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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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
Adrienne Gray, American make-up artist and political commentator
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 Gray (dermatologist) (1880–1967), British physician
Archibald Gray (minister) (before 1770–1831), Canadian Presbyterian minister
Archie Gray (1877–1943), Scottish footballer
B
Barry Gray (1908–1984), British musician and composer
Barry Gray (radio personality) (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
CJ Gray (born 2007), American professional baseball player
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
Chelsea Gray (born 1992), American basketbal player
Cheryl A. Gray Evans, Louisiana politician
Chris Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
Christian Gray (American football) (born 2005), American football player
Christopher Gray (architectural historian) (1950–2017), American journalist and architectural historian
Christopher Gray (organist), British organist
Clifton Daggett Gray, American Baptist, President of Bates College
Coleen Gray (1922–2015), American actress
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 (actress) (1928–2011), Italian actress
Dougie Gray (1905–1972), Scottish footballer
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 (1878–?), American politician and lawyer from Virginia
Eva Gray (actress)
Eva Gray (cricketer)
Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
F
Farrah Gray, American businessman, investor, author, columnist, and motivational speaker
Frank Gray, Scottish football manager and former player
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, American film director
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, Polish-American dancer and actress
Glen Gray, American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra
Gregory Gray, British singer and songwriter
Gustave Le Gray, French painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, and photographer
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 executive) (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, Scottish politician
Isaac P. Gray, American politician
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 (physician) (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
K
Karla M. Gray, American judge
Kate Gray, American freestyle skier
Katherine Gray, Canadian artist
Kelly Gray (soccer), 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 (born 1957), Canadian actor
Macy Gray (born 1967), American R&B, soul and neo-soul singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
Marion Cameron Gray (1902–1979), Scottish mathematician
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 (1939–2025), 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
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
Peyton Gray (born 1995), American baseball player
Q
Quinn Gray, American football quarterback
R
Raphael Gray (born 1981), British computer hacker
Reshanda Gray (born 1993), American basketball player
Richard Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
Ricky Gray (1977–2017), American murderer
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
T
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
Thomas R. Gray, American attorney, diplomat, and author
Tom Gray, bluegrass musician
Tony Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
Trinity Gray (born 1978), American middle-distance runner
Tristan Gray, American baseball player
V
Veleka Gray, American actress
Vincent Gray (American football), American football player
Vincent C. Gray, American politician
Vincent R. Gray, New Zealand chemist
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
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Zane Gray (later Grey, 1872–1939), American western novelist
Fictional characters
Alina Gray, in the game Magia Record
Arthur Gray, in the 1923 novel Scarlet Sails and 1961 film
Dorian Gray, in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mark Gray, in A Nightmare on Elm Street
Polly Gray, in Peaky Blinders
Tina Gray (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Valerie Gray, in TV series Danny Phantom
Violet Gray, character from the Peanuts comic strip