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Raymond Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷ� ...

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Rachel Rachel () was a Bible, Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph (Genesis), Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban (Bible), Laban. Her older siste ...

Politics

* Ray Aguilar (born 1947), Nebraska state senator * Ray Aguilera, Pueblo, Colorado City council member * Ray Ahipene-Mercer (born 1948), New Zealand city councillor in Wellington * Rachel Ray Frank (1861–1948), Jewish religious leader in the United States * Ray Gosling (1939–2013), British gay rights activist * Ray Gricar (1945-2011), district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania * Ray Groom (born 1944), Australian lawyer, sportsman and politician * Ray Harmel (1905–1998), South African anti-apartheid activist * Ray LaHood (born 1945), American politician * Ray Liberti, American politician *

Ray Mabus Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. (; born October 11, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017. Mabus previo ...

(born 1948), American politician, Secretary of the Navy and former Governor of Mississippi * Ray Martin (politician) (born 1941), Canadian politician, former leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party * Ray Mattox (1927–2005), American politician * Ray Michie (1934–2008), Scottish politician * Ray Price (speechwriter) (1930–2019), President Richard Nixon's chief speechwriter * Ray Alexander Simons (1914–2004), South African communist and trade unionist * Rachel Ray Strachey (1887–1940), British feminist politician, artist and writer * Ray Tarver (1921–1972), American dentist and politician * Ray White (politician), Canadian politician * Ray Whitney (politician) (1930–2012), UK politician * Ray Wyatt, American politician

Music

* Ray (musician) (born 1990), Japanese singer and radio personality * Ray Abrams (musician) (1920–1992), American jazz and jump blues tenor saxophonist * Ray Alexander (musician) (1925–2002), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist * Ray Anderson (musician) (born 1952), American jazz trombone and trumpet player * Ray Anthony (born 1922), American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor * Ray BLK (born 1994), British singer and songwriter * Ray Boltz (born 1953), American Christian singer-songwriter * Ray Brown Jr. (born 1949), American jazz and blues pianist and singer * Ray Brown (musician) (1926–2002), American jazz double bassist * Ray Bryant (1931–2011), American jazz pianist, composer * Ray C (born 1982), Tanzanian musician * Ray Charles (1930–2004), American singer, songwriter, musician and composer * Ray Charles (musician, born 1918) (1918–2015), American musician, leader of The Ray Charles Singers * Ray Chen (born 1989), Taiwanese-American violinist *

Ray Conniff Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s. Biography Conniff was born November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United S ...

(1916–2002), American bandleader and arranger * Ray Dalton (born 1991), American singer-songwriter, best known for his role on '' Can't Hold Us'' * Ray Davies (born 1944), English rhythm guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Kinks * Ray Davis (musician) (1940–2005), member of The Parliaments, Parliament, Funkadelic, and The Temptations *

Ray Dorset Raymond Edward Dorset (born 21 March 1946) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of Mungo Jerry. He composed most of the songs for the band, including the hit record, hit single (music), singles "In the Summertime", "Baby Ju ...

(born 1946), British guitarist, singer, and founding member of Mungo Jerry * Ray Fisher (singer) (1940–2011), Scottish folk singer * Ray Griff (1940–2016), Canadian country music singer-songwriter * Ray Hedges, English songwriter and record producer * Ray Heindorf (1908–1980), American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger * Ray Isaac (singer), Australian singer * Ray LaMontagne (born 1973), American singer-songwriter * Ray Lev (1912–1968), American classical pianist * Ray Lewis, American rhythm and blues singer and member of The Drifters * Ray Luzier (born 1970), American drummer * Ray Manzarek (1939–2013), American musician, singer, producer, film director and author, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of The Doors * Ray Martin (orchestra leader) (1918–1988), British-Austrian orchestra leader born Kurt Kohn * Ray Parker Jr. (born 1954), American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer * Ray Pennington (1933–2020), American country music singer-songwriter * Ray Peterson (1939–2005), American pop singer * Ray Price (musician) (1926–2013), American country singer-songwriter and guitarist * Ray Sawyer (1937–2018), American singer, founding member of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show * Ray Singleton (1937–2016), American producer, songwriter, and vocalist * Ray Thomas (1941–2018), English flautist, singer-songwriter, founding member of The Moody Blues * Ray Toro (born 1977), American rock guitarist

Sports

Ray (wrestler) Ray (February 14, 1982 – August 30, 2018) was a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. After being trained by Emi Sakura, Ray made her professional wrestling debut in September 2003 and would for the next seve ...

