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Ray Nitschke
Ray Nitschke (1936-1998), Green Bay Packers middle linebacker 1958-72, MVP of the 1962 NFL Championship Game, five-time NFL champion, Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 1978, No. 66 retired.
Ray Noorda
Ray Noorda was an American business executive who built Novell of Provo, Utah, into the dominant network software supplier, serving as its president and CEO from 1983.
Ray Norton
Ray Norton (Otis Ray Norton, born 1937), American sprinter, 1959 Pan Am triple gold medalist and simultaneous 100 m/200 m world record holder; flopped at Rome 1960, later played for the San Francisco 49ers.
Ray of Light
Ray of Light is Madonna's seventh studio album, released in 1998 by Warner Bros. and produced principally with William Orbit, marking her move into electronic dance music.
Ray Ozzie
Ray Ozzie, born 1955, is an American software entrepreneur who created Lotus Notes, founded Iris Associates and Groove Networks, and served as Microsoft's chief software architect from 2006 until 2011.
Ray Panthaki
Ray Panthaki (born 1979, London) is a British actor, writer, director, and producer known for EastEnders, Marcella, Away, The Serpent Queen, and his BIFA-nominated role in Boiling Point; he runs Urban Way and directs In Starland.
Ray Park
Ray Park (born 1974, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor, stuntman, and wushu martial artist, the physical portrayer of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace and Solo, also Toad in X-Men and Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe.
Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Parker Jr. (born 1954, Detroit) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer, leader of Raydio ('Jack and Jill', 'A Woman Needs Love') and writer-performer of the 1984 number-one 'Ghostbusters' theme, after a session career with Stevie Wonder and others.
Ray Parlour
Ray Parlour (Raymond Parlour, born 1973, Romford), nicknamed the Romford Pele, English midfielder; Arsenal 1992-2004, 450+ appearances, three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, Invincibles member; later Middlesbrough, Hull City, 10 England caps.
Ray Phiri
Ray Phiri (Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri, 1947–2017) was a South African jazz and mbaqanga guitarist who founded the band Stimela and played on Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland.
Ray Pooley
Ray Pooley is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Michigan's 9th Congressional District in 2026, a CNC machinist who won his primary on August 4.
Ray Quinn
Ray Quinn (Raymond Arthur Quinn, born 1988) is an English singer, actor, and dancer from Knowsley, Merseyside: Brookside's Anthony Murray, 2006 X Factor runner-up to Leona Lewis, UK number-one debut album Doing It My Way, and two-time Dancing on Ice champion.
Ray R. Irani
Ray R. Irani is a Lebanese-born American physical chemist, born in Beirut, who served as chairman and CEO of Occidental Petroleum from 1990 to 2011.
Ray Reardon
Ray Reardon, born Raymond Reardon, was a Welsh professional snooker player who won the World Championship six times, including four in a row from 1973 to 1976.
Ray Rice
Ray Rice, formally Raymell Mourice Rice, is a former NFL running back who played six seasons for the Baltimore Ravens and finished second in rushing in 2011.
Ray Romano
Ray Romano (born 1957, Queens, New York) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) and voice of Manny in Ice Age, later known for dramatic roles in Men of a Certain Age, The Irishman, and directing Somewhere in Queens.
Ray Rothrock
Ray Rothrock is an American venture capitalist, a longtime partner at Venrock and now at Shield Capital, known for cybersecurity investments including Check Point, Imperva, PGP, and Cloudflare.
Ray Sawyer
Ray Sawyer (1937–2018), Alabama-born vocalist and percussionist, co-founded Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show; his eye patch and cowboy hat inspired the band's Captain Hook name, and he sang lead on "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'".
Ray Schalk
Ray Schalk (1892-1970), "Cracker," Hall of Fame catcher for the Chicago White Sox 1912-1928; finest defensive catcher of the Dead Ball Era, caught four no-hitters, hit .304 in the 1919 Black Sox World Series, elected 1955.
Ray Seales
Sugar Ray Seales (born 1952, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an American boxer, the only US gold medalist in boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympics (light-welterweight), later a NABF/USBA middleweight champion who fought Marvin Hagler three times and retired legally blind from detached retinae.
Ray Sepúlveda
Ray Sepúlveda is a Brooklyn-born salsa singer of Puerto Rican parents who formed the Johnny and Ray Orchestra in 1988, recorded five RMM albums, and remains active today.
Ray Sharkey
Ray Sharkey (Raymond Sharkey Jr., 1952–1993), American actor of The Idolmaker and Wiseguy's Sonny Steelgrave; won the 1981 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy; died of AIDS in Brooklyn.
Ray Stata
Ray Stata (Raymond Stata) is an American semiconductor entrepreneur and MIT-trained engineer who co-founded Analog Devices in 1965, led it as CEO, and chaired its board until 2022.
Ray Steadman-Allen
Ray Steadman-Allen (RSA, died 15 December 2014) was a British Salvation Army officer and brass band composer, Lieut-Colonel and Head of Music Editorial from 1967, with over 400 published works including The Holy War and Colour and Texture in the Brass Band Score.
Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens (Harold Ray Ragsdale, born 1939) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter and producer, the Clown Prince of Country Music, known for "Ahab the Arab," "The Streak," and the Grammy-winning "Everything Is Beautiful"; Country Music Hall of Fame inductee (2019).
Ray Stevenson
Ray Stevenson (George Raymond Stevenson, 1964–2023) was a Northern Irish actor known for Titus Pullo in HBO's Rome, the Punisher, Volstagg in Thor, RRR's Governor Buxton, and posthumous Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka.
Ray Teal
Ray Teal (Ray Elgin Teal, 1902–1976), American character actor and former UCLA bandleader, best known as Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza (1960–1972) and for Judgment at Nuremberg, Ace in the Hole, and Inherit the Wind.
Ray Thomas
Ray Thomas (1941-2018), English flautist, vocalist and songwriter, founding member of the Moody Blues; played the flute solo on "Nights in White Satin", wrote "Legend of a Mind", retired 2002, inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Ray Tomlinson
Ray Tomlinson was an American computer engineer at BBN who created the first network email on the ARPANET in 1971 and chose the @ sign for addresses.
Ray Toro
Ray Toro (Raymond Toro-Ortiz, born 1977, Kearny, New Jersey) is lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance and a solo artist; known for solos, harmonized leads, Les Pauls, and the 2016 album Remember The Laughter.