Rayford is both a given name and surname.
People
Given name
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Rayford Barnes (1920-2000), American film and TV character actor
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Rayford Cooks
Rayford Cooks (born August 25, 1962) is a former American football defensive end. He played for the Houston Oilers in 1987.
References
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1962 births
Living people
American football defensive ends
North Texas ...
(born 1962), American football player
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Rayford B. High Jr., American bishop
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Rayford Logan (1897-1982), African-American historian and Pan-African activist
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Rayford Petty, American college football coach
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Rayford Price (1937-2023), American politician
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Rayford Jeffrey Ray, American bishop
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Ray Robinson (Australian cricketer)
Rayford Harold Robinson (26 March 1914 – 10 August 1965) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1936. He played first-class cricket for New South Wales and South Australia from 1934/35 to 1939/40. After World War II he m ...
(1914-1965), Australian cricketer
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Trae Young (Rayford Trae Young, born 1998), American basketball player
Surname
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Alma Rayford (1903-1987), American silent film actress
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Caesar Rayford
Caesar Rayford (born March 4, 1986) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He also was a member of the BC Lions, Spokane Shock, Utah Blaze, Jacksonville Sharks, Calgary Stampeders, Mont ...
(born 1986), American football defensive lineman with the Utah Blaze of the AFL
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Floyd Rayford
Floyd Kinnard "Sugar Bear" Rayford (born July 27, 1957) is a retired professional baseball player who played for seven seasons in the Major leagues. He primarily played third base and catcher during his career, but was a utility man who played f ...
(born 1957), African-American retired Major League Baseball player
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Robert Rayford
Robert Lee Rayford (February 3, 1953 – May 15 1969), sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America based ...
(1953-1969), American teenager and earliest confirmed HIV/AIDS case in North America
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Sugaray Rayford
Caron Nimoy "Sugaray" Rayford (born February 13, 1969) is an American soul blues singer and songwriter. He has released five albums to date and been granted three Blues Music Awards. Rayford's 2019 album, ''Somebody Save Me'', was nominated for ...
(born 1969), American singer and songwriter
Fictional
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Rayford Steele
Rayford Steele is a fictional character and the ''de facto'' protagonist in the ''Left Behind'' series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. He is the leader of the group known as the Tribulation Force, and is the most fully developed char ...
, the protagonist in the ''Left Behind'' series of novels
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Rayford "Raymie" Steele, son of Rayford and Irene Steele
*Re=L Rayford from the Japanese light novel and anime television series
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
is a Japanese light novel series written by Tarō Hitsuji and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. Fujimi Shobo has published twenty-one volumes since July 2014 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Aosa Tsunemi ...
See also
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Raeford, North Carolina
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Raiford, Florida
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Florida State Prison, called "Raiford" because its postal address is Raiford, Florida
**"Four Walls of Raiford", a song on
''Legend'' (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)
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Dan R. McGehee
Daniel Rayford McGehee (September 10, 1883 – February 9, 1962) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1935 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Little Springs, Mississippi, ...
(1883-1962), American representative
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Rayford Price (born 1937), American politician
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Walter R. Tucker Jr.
Walter Rayford Tucker Jr. (August 27, 1924 – October 1, 1990) was an American dentist and politician who served nine years as the Mayor of Compton, California.
Biography
Walter Rayford Tucker, Jr. was born in Oklahoma. He became a dentist an ...
(1924-1990), American dentist and politician
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Walter R. Tucker III
Walter Rayford Tucker III (born May 28, 1957) is an American politician and minister who served as mayor of Compton and a U.S. Representative from California.
Parents and education
Tucker was born in Compton, California, the son of Walter R. Tu ...
(born 1957), American politician and son of Walter Jr.
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