Famous People with Name Ray

Ray Van Orman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Van Orman: was an American veterinarian and college football and lacrosse coach. He served as the head lacrosse and football coach at Johns Hopkins University, from 1920 to 1935 and 1926 to 1935 respectively, and the head lacrosse coach at Cornell University from 19

Ray Hunt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Hunt: was an American horse trainer and clinician of significant influence in the natural horsemanship field. He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hunt was widely regarded as one of the original proponents of what became known as natural horsemanship.

Ray Canty            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Canty: known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler for the Jim Crockett Promotions and various other regional wrestling territories. He was responsible for training New Jack as a professional wrestler.

Ray "Thunder" Stern            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray "Thunder" Stern: was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and entrepreneur. At age 13 he joined the Merchant Marines using the name Paul Davis and discovered bodybuilding, a sport he loved so much he would carry a pair of 50 pound dumbbells in his duffel bag for

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

Ray Murphy, Jr.: was an all-American collegiate wrestler at Oklahoma State University. He was awarded the 1998 Medal of Courage from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

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]

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