Famous People with Name Ray

Ray Lev            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Lev: was an American classical pianist. One year after her birth in Rostov na Donau, Russia, her father, a synagogue cantor, and mother, a concert singer, brought her to the United States.[1]Lev’s early piano studies were with Waiter Ruel Cowles in New Haven, Connecticut and Gaston Déthier in New York.[1] She made her debut at age 17 in England performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 under Sir Landon Ronald. After winning the American Matthay Prize and the Philharmonic Symphony Scholarship, she studied with Tobias Matthay in England from 1930 to 1933.[2] Thereafter, Lev returned to the United States, where she made her New York debut in 1934 with the National Orchestral Association. Her annual recitals in Carnegie Hall were generally sold out; she also toured successfully in Europe

Ray Brown, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Brown, Jr.: is an American jazz and blues pianist and singer.After moving to California when he was 10, Ray discovered a passion for the drums and for singing. He attended Beverly Hills High School where he sang with school groups which toured at local festivals and

Ray Bryant (Raphael Homer Bryant)            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Bryant (Raphael Homer Bryant): is a American Jazz pianist and composer.Ray Bryant began playing the piano at the age of six, also performing on bass in junior High School. Turning professional before his age of majority, Bryant has accompanied many other leading players such as Miles D

Ray Downey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Downey: was a Canadian boxer, who won a light middleweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1990 he gained silver at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Ray Lewis Nelson Smillie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Lewis Nelson Smillie: was a Canadian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he won the bronze medal in the welterweight class after winning the third place match against Robert Galataud.

Clifford Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clifford Ray: is an American Basketball coach and former professional Basketball player. A 6-9 center, he played three of his ten seasons in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls (1971-74) and the other seven with the Golden State Warriors (1974-81).

John Alvin Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Alvin Ray: was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor of what would become rock 'n roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage persona.[1]

James Earl Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Earl Ray: was convicted of the assassination of American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which occurred on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray had been placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list twice.James Earl Ray came from a poor family in Alton, Illinois and left school at 15. He joined the army and served in Germany. In 1949 he was convicted of burglary in California and in 1952 he served two years for armed robbery of a taxi driver in Illinois. In 1955 he was convicted of mail fraud. After an armed robbery in Missouri in 1959, Ray was sentenced to 20 years as a habitual offender. In 1967 he escaped by hiding in a truck transporting bread from the prison bakery.[1]

Gene Anthony Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Anthony Ray: Born in Harlem, New York, Ray grew up in the neighborhood of West 153rd Street.[1] He attended the New York High School of the Performing Arts, the inspiration for the film Fame, but was kicked out after one year. "It was too disciplined for this wild chi

Rachael Domenica Ray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rachael Domenica Ray: Ray is Sicilian and Cajun French. Her maternal grandparents were Sicilian. Her relatives on her father's side are Cajun from Louisiana. She was born in Glens Falls, New York. Her family owned a restaurant on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while her mother manag