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Ray (given name)

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Ray is a masculine given name and short form (hypocorism) of the given name Raymond, and may refer to:

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Music

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Sports

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Film and TV

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  • 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 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 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Other

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Fictional characters

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See also

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