(1982–2018), Hong Kong professional wrestler * Ray Bassil (born 1988), Lebanese trap shooter * Ray Abruzzese (1937–2011), American college and football player * Ray Adduono (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player * Ray Agnew (born 1967), American National Football League player * Ray Alexander (gridiron football) (born 1962), American National Football League and Canadian Football League player * Ray Allen (born 1975), American National Basketball Association player * Ray Allison (born 1959), Canadian National Hockey League player * Ray Amm (1927–1955), Rhodesian motorcycle racer * Ray Amoo, Nigerian boxer of the 1970s and 1980s * Ray Anderson (boxer) (born 1944), American light heavyweight boxer * Ray Austin (boxer) (born 1970), American boxer * Ray Austin (American football) (born 1974), American National Football League player *

Ray Bourque Raymond Jean Bourque (born December 28, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He holds records for most career goals, assists, and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the James Norris Memorial ...

(born 1960), Canadian National Hockey League player * Ray Brown (offensive lineman) (born 1962), American National Football League player * Ray Brown (safety) (1949–2023), American National Football League player * Ray Brown (American football, born 1936) (1936–2017), American National Football League quarterback * Ray Brown (Negro leagues pitcher) (1908–1965), Negro league baseball pitcher * Ray Brown (rugby league) (born 1957), Australian rugby league footballer * Ray Chapman (1891–1920), American baseball player * Ray Cillien (1939–1991), Luxembourg boxer * Ray Collins (baseball) (1887–1970), Major league Baseball Player (Pitcher for Boston Red Sox) * Ray Emery (1982–2018), Canadian National Hockey League goaltender * Ray Graves (1918–2015), American college football and National Football League player and college football coach * Ray Guy (1949–2022), American National Football League Hall-of-Fame punter * Ray Hanken (1911–1980), American National Football League player * Ray Harroun (1879–1968), American racecar driver * Ray Isaac (American football), American football player * Ray Illingworth (1932–2021), British cricketer * Ray Jauch (born 1938), coach in the Canadian Football League, United States Football League and Arena Football League * Ray Julian (born 1936), English cricketer * Ray Lazdins (born 1964), Canadian discus thrower *

Sugar Ray Leonard Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally between 1977 and 1997, winning quintuple c ...

(born 1956), American boxer * Ray Lewis (born 1975), American National Football League player * Ray Lewis (referee) (born 1944), English association football referee * Ray Lewis (sprinter) (1910–2003), Canadian track-and-field sprinter * Ray Mabbutt (1936–2016), English footballer * Ray Martin (baseball) (1925–2013), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Ray Martin (English footballer) (born 1945), English footballer * Ray Martin (pool player) (born 1936), American pool player * Ray Milo (born 1954), American football player * Ray Nitschke (1936–1998), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player * Ray Perkins (1941–2020), American football player and coach * Ray Price (cricketer) (born 1976), Zimbabwean cricketer * Ray Price (motorcyclist) (1937–2015), American motorcycle drag racer, designer and engineer * Ray Price (rugby) (born 1953), Australian rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s * Raymell Ray Rice (born 1987), American National Football League player * Sugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989), American Hall-of-Fame boxer born Walker Smith Jr. * Ray Sefo (born 1971), New Zealand fight promoter and retired kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist of Samoan descent * Ray Tesser (1912–1982), American National Football League player * Ray Voltz, American soccer goalkeeper * Ray Wallace (footballer) (born 1969), English footballer * Ray Wells (born 1980), American National Football League player * Ray Whitney (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian National Hockey League player * Ray Wilkins (1956–2018), British footballer and football coach * Ray Witter (1896–1983), American football player

