Emmy Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Ray Romano   2002   Everybody Loves Raymond  
Fictional Characters from Song Titles: 2 characters
(character) Ray   1992   It's A Shame About Ray  
(character) Ray   2007   Worried About Ray  
Fictional Characters from Television: 10 characters
Ray Krebbs   1978   Dallas  
Ray Pruit   1990   Beverly Hills, 90210  
Ray Barnett   1994   ER  
Ray Kowalski   1994   Due South  
Ray Vecchio   1994   Due South  
Ray Barone   1996   Everybody Loves Raymond  
Ray Cutter   2000   The District  
Ray Langston   2000   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation  
Ray Blackwell   2005   Close to Home  
Miley Stewart (a.k.a. Ray)   2006   Hannah Montana  
Grammy Award Winners: 1 album of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year) Ray Charles   2005   Genius Loves Company; Here We Go Again  
Hall-of-Famers: 5 football, 4 baseball, 2 basketball, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Ray Schalk   1955  
(football) Ray Flaherty   1976  
(football) Ray Nitschke   1978  
(basketball) Jerry Lucas (a.k.a. Ray)   1979  
(football) Pete Rozelle (a.k.a. Ray)   1985  
(baseball) Ray Dandridge   1987  
(ice hockey) Ray Bourque   2004  
(baseball) Ray Brown   2006  
(football) Ray Guy   2014  
(football) Ray Lewis   2018  
(basketball) Ray Allen   2018  
(baseball) Gil Hodges (a.k.a. Ray)   2022  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 16 actors, 1 presenter
Ray Milland   1907-1986  
Ray McAnally   1926-1989  
Chuck Norris (a.k.a. Ray)   1940-  
Jonathan Banks (a.k.a. Ray)   1947-  
Ray Wise   1947-  
Ray Baker   1948-  
Ray Liotta   1954-2022  
Ray Combs   1956-1996  
Ray Winstone   1957-  
Ray McKinnon   1957-  
Ray Romano   1957-  
Ray Stevenson   1964-2023  
Eric Schweig (a.k.a. Ray)   1967-  
Skeet Ulrich (a.k.a. Ray)   1970-  
Miley Cyrus (a.k.a. Ray)   1992-  
Maya Hawke (a.k.a. Ray)   1998-  
Lennon Stella (a.k.a. Ray)   1999-  
Notable Athletes: 2 basketball, 2 boxing, 2 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 soccer, 1 track
(track) Ray Ewry   1873-1937  
(boxing) "Sugar" Ray Robinson   1921-1989  
(basketball) Jerry Lucas (a.k.a. Ray)   1940-  
(football) Ray Guy   1949-2022  
(boxing) "Sugar" Ray Leonard   1956-  
(soccer) Ray Wilkins   1956-2018  
(ice hockey) Ray Bourque   1960-  
(football) Ray Lewis   1975-  
(basketball) Ray Allen   1975-  
Notable Businesspeople: 1 businessperson
Ray Kroc   1902-1984  
Notable Musicians: 8 musicians, 4 singers
Ray Charles   1930-2004  
Kenny Rogers (a.k.a. Ray)   1938-2020  
Ray Manzarek   1939-2013  
Otis Redding (a.k.a. Ray)   1941-1967  
Ray Thomas   1941-2018  
Stevie Ray Vaughan   1954-1990  
Billy Ray Cyrus   1961-  
Ray Luzier   1970-  
Ray Slijngaard   1971-  
Micheal "Tyga" Stevenson (a.k.a. Ray)   1989-  
Miley Cyrus (a.k.a. Ray)   1992-  
Lennon Stella (a.k.a. Ray)   1999-  
Notable Writers: 2 authors
Ray Bradbury   1920-2012  
Dean Koontz (a.k.a. Ray)   1945-  
Olympic Medalists: 9 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
(gold) Ray Ewry   1900; 1904; 1908   triple jump - standing; high jump - standing; long jump - standing  
(silver) Ray Kegeris   1920   swimming - 100 m backstroke  
(gold) Ray Barbuti   1928   400 m; 4x400 m relay  
(bronze) Ray Lewis   1932   4x400 m relay  
(gold) Ray Lumpp   1948   basketball  
(gold) Jerry Lucas (a.k.a. Ray)   1960   basketball  
(gold) Jim Hines (a.k.a. Ray)   1968   100 m; 4x100 m relay  
(gold) Ronnie Ray Smith   1968   4x100 m relay  
(gold) "Sugar" Ray Leonard   1976   boxing  
(gold) Ray Armstead   1984   4x400 m relay  
(silver) Ray Stewart   1984   4x100 m relay  
(silver) Colin Jackson (a.k.a. Ray)   1988   110 m hurdles  
(gold) Ray Allen   2000   basketball  
Oscar Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Ray Milland   1946   The Lost Weekend  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 8 musicians
Ray Charles   1986     
Eddie Cochran (a.k.a. Ray)   1987     
Otis Redding (a.k.a. Ray)   1989     
Ray Davies   1990   The Kinks  
Ray Manzarek   1993   The Doors  
Ray Davis   1997   Parliament-Funkadelic  
Stevie Ray Vaughan   2015   Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble  
Ray Thomas   2018   The Moody Blues