Gay (surname)

Gay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adelaide Gay (born 1989), American soccer goalkeeper
• Al Gay (1928–2013), British jazz tenor saxophonist
• Alberta Gay (1913–1987), American domestic worker, mother of Marvin Gaye
• Amandine Gay (born 1984), French-African feminist, film maker, and actress
• Andrew Gay (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer
• Antoine Gay (1790–1871), Frenchman believed to have been possessed by a demon named Isacaron
• Arnold Gay (born 1967), Singaporean TV and radio presenter
• Aurélien Gay (born 2000), Swiss ski mountaineer
• Benjamin Gay (1980–2024), American football running back
• Betsy Gay (1929–2025), American actress and yodeller
• Betty Gay, American politician
• Bill Gay (1927–2008), professional American football player
• Blenda Gay (1950–1976), defensive end in the National Football League
• Bram Gay (1930–2019), trumpet player and brass band enthusiast
• Brian Gay (born 1971), American golfer
• Byron Gay (1886–1945), American songwriter
• Carlos Gay (born 1952), Argentine football goalkeeper
• Cesc Gay (born 1967), movie director
• Charles R. Gay (1875–1946), American banker and president of the New York Stock Exchange
• Charlotte Evelyn Gay (1867–1958), English social and temperance reformer
• Chet Gay (1900–1978), American football player
• Christopher Daniel Gay (born 1974), American habitual car thief
• Claude Gay (1800–1873), French botanist
• Claudine Gay (born 1970), American political scientist and 30th president of Harvard University
• Connie B. Gay (1914–1989), American country music promoter
• D. J. Gay (born 1989), retired American professional basketball player
• Dale Pickett Gay (1891–1988), Wyoming clubwoman in the oil business
• Danny Gay (disambiguation), various people
• David Gay (disambiguation), various people
• Désirée Gay (1810–1891), French socialist feminist
• Duncan Gay (born 1950), an Australian politician
• Earl C. Gay (1902–1972) was a registered pharmacist, member of the Los Angeles City Council
• Edward Gay (disambiguation), several people
• Edwin Francis Gay (1867–1946), American economist
• E. Jane Gay (1830–1919), American woman who devoted her life to social reform and photography
• Éric Gay (born 1958), French politician in New Caledonia
• Everett Gay (born 1964), former American football wide receiver
• Federico Gay (disambiguation), various people
• Francisque Gay (1885–1963), French editor, politician and diplomat
• Françoise Gay (born 1945), Swiss alpine skier
• Frank William Gay (1920–2007), American executive who oversaw several entities for Howard Hughes
• Frederick Parker Gay (1874–1939), American bacteriologist who combated typhoid fever and leprosy
• Geneva Gay, American academic and author
• Geoff Gay (born 1957), English former professional footballer
• George Gay (disambiguation), various people
• Georges Gay (1926–1997), French professional racing cyclist
• Gerald Gay (born 1956), American politician
• Git Gay (1921–2007), Swedish revue director, actress, and singer
• Greg Gay (born 1952), American politician
• Heather Gay (born 1974), American television personality
• Henry M. Gay, one of three founders of Triad Systems Corporation, now known as Activant
• Hobart R. Gay (1894–1983), American general
• Jacques Etienne Gay (1786–1864) French botanist
• Jacques Gay (1851–1925), French painter
• Jamal Gay (born 1989), soccer player from Trinidad and Tobago
• Jason Gay (born 1972), birth name of Christian singer-songwriter Jason Gray; made many recordings as Jason Gay before changing his name to Gray
• Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778–1832), French statesman
• Jennifer Gay (born 1935), on-screen BBC Children's TV continuity announcer
• Jesús Bal y Gay (1905–1993), Spanish composer, music critic, and musicologist
• Joey Gay (born 1971), American actor and comedian
• John Gay (1685–1732), English dramatist
• John Gay (disambiguation), various people
• Jonathan Gay (born 1967), inventor of Macromedia Flash
• Jordan Gay (born 1990), American football kickoff specialist
• José Aurelio Gay (born 1965), Spanish football player and manager
• José María Pérez Gay (1944–2013), Mexican academic, writer, translator and diplomat
• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850), French physicist
• Jotham Gay (1733–1802), army officer, political figure in Nova Scotia
• Leslie Gay (1871–1949), English cricketer and footballer
• Ludwig Gay, later Ljudevit Gaj (1809–1872), Croatian linguist, politician, journalist and writer
• Mabel Gay (born 1983), Cuban triple jumper
• Madam Gay (1978–1983), British Thoroughbred racehorse
• Maddi Gay (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
• Maria Gay (1879–1943), