Wray (surname)

Wray

Origin
Word/name	Old English,
Meaning	derived from places in Lancashire and Cumberland named Wray, Wrea, Or Wreay, From Old Norse Vrá ‘Nook’, ‘Corner’
Region of origin	England, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)	numerous

Wray is a surname which may refer to:

The surname Wray is most common in the United States, England, Canada and Australia.

Titles

• The Wray baronets, two extinct titles in the Baronetage of England, including lists of titleholders

Persons

• Albert A. Wray (1858–1924), New York politician and lawyer
• Arthur Wray (1906-1993), Canadian politician
• Bill Wray (born 1956), American cartoonist and landscape painter
• Bill Wray (composer), American musician, composer and producer
• Chester B. Wray (1923-2006), California politician
• Christopher Wray (disambiguation)
• Daniel Wray (1701–1783), English antiquary and Fellow of the Royal Society
• Edward Wray (1589-1658), English courtier and politician
• Elinor Caroline Wray (1899–1992), Australian speech therapist
• Emma Wray (born 1965), English actress
• Fawcet Wray (1873-1932), British naval officer
• Fay Wray (1907–2004), Canadian–American actress best known for her starring role in the film King Kong
• Collin Raye (born Floyd Elliot Wray, born 1960), American country singer-songwriter
• Harmon Wray (c. 1947–2007), American prison reformer, human rights and death penalty activist
• Henry Wray (1826-1900), British Army lieutenant-general and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
• Jimmy Wray (1935–2013), Scottish politician
• John Wray (politician) (born 1971), Texas House of Representatives
• Jon Wray (born 1970), English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s
• Larry Randall Wray, professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Leonora Wray (1886-1979), Australian golfer often referred to as the "mother" of Australian golf
• Link Wray (1929–2005), American rock and roll musician
• Lud Wray (1894–1967), American football player and coach, and co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles team
• Lyliana Wray (born 2002), American actress
• Margaret Jane Wray (born 1963), American operatic soprano
• Martha Wray (1739-1788), English medical manufacturer
• Mia Wray (born 1995), Australian pop singer-songwriter
• Michael H. Wray (born 1967), North Carolina politician
• Naomi Wray, Australian geneticist
• Nicole Wray (born 1981), American R&B singer and songwriter
• Scotty Wray (died 2022), American country singer-songwriter
• Taylor Wray (born 1981), Canadian lacrosse player
• Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Ashby (1625–1669), English politician
• Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth (1555–1617), English politician
• William Fitzwater Wray (d. 1938), cycling journalist
• William Wray (artist) (born 1956), American cartoonist and landscape painter
• William Wray (politician) (1876–1946), American politician in the state of Washington