List of Famous people named Jay

Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission (STS-90) as a Payload Specialist. Buckey briefly ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu, a first term Republican, when he was up for re-election in 2008. Buckey withdrew from the race when former Governor Jeanne Shaheen entered the race.

Jay Scott Walker is an American entrepreneur and chairman of Walker Digital, a privately held research and development lab focused on using digital networks to create new business systems. Walker is also curator of TEDMED since 2011, and a founder of Priceline.com and Synapse Group, Inc. In 2000, Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.6 billion. By October 2000, his estimated worth was down to $333 million. As of 2013, he is not on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires.

Jay Carson is an American screenwriter and producer. Carson worked in domestic and international politics for Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Bill Bradley, Chuck Schumer, Mike Bloomberg, and Tom Daschle before his career in film and television. He was Hillary Clinton's press secretary in her 2008 presidential campaign. He is the former Chief Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, serving under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Jay Huguley is an American film, TV and theatre actor, best known for playing David on AMC's The Walking Dead, and Jimmy Ledoux on HBO's True Detective, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

Jay N. Shih or Shih Ning-jye is a Taiwanese politician. He has been the Minister of the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration since 20 May 2016. He was the Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Executive Yuan from 2006 to 2008.

Jay Brazeau is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Sam Fisher in Cold Squad, as Harlan in Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007), and for voicing Uncle Quigley in Sabrina: The Animated Series. and as Bobby in Double Jeopardy (1999), as Referee in the Air Bud film series (1997-2003), and his film role in We're No Angels (1989).

Jay Boekelheide is an American sound editor. He won during the 1983 Academy Awards for The Right Stuff in the category of Best Sound Editing. His brother Todd Boekelheide is also an Oscar winner, who won for best sound.

Jay Montgomery Garner is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was appointed in 2003 as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq but was soon replaced by Ambassador Paul Bremer and the ambassador's successor organization to ORHA, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).