# Gray (surname)

Gray is a surname of English and Scottish origins.
In most Scottish instances, the name "Gray" is from the Germanic Scots language, and is cognate with Old English, "græg", meaning "grey", probably as a hair colour.
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## A

* Aaron Gray, basketball player for the Detroit Pistons
* Adam Gray, American politician
* Adeline Gray (parachutist) (1915/16–1975), American parachutist
* Adrian Gray, English darts player
* Ahuvah Gray
* Alan Gray (1855–1935), British organist and composer
* Alasdair Gray (1934–2019), Scottish writer and artist
* Alexander Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alfred Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alice Gray, American entomologist
* Allan Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Andre Gray, English professional footballer
* Andrew Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Andy Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Archibald Montague Henry Gray (1880-1967), British physician
* Archie Gray (1878–1943), Scottish footballer
* Arthur Gray, primary character in the 1923 novel Scarlet Sails by Soviet writer Alexander Grin and the 1961 Soviet film based on it
* Arthur Wellesley Gray (1876–1944), Canadian politician, creator of Wells Gray Provincial Park
* Asa Gray (1810–1888), American botanist
* Avis Gray (born 1954), Canadian politician

## B

* Barry Gray (1908–1984), British musician and composer
* Barry Gray (radio) (1916–1996), American radio personality
* Benjamin Kirkman Gray (1862–1907), English economist and author
* Bernard Gray (Sunday Pictorial journalist) (died 1942), British Second World War journalist
* Bryson Gray (born 1991), American rapper

## C

* Carl Raymond Gray, American railroad president
* Carolyn Gray, Canadian playwright
* Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian, model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2018
* Cecil Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Cedric Gray (born 2002), American football player
* Chad Gray, HELLYEAH and former Mudvayne vocalist
* Charles Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Charles McNeill Gray, American politician
* Charlotte Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Cheryl A. Gray Evans, Louisiana politician
* Chris Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Christopher Gray, American journalist
* Christopher Gray, British organist
* Clifton Daggett Gray, American Baptist, President of Bates College
* Coleen Gray (1922–2015), American actress
* Colt Gray (born 2010), American perpetrator of the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
* Conan Gray (1998), American musician, songwriter and internet personality

## D

* Dana Sue Gray, American serial killer
* Dan Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dave Gray, major league pitcher
* David Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dean Gray, pseudonym
* Dennis Gray (born 1935), English mountain climber
* Derwin Gray (offensive lineman) (born 1995), American football player
* Devin Gray (1972–2013), American basketball player
* Dick Gray (1931–2013), Irish-American baseball player
* Dobie Gray, American musician
* Dolores Gray, American musical theatre actress
* Dorian Gray, fictional character in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
* Dorian Gray (actress) (1928–2011), Italian actress
* Dulcie Gray, British actress
* Dunc Gray, Australian cyclist

## E

* Eddie Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Edmund Gray, American politician
* Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician
* Edward Leslie Gray, Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
* Edward Whitaker Gray, English physician & botanist
* Effie Gray, wife of John Ruskin and John Everett Millais
* Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer and architect
* Elisha Gray, American electrical engineer
* Elizabeth Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Elspet Gray (1929–2013), Scottish actress
* Eric Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Erin Gray, American actress
* Ernest Gray (1856–1932), British politician
* Ernest Gray (New Zealand politician) (1833–1895), New Zealand politician
* Ernest Alfonso Gray (born 1878), American politician and lawyer from Virginia
* Eva Gray (actress)
* Eva Gray (cricketer)
* Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer

## F

* Farrah Gray
* Frank Gray
* Frank Gray (politician)
* Frank Gray (researcher)
* Fred Gray (disambiguation), multiple people

## G

* Gabriel "Sylar" Gray, character on the television show Heroes
* Gary Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* F. Gary Gray
* Gary LeRoi Gray, American actor
* Geoffrey Gray (born 1997), American-Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* George Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Gilda Gray
* Glen Gray
* Gregory Gray
* Gustave Le Gray

## H

* Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin (1927–2006), Scottish politician
* Hanna Holborn Gray (born 1930), American historian
* Harold Gray (1894–1968), American cartoonist
* Harold St George Gray, British archeologist
* Harry Gray (business) (1919–2009), American business executive
* Harry B. Gray (born 1935), American chemist
* Hawthorne C. Gray (1889–1927), American balloonist
* Henry Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Herb Gray (1931–2014), Canadian politician
* Herb Gray (Canadian football) (1934–2011), American-born Canadian football player
* Herbert Branston Gray (1851–1929), English clergyman and schoolmaster
* Horace Gray (1828–1902), American jurist

## I

* Iain Gray
* The Honourable Sir Ian Campbell-Gray
* Isaac P. Gray

## J

* James Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jamie Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
** Jamie Gray, a British murderer
** Jamie Gray Hyder, American actress and model
** Jamie Lynn Gray (born 1984), American Olympic sport shooter
* Jane Lewers Gray (1796-1871), Northern Ireland-born American poet and hymnwriter
* Jason Gray (musician) (born 1972), American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter
* Jason Gray (poet), American poet
* Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
* Jean Gray (academic) (born 1942), English-Canadian physician and professor of pharmacology
* Jeffrey Alan Gray, British psychologist
* Jerry Gray, American football player
* Jerry Gray (arranger), (1915–1976), arranger, composer, and conductor
* Jesse Gray (1923–1988), New York civil right leader and politician
* Jim Gray (sportscaster), American sportscaster
* Jim Gray (UDA member), leader of the Ulster Defence Association in Northern Ireland
* John Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Johnny Gray, American 800m runner
* Jon Gray (born 1991), American baseball player
* Jordan Gray, English comedian and singer
* Joseph Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph Anthony Gray, US Congressman from Pennsylvania
* Joseph M. M. Gray, Chancellor of American University from 1933 until 1941
* Josh Gray (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
* Josh Gray (footballer) (born 1991), English footballer
* Josiah Gray (born 1997), American baseball player
* J. T. Gray (born 1996), American football player
* Julian Gray, English footballer

