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 PistonsAdam Gray , American politicianAdeline Gray (parachutist) (1915/16–1975), American parachutistAdrian Gray , English darts playerAhuvah Gray Alan Gray (1855–1935), British organist and composerAlasdair Gray (1934–2019), Scottish writer and artistAlexander Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlfred Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlice Gray , American entomologistAllan Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAndre Gray , English professional footballerAndrew Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAndy Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleArchibald Montague Henry Gray (1880-1967), British physicianArchie Gray (1878–1943), Scottish footballerArthur Gray, primary character in the 1923 novel Scarlet Sails
Arthur Wellesley Gray (1876–1944), Canadian politician, creator of Wells Gray Provincial ParkAsa Gray (1810–1888), American botanistAvis Gray (born 1954), Canadian politician
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Carl Raymond Gray , American railroad presidentCarolyn Gray , Canadian playwrightCatriona Gray , Filipino-Australian, model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2018 Cecil Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCedric Gray (born 2002), American football playerChad Gray , HELLYEAH and former Mudvayne vocalistCharles Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCharles McNeill Gray , American politicianCharlotte Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCheryl A. Gray Evans , Louisiana politicianChris Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleChristopher Gray , American journalistChristopher Gray , British organistClifton Daggett Gray , American Baptist, President of Bates CollegeColeen Gray (1922–2015), American actressColt Gray (born 2010), American perpetrator of the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
Conan Gray (1998), American musician, songwriter and internet personality
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Dana Sue Gray , American serial killerDan Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDave Gray , major league pitcherDavid Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDean Gray , pseudonymDennis Gray (born 1935), English mountain climberDerwin Gray (offensive lineman) (born 1995), American football playerDevin Gray (1972–2013), American basketball playerDick Gray (1931–2013), Irish-American baseball playerDobie Gray , American musicianDolores Gray , American musical theatre actressDorian Gray , fictional character in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray (actress) (1928–2011), Italian actressDulcie Gray , British actressDunc Gray , Australian cyclist
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Eddie Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleEdmund Gray , American politicianEdmund Dwyer-Gray , Irish-Australian politicianEdward Leslie Gray , Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of AlbertaEdward Whitaker Gray , English physician & botanistEffie Gray , wife of John Ruskin and John Everett MillaisEileen Gray , Irish furniture designer and architectElisha Gray , American electrical engineerElizabeth Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleElspet Gray (1929–2013), Scottish actressEric Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleErin Gray , American actressErnest Gray (1856–1932), British politicianErnest Gray (New Zealand politician) (1833–1895), New Zealand politicianErnest Alfonso Gray (born 1878), American politician and lawyer from VirginiaEva Gray (actress) Eva Gray (cricketer) Evan Gray , New Zealand cricketer
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Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin (1927–2006), Scottish politicianHanna Holborn Gray (born 1930), American historianHarold Gray (1894–1968), American cartoonistHarold St George Gray , British archeologistHarry Gray (business) (1919–2009), American business executiveHarry B. Gray (born 1935), American chemistHawthorne C. Gray (1889–1927), American balloonistHenry Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHerb Gray (1931–2014), Canadian politicianHerb Gray (Canadian football) (1934–2011), American-born Canadian football playerHerbert Branston Gray (1851–1929), English clergyman and schoolmasterHorace Gray (1828–1902), American jurist
