Rayford is both a given name and surname.
People
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Rayford Barnes
Rayford Barnes (October 23, 1920 – November 11, 2000) was an American film and TV character actor from Whitesboro, Texas.
Early years
Barnes was born in Dallas, Texas, and attended the University of Texas. He acted in plays at the universit ...
(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.
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1962 births
Living people
American football defensive ends
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(born 1962), American football player
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Rayford B. High Jr., American bishop
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Rayford Logan
Rayford Whittingham Logan (January 7, 1897 – November 4, 1982) was an African-American historian and Pan-African activist. He was best known for his study of post-Reconstruction America, a period he termed "the nadir of American race relations ...
(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
Rayford Jeffrey Ray (born August 30, 1956) is the eleventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan
The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (TEC) w ...
, 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 September 19, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners. In 2017, he tied the then-reco ...
(Rayford Trae Young, born 1998), American basketball player
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Alma Rayford
Alma Rayford (March 24, 1903 – February 14, 1987) was an American film actress of the silent era.
Rayford specialized in western films, appearing in 18 features and a number of two-reel films.
Selected filmography
* '' The Passing of Wolf MacL ...
(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, Mo ...
(born 1986), American football defensive lineman with the Utah Blaze of the AFL
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Floyd Rayford (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 cha ...
, 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 Tsunem ...
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Raeford, North Carolina
Raeford is a city in Hoke County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 4,611 at the 2010 census, and in 2018, the estimated population was 4,962. It is the county seat of Hoke County.
History
John McRae and A.A. Williford operated a ...
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Raiford, Florida
Raiford is a town in Union County, Florida, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 236. It was home to the original Florida State Prison and continues to be home ...
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Florida State Prison
Florida State Prison (FSP), otherwise known as Raiford Prison, is a correctional institution located in unincorporated Bradford County, Florida. It was formerly known as the "Florida State Prison-East Unit" as it was originally part of Florida ...
, 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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