# Frey (surname)

Frey is a surname of German origin, from the Middle High German word "vri," meaning "free," and as a name, it referred to a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf in the feudal system. Other variations include Freyr, Freyer, Freyda, Freyman, Freyberg, Freystein, Fray, Frayr, Frayda, Frayberg, Frayman, Freeman.
Frei, Frey, Fray, Frej or Freij is the surname of the following people

## Frei

* Alexander Frei, Swiss football player
* Arturo Frei, Chilean politician
* Beatrice Frei, Swiss curler
* Carl Frei, German organ builder
* Carmen Frei, Chilean politician
* Christian Frei, Swiss filmmaker
* Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile
* Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, president of Chile
* Emil Frei, an American physician and oncologist
* Fabian Frei, Swiss football player
* Frances X. Frei, American academic and businesswoman
* Günther Frei (born 1942), Swiss mathematician and historian of mathematics
* Hans Wilhelm Frei, American theologian
* Heinz Frei, Swiss wheelchair athlete
* Jerry Frei, American basketball coach
* Karl Frei, a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion
* Kerim Frei, Turkish-Swiss football player
* Matt Frei, British-German television journalist
* Max Frei, pen name of a Ukrainian/Russian fantasy writer Svetlana Martynchik
* Peter Frei, Swiss former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics
* Sandra Frei, Swiss snowboarder
* Stefan Frei, Swiss football player
* Tanya Frei, Swiss curler and Olympic medalist
* Thomas Frei, Swiss bicycle racer
* Thomas Frei (biathlete), Swiss biathlete
* Thorsten Frei (born 1973), German politician
* Wilhelm Siegmund Frei, German medical researcher

## Freij

* Elias Freij (1918–1998), Palestinian Christian politician
* Fahd Jassem al-Freij (born 1950), Syrian Minister of Defense
* Gustav Freij (1922–1973), Swedish wrestler
* Leif Freij (1943–1998), Swedish wrestler, nephew of Gustav

## Frej

* Issawi Frej (born 1963), Israeli Arab politician
* Saber Ben Frej (born 1979), Tunisian footballer

## Frey

* Aaron Frey, American politician
* Albert Frey (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alexander Frey (politician) (1877–1945), Finnish politician and banker
* Alexander Frey, American conductor
* Alexander Moritz Frey, German author
* Alice Frey, Belgian painter
* Allan H. Frey, American neuroscientist
* Amber Frey
* Bernard Frey, appellant in Frey v. Fedoruk et al.
* Bruno Frey, Swiss economist
* Christopher Frey, German writer
* Darcy Frey, American writer
* Diana Frey, Argentine film producer
* Donald N. Frey, an American innovator in manufacturing
* Emil Frey (1838–1922), Swiss politician
* Emilio Frey (1872–1964), Argentine geographer
* Gerhard Frey, German mathematician
* Gerhard Frey (politician), (1933–2013) German politician (DVU)
* Glenn Frey (1948–2016), American recording artist and actor
* Greg Frey, American football player
* Heinrich Frey (1822–1890), Swiss entomologist
* Henri-Nicolas Frey (1847–1932), French major general
* Hugo Frey (musician), American musician
* Hugo Frey, German fighter pilot
* James Frey, American writer
* James N. Frey, American writer
* Jim Frey, American baseball manager
* John P. Frey, American labor activist
* Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey (born Joseph Levi; 1771–1850), missionary
* Konrad Frey, German gymnast
* Leonard Frey, American actor
* Lonny Frey, American baseball player
* Louis Frey, Jr. (1934–2019), American politician
* Łucja Frey, Polish physician and neurologist
* Max Frey (1874–1944), German painter and graphic artist
* Mogens Frey, Danish cyclist
* Nicolas Frey, French footballer, brother of Sébastien
* Oli Frey, Swiss magazine illustrator
* Oliver W. Frey, American politician
* Paul Frey, Canadian operatic tenor
* Perry A. Frey, American biochemist
* Peter Frey, German journalist
* Petra Frey, Austrian singer
* Raymond E. Frey, American physicist
* Raymond G. Frey (1941–2012), American philosopher
* R. Scott Frey, American contemporary sociologist
* Richard Karl Hjalmar Frey (1886–1965), Finnish entomologist, specialist of Diptera
* Richard L. Frey, (1905–1988), American bridge player
* Roger Frey (1913–1997), French politician
* Sébastien Frey (born 1980), French football goalkeeper, brother of Nicolas
* Stephen Frey, American author
* Steve Frey, American baseball player
* Toomas Frey, Estonian botanist and ecologist
* William J. Frey (1929-2011), American politician, businessman, and farmer

## Fray

* Arron Fray (born 1987), English soccer player
* David Fray (born 1981), French classical pianist
* Derek Fray FRS, British material scientist and professor
* Sir John Fray (died 1461), English lawyer and court official
* Terryn Fray (born 1991), Bermudan cricketer
* Tom Fray (born 1979), English cricketer

### In fiction

* House Frey from A Song of Ice and Fire
* Dieter Frey from Call for the Dead le Carre