Ray (given name)
Ray is a given name and short form (hypocorism) of the given name Raymond and Rachel. == 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 Ray Frenette (1935–2018), Canadian politician in New Brunswick 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 (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 Salva (born 1947), American politician Ray Alexander Simons (1914–2004), South African communist and trade unionist 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.