Famous People with Name Ray

Ray Condo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Condo: was a Canadian rockabilly singer, saxophonist, and guitarist.Ray attended an elite vocational fine art & design high school specifically established by the Ontario Ministry of Education for those showing exceptional talent in fine art and design. An inten

Ray Griff            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Griff: a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960's and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time

Ray Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Charles: is an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who is best- known as organizer and leader of The Ray Charles Singers. The Ray Charles Singers were featured on Perry Como's records, radio shows and television shows for 35 years.[

Ray Lev            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Lev: was an American classical pianist. One year after her birth in Rostov na Donau, Russia, her father, a synagogue cantor, and mother, a concert singer, brought her to the United States.[1]Lev’s early piano studies were with Waiter Ruel Cowles in New Haven, Connecticut and Gaston Déthier in New York.[1] She made her debut at age 17 in England performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 under Sir Landon Ronald. After winning the American Matthay Prize and the Philharmonic Symphony Scholarship, she studied with Tobias Matthay in England from 1930 to 1933.[2] Thereafter, Lev returned to the United States, where she made her New York debut in 1934 with the National Orchestral Association. Her annual recitals in Carnegie Hall were generally sold out; she also toured successfully in Europe

Ray Brown, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Brown, Jr.: is an American jazz and blues pianist and singer.After moving to California when he was 10, Ray discovered a passion for the drums and for singing. He attended Beverly Hills High School where he sang with school groups which toured at local festivals and

Edward Ray "Ed" Fiori            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Ray "Ed" Fiori: (born on April 21, 1953) is an American professional golfer

Allan Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Ray: is an American professional Basketball player formerly with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association and currently signed on to play with Italian Serie A club Lottomatica Roma for the 2007-2008 season. He played college Basketball for four years at Villanova University.

Clifford Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clifford Ray: is an American Basketball coach and former professional Basketball player. A 6-9 center, he played three of his ten seasons in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls (1971-74) and the other seven with the Golden State Warriors (1974-81).

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]