaster Robbery in Arizona Territo ...

(1858–1925), Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and winner of the Medal of Honor *

J Mays J Mays is an American industrial designer who served as Group Vice President of Global Design and Chief Creative Officer at Ford Motor Company, and is now Chief Design Officer at Whirlpool. His name is simply "J", named after his grandfather, S ...

(born 1954), American industrial designer and Group Vice President of Design for the Ford Motor Company *

James Mays James Dixon Mays (born March 8, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Central African professional basketball player for Shandong Heroes of the Chinese Basketball Association. He represented the Central African Republic at the 2011 FIBA Africa Ch ...

(born 1986), American-born Central African basketball player * James C. Mays (1953–2022), bilingual Canadian historian *

James Henry Mays James Henry Mays (June 29, 1868 – April 19, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Utah. Born in Morristown, Tennessee, Mays attended the district schools. He moved to Kansas in 1883 with his parents, who settled in Galena, Kansas. He worked i ...

(1868–1926), American lawyer, businessman, and politician *

James Luther Mays James Luther Mays (July 14, 1921 – October 29, 2015) was an American Old Testament scholar. He was Cyrus McCormick Professor of Hebrew and the Old Testament Emeritus at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Virginia. He served as president of the Societ ...

(1921–2015), American Old Testament scholar * James P. Mays (fl. 1860s–1870s), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives *

Jayma Mays Jamia Suzette "Jayma" Mays is an American actress. She is known for playing Emma Pillsbury in the Fox musical series ''Glee'' (2009–2015) and for her starring roles in the films ''Red Eye'' (2005), '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' (2009) and ''The S ...

(born 1979), American actress *

Jefferson Mays Lewis Jefferson Mays (born June 8, 1965) is an American actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, two Drama Desk Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and three Obie A ...

(born 1965), American actor * Jermaine Mays (born 1979), American football cornerback *

Jerry Mays (defensive lineman) Gerald Avery Mays (November 24, 1939 – July 17, 1994) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs. Early years Mays put tog ...

(1939–1994), American football player *

Jerry Mays (running back) Jerry Mays (born December 8, 1967) is a former player in the NFL. He played for the San Diego Chargers. He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team. High school Mays remains both the all time and single season rushing leader at ...

(born 1967), American football player * Jimmy Mays (fl. 1970s–2010s), American polymer scientist, academic, and author *

Joe Mays (pitcher) Joseph Emerson Mays (born December 10, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Mays is a 1994 graduate of Southeast High School in Bradenton, Florida. He also attended Manatee Community College in Bradenton. He and his wif ...

(born 1975), American baseball player *

Joe Mays (catcher) Walter "Joe" Mays (March 20, 1914 – February 1986) was an American Negro league catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouch ...

(1914–1986), American baseball player *

Joe Mays (American football) Joseph Lamont Mays (born July 6, 1985) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at North Dakota State and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Mays also played for the Denve ...

(born 1985), American football player *

Keddric Mays Keddric Mays (born September 17, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for Baltur Cento of the Italian Serie A2 Basket. College career Mays played junior college basketball at Cloud County Community College before moving to Universi ...

(born 1984), American professional basketball player *

Kivuusama Mays Kivuusama Mays (born January 7, 1975) is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Biography Mays was born on January 7, 1975, in Anniston, Alabama. Career Kivuusama was drafted in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the M ...

(born 1975), American football linebacker * Lee Mays (born 1978), American football player *

Lisa Mays Lisa Mays (born 10 October 2000) is an Australian tennis player. Mays has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 846, achieved on 31 December 2018.. She has won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. M ...

(born 2000), Australian tennis player *

Lowry Mays Lester Lowry Mays (July 24, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American businessman. He was the founder and chairman of Clear Channel Communications. Early years Mays was born in Houston on July 24, 1935. His father, Lester T. Mays, was a ...

(1935–2022), founder and current chairman of Clear Channel Communication *

Lyle Mays Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awar ...

(1953–2020), American jazz pianist and composer *

Malcolm Mays Malcolm Michael Mays (born February 14, 1990) is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. At the age of seventeen, Mays co-directed and produced his own short film, aided by producer Todd Black, Gary Martin of Sony Pictures and others. Mays is ...

(born 1990), American actor, musician, and filmmaker *

Mark Mays Mark P. Mays is the former president and CEO of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. the company his father, Lowry Mays founded, a global media and entertainment company based in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Mays took over as president a ...

, president and CEO of Clear Channel Communications *

Matt Mays Matt Mays (born August 10, 1979) is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian Ind ...