## K

* Karla M. Gray, American judge
* Katherine Gray, Canadian artist
* Kelly Gray, American soccer player
* Kelly Gray (musician), American producer and guitarist
* Kevin Gray (disambiguation), multiple people

## L

* Larry Gray, jazz musician
* Lawrence Gray, American actor
* Lee Gray, American DJ
* Les Gray, English singer
* Linda Gray, American actress
* Linda Esther Gray (born 1948), Scottish opera singer
* Lord Gray, title in the Peerage of Scotland
* Loren Gray (born 2002), American singer and social media personality
* Lorna Gray (1917–2017), American actress
* Louis Harold Gray, British physicist
* Lyons Gray, American politician

## M

* Mackenzie Gray, Canadian actor
* Macy Gray, American R&B, soul and neo-soul singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
* Marlin Gray, American murderer
* Martin Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mary Tenney Gray (1833-1904), American writer, clubwoman, philanthropist, suffragette
* Matt Gray (1936–2016), Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Manchester City)
* Mel Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Michael Gray (DJ), British DJ and house music producer
* Michael Gray (footballer), English football full-back
* Michael John Gray (born c. 1976), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* Mike Gray (1935–2013), American writer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer and director
* Morris Gray, Canadian politician

## N

* Nan Grey, American actress
* Naomi Gray, American, first female Vice President of Planned Parenthood
* Neely Gray, American businessman and territorial legislator
* Neil Gray, Scottish National Party politician
* Nigel Gray, English record producer
* Noah Gray (born 1999), American football player
* Noel Desmond Gray (1920–1999), Australian businessman

## O

* Owen Gray (born 1939), Jamaican musician

## P

* Pat Gray, American radio personality
* Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray, (died 1584) Scottish nobleman
* Patrick Gray, 6th Lord Gray, (died 1612) Scottish nobleman, grandson of the above
* L. Patrick Gray, acting director of the FBI from 1972 to 1973
* Paul Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Pearl Zane Gray, American western novelist under the pen name Zane Grey
* Percy Gray, American artist
* Peter Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Pete Gray (1915–2002), one-armed Major League baseball player
* Pete Gray (activist) (1980–2011), Australian environmental and anti-war activist
* Polly Gray, character in Peaky Blinders

## Q

* Quinn Gray, American football quarterback

## R

* Raphael Gray (born 1981), British computer hacker
* Richard Gray (game designer) (born 1957), video game designer
* Richard E. Gray (1945–1982), NASA test pilot
* Robbie Gray (born 1988), Australian Rules Football player
* Robert Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Robin Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Rocky Gray (born 1974), American musician and songwriter
* Roger Gray (1881–1959), American character actor
* Roger Gray (1921–1996), professor and expert on agricultural futures markets
* Ron Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ross F. Gray (1920–1945), American soldier, Medal of Honor awardee

## S

* Sally Gray, English actress
* Samuel Gray (Australian politician), Australian politician
* Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828), British Botanist (IPNI = Gray)
* Selina Gray (1823-1907), enslaved woman who rescued historical heirlooms
* Shelley Shepard Gray, American novelist
* Simon Gray, English playwright
* Sonny Gray (born 1989), American baseball player
* Spalding Gray, American actor, screenwriter and playwright
* Stephen Gray (scientist) (1666–1736), English astronomer and scientist
* Stephen Gray (writer) (1941–2020), South African author
* Steven Gray (footballer) (born 1981), Irish defender for Derry City F.C.
* Stuart Gray (basketball) (born 1963), American basketball player
* Sylvia Gray (1909–1991), English businessperson

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* T. M. Gray, American horror novelist and illustrator
* Tamyra Gray, American actress and singer
* Thomas Gray, British poet and scholar
* Thomas Gray (VC), British soldier
* Thomas Cecil Gray, British anaesthetist
* Thomas Lomar Gray, British engineer
* Tom Gray, bluegrass musician
* Tony Gray (disambiguation), multiple people

## V

* Valerie Gray, fictional character from the television series Danny Phantom
* Veleka Gray, American actress
* Vincent Gray (American football), American football player
* Vincent C. Gray, American politician
* Vincent R. Gray, New Zealand chemist
* Violet Gray, fictional character from the Peanuts comic strip
* Virgil Gray (born 1984), American football player
* Vivean Gray (1924–2016), British actress based in Australia

## W

* Walter de Gray, English prelate and politician
* Walter de Gray Birch, English historian
* Wardell Gray, American jazz bebop saxophonist
* Wayne D. Gray, cognitive science professor
* Wells Gray (1876–1944), Canadian politician, creator of Wells Gray Provincial Park
* William Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
* Willoughby Gray, English actor
* Woodville Gray, Scottish footballer of the 1880s
* Wyndol Gray, (1922–1994), American basketball player