Famous People with Name Ray

Ray Stevens            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Stevens: is an American country music and pop singer-songwriter known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works.Stevens' recording career began in the mid-1950s with two singles released on Prep Records. He then signed a contract with Capitol Records with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery. In 1958, Stevens joined Lowery's National Recording Corporation (NRC), playing numerous instruments, arranging music, and performing background vocals for its band

Ray Robert Bray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Robert Bray: was a defensive lineman who played eleven seasons in the National Football League. He was in the Navy from 1943-1945. If he had played those years many believe that he would be in the Canton Ohio Pro Football Hall of Fame. He received more nominations for the Hall of Fame than anybody who was not in the Hall of Fame until 1960.

Ray Butler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Butler: is a retired American football wide receiver.Butler played in the National Football League between 1980 and 1988. In 1981, he was fourth in the league with 9 receiving touchdowns

Ray Flaherty            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Flaherty: was a professional football player in the National Football League from 1926-1935. He was the Head Coach of the Boston/Washington Redskins from 1936-1942, where he won four division titles (1936, 1937, 1940, 1942) and two NFL Championships (1937, 1942). Flaherty served in the United States Navy until 1945.

Ray Lucas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Lucas: is a studio analyst for the show Jets Nation on New York City-based sports network SportsNet New York. His previous career was as a football quarterback in the National Football League, where he played for four teams, the New England Patriots, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens during his seven year career from 1996 to 2002.

John Alvin Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Alvin Ray: was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor of what would become rock 'n roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage persona.[1]

James Earl Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Earl Ray: was convicted of the assassination of American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which occurred on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray had been placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list twice.James Earl Ray came from a poor family in Alton, Illinois and left school at 15. He joined the army and served in Germany. In 1949 he was convicted of burglary in California and in 1952 he served two years for armed robbery of a taxi driver in Illinois. In 1955 he was convicted of mail fraud. After an armed robbery in Missouri in 1959, Ray was sentenced to 20 years as a habitual offender. In 1967 he escaped by hiding in a truck transporting bread from the prison bakery.[1]

Gene Anthony Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Anthony Ray: Born in Harlem, New York, Ray grew up in the neighborhood of West 153rd Street.[1] He attended the New York High School of the Performing Arts, the inspiration for the film Fame, but was kicked out after one year. "It was too disciplined for this wild chi

Rachael Domenica Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rachael Domenica Ray: Ray is Sicilian and Cajun French. Her maternal grandparents were Sicilian. Her relatives on her father's side are Cajun from Louisiana. She was born in Glens Falls, New York. Her family owned a restaurant on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while her mother manag

Debraj Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Debraj Ray: Julius Silver Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Studies in Economics at New York University. He has held long-term positions at Stanford University, the Indian Statistical Institute, and at Boston University, where he was Director of the Institute for Economic Development. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, MIT, the Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (Rio de Janeiro), the People's University of China (Beijing) and the London School of Economics. He is a Research Affiliate of the Instituto de Análisis Económico (Barcelona).