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James Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJamie Gray (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jane Lewers Gray (1796-1871), Northern Ireland-born American poet and hymnwriterJason Gray (musician) (born 1972), American contemporary Christian singer-songwriterJason Gray (poet) , American poetJason Gray-Stanford , Canadian actorJean Gray (academic) (born 1942), English-Canadian physician and professor of pharmacologyJeffrey Alan Gray , British psychologistJerry Gray , American football playerJerry Gray (arranger) , (1915–1976), arranger, composer, and conductorJesse Gray (1923–1988), New York civil right leader and politicianJim Gray (sportscaster) , American sportscasterJim Gray (UDA member) , leader of the Ulster Defence Association in Northern IrelandJohn Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJohnny Gray , American 800m runnerJon Gray (born 1991), American baseball playerJordan Gray , English comedian and singerJoseph Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJoseph Anthony Gray , US Congressman from PennsylvaniaJoseph M. M. Gray , Chancellor of American University from 1933 until 1941Josh Gray (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball playerJosh Gray (footballer) (born 1991), English footballerJosiah Gray (born 1997), American baseball playerJ. T. Gray (born 1996), American football playerJulian Gray , English footballer
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Larry Gray , jazz musicianLawrence Gray , American actorLee Gray , American DJLes Gray , English singerLinda Gray , American actressLinda Esther Gray (born 1948), Scottish opera singerLord Gray , title in the Peerage of ScotlandLoren Gray (born 2002), American singer and social media personalityLorna Gray (1917–2017), American actressLouis Harold Gray , British physicistLyons Gray , American politician
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Mackenzie Gray , Canadian actorMacy Gray , American R&B, soul and neo-soul singer, songwriter, record producer and actressMarlin Gray , American murdererMartin Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMary Tenney Gray (1833-1904), American writer, clubwoman, philanthropist, suffragetteMatt Gray (1936–2016), Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Manchester City)Mel Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMichael Gray (DJ) , British DJ and house music producerMichael Gray (footballer) , English football full-backMichael John Gray (born c. 1976), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Mike Gray (1935–2013), American writer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer and directorMorris Gray , Canadian politician
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Pat Gray , American radio personalityPatrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray , (died 1584) Scottish noblemanPatrick Gray, 6th Lord Gray , (died 1612) Scottish nobleman, grandson of the aboveL. Patrick Gray , acting director of the FBI from 1972 to 1973Paul Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePearl Zane Gray , American western novelist under the pen name Zane GreyPercy Gray , American artistPeter Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePete Gray (1915–2002), one-armed Major League baseball playerPete Gray (activist) (1980–2011), Australian environmental and anti-war activistPolly Gray , character in Peaky Blinders
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Raphael Gray (born 1981), British computer hackerRichard Gray (game designer) (born 1957), video game designerRichard E. Gray (1945–1982), NASA test pilotRobbie Gray (born 1988), Australian Rules Football playerRobert Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRobin Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRocky Gray (born 1974), American musician and songwriterRoger Gray (1881–1959), American character actorRoger Gray (1921–1996), professor and expert on agricultural futures marketsRon Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRoss F. Gray (1920–1945), American soldier, Medal of Honor awardee
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Sally Gray , English actressSamuel Gray (Australian politician) , Australian politicianSamuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828), British Botanist (IPNI = Gray)Selina Gray (1823-1907), enslaved woman who rescued historical heirloomsShelley Shepard Gray , American novelistSimon Gray , English playwrightSonny Gray (born 1989), American baseball playerSpalding Gray , American actor, screenwriter and playwrightStephen Gray (scientist) (1666–1736), English astronomer and scientistStephen Gray (writer) (1941–2020), South African authorSteven Gray (footballer) (born 1981), Irish defender for Derry City F.C.Stuart Gray (basketball) (born 1963), American basketball playerSylvia Gray (1909–1991), English businessperson
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Walter de Gray , English prelate and politicianWalter de Gray Birch , English historianWardell Gray , American jazz bebop saxophonistWayne D. Gray , cognitive science professorWells Gray (1876–1944), Canadian politician, creator of Wells Gray Provincial ParkWilliam Gray (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWilloughby Gray , English actorWoodville Gray , Scottish footballer of the 1880sWyndol Gray , (1922–1994), American basketball player
See also
Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Mills, A. D.; Room, Adrian (2002). The Oxford Names Companion . Oxford: the University Press; p. 260
Surnames derived from the color
Grey English German/Yiddish Other Germanic Hungarian Romance
Gris
Grise Grigio
Cinza
Gri Slavic