Film and TV

* Ray Abruzzo (born 1954), American actor * Ray Aghayan (1928–2011), Iranian-American costume designer in the film industry * Ray Alan (1930–2010), English ventriloquist and television entertainer * Ray Austin (director) (1932–2023), British television director * Ray Bolger (1904–1987), American actor, singer and dancer born Raymond Bulcao * Ray Boyle (1923–2022), American film and television actor * Ray Cokes (born 1958), English television presenter and video jockey * Ray Combs (1956–1996), American comedian, actor and game show host * Ray Cox (performer) (1881–1957), American actress and vaudeville performer * Ray Fisher (born 1987), American actor, known for his role as Cyborg in the DCEU * Ray Gallardo, American film director and cinematographer * Ray Girardin (1935–2019), American film, stage, and television actor * Ray June (1895–1958), American cinematographer * Ray Kellogg (actor) (1919–1981), American film and television actor * Ray Liotta (1954–2022), American film actor * Ray MacDonald (born 1977), Thai actor, adventurer and television presenter * Ray Martin (television presenter) (born 1944), Australian television presenter * Ray Mears (born 1964), British TV personality and survival specialist * Ray Milland (1907-1986), Welsh-American actor and film director * Ray Park (born 1974), Scottish actor and martial artist * Ray Porter, American actor * Ray Quinn (born 1988), English actor * Ray Reyes (1970–2021), Filipino-American singer and actor * Ray Romano (born 1957), American actor, comedian and screenwriter * Ray Shirley, American actress * Ray Stark (1915–2004), independent film producer * Ray Stevens (born 1939), American country- and pop singer-songwriter and comedian * Ray Stevenson (born 1964), Northern Irish actor * Herman Raymond Walston (1914–2001), American character actor * Ray Winstone (born 1957), British actor, notable for parts in gangster films * Ray Wise (born 1947), American actor

Business

* Ray Anderson (entrepreneur) (1934–2011), founder and chairman of Interface Inc. * Ray Dalio, founder & co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund * Ray Davis (businessman), American billionaire businessman, chief executive officer of Energy Transfer Partners and owner of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball * Ray Kroc (1902–1984), American businessman and philanthropist who built up the McDonald's Corporation

Academia

* Ray Allen Billington (1903–1981), American historian * Ray Blanchard (born 1945), American-Canadian sexologist * Ray Hyman (born 1928), American Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon, author, magician and critic of parapsychology * Ray Kurzweil (born 1948), American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist

Writing and journalism

* Ray Anderson (journalist), American reporter for ''The New York Times'' *

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...

(1920–2012), American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery writer * Ray Galton (1930–2020), British scriptwriter * Ray Marcano, American medical reporter and music critic * Ray Martin (television presenter) (born 1944), Australian journalist

Other

* Raymond Affleck (1922–1989), Canadian architect * Ray Brown (designer) (born 1959), Australian clothing designer * Ray Comfort (born 1949), New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist * Raymond G. Davis (1915–2003), US four-star general and recipient of the Medal of Honor * Ray Eames (1912–1988), American artist, designer and filmmaker * Ray Herman (1920–1996), American publisher, editor, writer, penciller and inker * Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), Welsh painter * Ray Johnson (1927–1995), American artist * Ray Jones (chaplain) (born 1934), Anglican priest * Ray Lewis (youth worker) (born 1963), Guyanese-born youth worker and former deputy mayor of London * Ray Milne (1914–2007), Scottish cinephile, translator and schoolteacher * Rachel Browne (born Ray Minkoff; 1934–2012), American dancer, teacher and choreographer * Ray Navarro (1964–1990), American artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist * Ray William Johnson (born 1981), American YouTube comedian

Fictional characters

* Ray ''(Ninjago)'', a character in ''Ninjago'' * Ray (''The Promised Neverland''), a main character in the manga series ''The Promised Neverland'' * Ray Boccino, minor character in GTA IV * Ray Molina, from Netflix's '' Julie and the Phantoms'' * Ray Machowski, a character in the '' Grand Theft Auto III'' and also appeared in '' Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories'' * Ray Manchester, the boss of his sidekick Henry Danger from the show of the same name * Ray Pruit, a character in '' Beverly Hills, 90210'' * Ray Stantz, a character in the '' Ghostbusters'' series