Rayner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amy Rayner (born 1977), English football referee * Angela Rayner, British Labour Party politician, trade unionist, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015, Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Shadow First Secretary of State and Deputy leader of the Opposition since 2020 *

Billy Rayner Billy Rayner (22 May 1935 – 18 July 2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Originally from Yass, New South Wales, Billy Rayner went on to play 195 games for Parramatta Eels, Parramatta d ...

(1935–2006), Australian rugby league player *

Cameron Rayner Cameron Rayner (born 21 October 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Brisbane with the first overall selection in the 2017 national draf ...

(born 1999), Australian rules footballer *

Chuck Rayner Claude Earl "Chuck" Rayner (August 11, 1920 – October 6, 2002), nicknamed "Bonnie Prince Charlie", was a Canadian professional hockey goaltender who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans and New York Range ...

(1920–2002), Canadian professional hockey player *

Claire Rayner Claire Berenice Rayner, OBE (; née Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 – 11 October 2010) was an English journalist, broadcaster, novelist and nurse, best known for her role for many years as an advice columnist. Early life Rayner was born to Jewish ...

(1931–2010), British journalist and agony aunt *

Dave Rayner David Michael Rayner (born October 26, 1982) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan ...

(born 1982), American professional football player *

Denys Rayner Denys Arthur Rayner Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC & Bar, Volunteer Reserve Decoration, VRD, History of the Royal Naval Reserve#Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, RNVR (9 February 1908 – 4 January 1967) was a Royal Navy officer who ...

(1908–1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats * Eddie Rayner (born 1952), New Zealand musician * Henry Rayner (1902–1957), Australian and British artist *

Isidor Rayner Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...

(1850–1912), United States Senator * Jack Rayner (1921–2008), Australian rugby league player * Jacqueline Rayner, British author and television writer *

Jay Rayner Jason Matthew Rayner (born 14 September 1966) is an English journalist and food critic. Early life Jason Matthew Rayner was born on 14 September 1966. He is the younger son of Desmond Rayner and journalist Claire Rayner. His family is Jewish. He ...

(born 1966), British journalist, writer, and broadcaster *

John Rayner Rabbi John Desmond Rayner (30 May 1924 – 19 September 2005) was born in Berlin as Hans Sigismund Rahmer. He left Berlin in 1939 on one of the last Kindertransports. There were about 10,000 children on the train. Both his parents, Ferdinand Rahm ...

(1924–2005), Rabbi CBE *

Keith Rayner (bishop) Keith Rayner (born 22 November 1929) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop and a former Anglican Primate of Australia. He served as Archbishop of Melbourne from 1990 to 1999, Archbishop of Adelaide from 1975 to 1990 and Bishop of Wangarat ...

(born 1929), Australian Anglican archbishop * Keith Rayner (psychologist), UC San Diego Professor of Psychology * Kenneth Rayner (1808–1884), U.S. Congressman * Kyle Rayner, fictional comic-book character *

Lionel Benjamin Rayner Lionel Benjamin Rayner (10 October 1788 – 24 September 1855) was an English actor, usually playing rustic characters. As an actor-manager he opened in 1831 a short-lived theatre in the Strand, London. Life Rayner was born in Heckmondwike in the ...

(1788–1855), English actor * Louise Rayner (1832–1924), British watercolor artist *

Mabel Rayner Mabel Mary Cheveley Rayner (c. 1890-1948) was an English botanist specialising in mycology. She published books and articles on plant physiology and was one of the first researchers to propose that mycorrhizal interactions could both help and ha ...

(c.1890-1948), English botanist *

Margaret Rayner Margaret Eva Rayner (21 August 1929 – 31 May 2019) was a British mathematician who became vice principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford and president of the Mathematical Association. She was known for her research on isoperimetric inequalitie ...

(1929–2019), British mathematician *

Mark A. Rayner Mark A. Rayner is a Canadian author of satire, humour and speculative fiction from London, Ontario. He is the author of four books: His first novel, ''The Amadeus Net'', was published by ENC Press in New York in 2005 and his second novel, ''Marvel ...

, Canadian author *

Michael Rayner Michael Rayner (6 December 1932 – 13 July 2015)Mackie, David. "Obituaries: Michael Rayner", ''Gilbert and Sullivan News'', Vol. V, No. 9, Autumn/Winter 2015, pp. 17–18, The Gilbert and Sullivan Society was an English opera singer, best kno ...

(1933–2015), British opera singer *

Michael H. Rayner Michael Harold Rayner (November 18, 1943 – March 30, 2004) was acting Auditor General of Canada from 1980 to 1981. He grew up in numerous places, including Ottawa, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Victoria, British Columbia, with two brothers and three s ...

(1943–2004), Canadian accountant, Acting Auditor General of Canada *

Moira Rayner Moira Emilie Rayner (née Stockwell, born 10 November 1948), is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate. In 1986, she was appointed a Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, a position she ...

(born 1948), New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate *

Peter Alan Rayner Peter Alan Rayner (8 December 1924 – 29 July 2007) was a British author of numismatic (coin collecting) books. He was known by his second name Alan, rather than his first, to avoid confusion with Peter Seaby, also a popular author, whose famil ...

(1924–2007), British coin-book author * Ray Rayner (1919–2004), American television performer *

Rosalie Rayner Rosalie Alberta Rayner (September 25, 1898 – June 18, 1935) was a research psychologist, and the assistant and later wife of Johns Hopkins University psychology professor John B. Watson, with whom she carried out the famous Little Albert experim ...

(1898–1935), assistant and wife of psychologist John B. Watson *

Walter Rayner Walter Rayner was Charlton Athletic's first manager as a professional football team. He was a former Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based ...

, British football manager

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Rayners Lane Rayners Lane is a suburban district in the London Borough of Harrow that forms the western part of Harrow. Located between Pinner and West Harrow, it takes its name from a road in the area, also called Rayners Lane (formerly also spelt ''Rayner ...

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