(born 1979), Canadian singer-songwriter *

Maxwell Mays Maxwell Mays (August 13, 1918 – November 16, 2009) was an American painter known for his whimsical depictions of Rhode Island. Early life and education Harry Maxwell Mays was born August 13, 1918, in Providence, Rhode Island to W. Clarke ...

(1918–2009), American painter *

Melinda Mays The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe wa ...

(born 1962), American model and actress * Morley J. Mays (1911–1998), American academic *

Oris Mays Reverend Oris Lee Mays (April 7, 1935 – April 21, 1996) was an American preacher, gospel singer and songwriter. Born in Lambert, Mississippi, he came to Memphis, Tennessee as a teen and graduated from Melrose High School. He studied theology at ...

(1935–1996), American preacher, gospel singer and songwriter *

Raqiyah Mays Raqiyah Mays (born November 11, 1975, in Newark, New Jersey) is an author, screenwriter, executive producer, podcaster, journalist, and former radio personality, Born in Newark, NJ, Raqiyah was featured in The Limited clothing store's 2015 nation ...

(born 1975), American hip-hop journalist and radio personality *

Raymond Mays Thomas Raymond Mays (1 August 1899 – 6 January 1980) was an auto racing driver and entrepreneur from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. He attended Oundle School, where he met Amherst Villiers, leaving at the end of 1917. After army service in ...

(1899–1980), English auto racing driver *

Reta Mays Reta Phyllis Mays (born June 16, 1975) is an American convicted serial killer who murdered at least seven elderly military veterans over a span of eleven months, between July 2017 and June 2018, by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin whi ...

(born 1975), American serial killer *

Rex Mays Rex Houston Mays Jr. (March 10, 1913 – November 6, 1949) was a AAA Championship Car race driver. He was a two-time AAA champion and won 8 points-scoring races. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and ag ...

(1913–1949), American race car driver *

Richard Mays Richard Leon Mays Sr. (born August 5, 1943) an American retired politician, judge, lawyer, and businessman from the U.S. state of Arkansas. Elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1972, he was one of the first three African Americans ...

(born 1943), American politician and judge *

Sadie Gray Mays Sadie Gray Mays (August 5, 1900 – October 10, 1969) was an African-American social worker, trained at the University of Chicago. As the wife of Benjamin Mays, she was also a prominent Baptist minister's wife, a college president's wife (at Mor ...

(1900–1969), American social worker *

Samuel H. Mays Jr. Samuel Hardwicke Mays Jr. (born 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Education and career Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Mays received a Bachelor of Arts degree ...

(born 1948), judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee *

Skylar Mays Skylar Justin Mays (born September 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers. Early life and high school career Mays grew up in Baton R ...

(born 1997), American professional basketball player *

Stafford Mays Stafford Earl Mays (born March 13, 1958) is a former American football defensive tackle. Life and career Mays was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He went to Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. Mays played junior college football at Mount Hood C ...

(born 1958), American football player *

Taylor Mays Taylor Mays (born February 7, 1988) is a former American football safety. He won Washington state titles in track in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash as a high school sophomore, before leaving track and field to dedicate himself to foo ...

(born 1988), American football player * Tom Mays (born 1954), American politician * Trent Mays (born c. 1996), convicted rapist *

Travis Mays Travis Cortez Mays (born June 19, 1968) is an American women's basketball coach and former professional player who was the women's head coach for Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2016 until 2021. Mays was selected by the Sacramento Kings i ...

(born 1968), American basketball player *

Tristin Mays Tristin Mays (born June 10, 1990) is an American actress. Mays portrayed Riley Davis in the reboot of the ''MacGyver'' series on CBS who works as a covert operative for the Phoenix Foundation. Early life and education Mays' parents, Viveca and Mi ...

(born 1990), American actress * Vickie Mays (fl. 1990s–2020s), American psychologist known for research on racial disparities in health *

Willie Mays Willie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid" and "Buck", is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Regarded as one of the greatest players ever, Mays ranks second behind only Babe Ruth on most all-tim ...

(1931–2024), American baseball player *

Wolfe Mays Wolfe Mays (1912 – 21 January 2005) was a British philosopher. He was the founder of British Society for Phenomenology and the editor of its journal. Mays is known for his efforts for introducing phenomenology in England. He taught at the Uni ...

(1912–2005), British philosopher *

Zilla Mays Zilla Florine Mays (September 1, 1931 – September 19, 1995), later Zilla Mays Hinton, was an American R&B and gospel singer who became a popular radio DJ and community leader in Atlanta. She was the first African-American female radio an ...

(1931–1995), American R&B and gospel singer

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