List of Famous people named Ray

Name Ray is among the most common names in USA, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Raymond. Similar names: Raymond, Roy, R, Rhea, Ryo, Rei, Rie, Rio, Rae, Ria, Ri, Rey, Ro, Raya, Ry, Riya, Ree, Rhee, Rye, Rya, Riyo, Rayya, Raye, Rao, Roye, Rahi, Ra, Reo, Roe, Rea, Rho. Here are some famous Rays:

Ray Abruzzo

First Name Ray
Last Name Abruzzo
Born on August 12, 1954 (age 71)

Ray Abruzzo is an American actor best known for his role as Little Carmine Lupertazzi in The Sopranos.

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Ray McCarey

First Name Ray
Last Name McCarey
Born on September 6, 1904
Died on December 1, 1948 (aged 44)

Raymond Benedict McCarey was an American film director, brother of director Leo McCarey.

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Ray Burke

First Name Ray
Last Name Burke
Born on September 30, 1943 (age 82)
Born in Ireland

Raphael Patrick Burke is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from June 1997 to October 1997, Minister for Justice from 1989 to 1992, Minister for Communications from 1987 to 1991, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1988 to 1989, Minister for Energy from 1987 to 1988, Minister for the Environment from March 1982 to December 1982 and 1980 to 1981 and Minister of State at the Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy from 1979 to 1980. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1973 to 1997.

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Ray Mala

First Name Ray
Last Name Mala
Born on December 27, 1906
Died on September 23, 1952 (aged 45)

Ray Mala was a prominent Native American Hollywood actor. He was one of Hollywood's Native American movie actors along with other Native American actors Lillian St. Cyr, Jesse Cornplanter, Chief Yowlachie, William Eagle Shirt, and Will Rogers who also had successful careers during that time. Mala's career peaked in the 1930s and he was best known for his lead role in Republic Pictures' 14-part serial Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) following his feature role in MGM's Eskimo, directed by Woody Van Dyke. He was named a "Top Ten Alaskan" by TIME Magazine in 2009.

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Ray Lockrem

First Name Ray
Last Name Lockrem
Born on October 20, 1911
Died on December 18, 1951 (aged 40)
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Eugenio Juan Zappietro

First Name Eugenio
Born on November 28, 1936 (age 89)
Born in Argentina

Eugenio Juan Zappietro,, better known by his pseudonym Ray Collins, is a former Argentine comic writer. Among his best-known works are Precinto 56 and Yor the Hunter.

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Ray Lawrence

First Name Ray
Last Name Lawrence
Born on January 1, 1948 (age 78)

Ray Lawrence is an Australian film director, best known for his 2001 film Lantana.

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Ray Robson

First Name Ray
Last Name Robson
Born on October 25, 1994 (age 31)

Ray Robson is an American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010. Robson fulfilled the requirements for the title in 2009 at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 16 days.

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Ray Keech

First Name Ray
Last Name Keech
Born on May 1, 1900
Died on June 15, 1929 (aged 29)

Charles Raymond Keech was a board track and brick track racer in the 1920s. He is best remembered for winning the 1929 Indianapolis 500, and for setting a land speed record.

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Ray Burton

Raymond Charles Burton
First Name Ray
Last Name Burton
Born on November 30, 1944 (age 81)

Raymond Charles Burton is an Australian musician and singer-song writer. He was briefly a member of rock 'n' rollers the Delltones (1965–66) on vocals, pop group the Executives (1968–69) on guitar and vocals, progressive rockers Leo de Castro and Friends (1973) on guitar, and jazz fusion band Ayers Rock (1973–74) on guitar and vocals. In 1971 Burton was working in the United States where he co-wrote "I Am Woman" with fellow Australian, Helen Reddy, which became a number-one hit for her on the Billboard Hot 100 late in the following year. Another song written by the pair, "Best Friend", was sung by Reddy while she was also acting in a disaster film, Airport 1975. As a solo artist, Burton issued an album, Dreamers and Nightflyers and two associated singles, "Too Hard to Handle" and "Paddington Green", in 1978 in Australia. He returned to the US where he worked as a song writer.

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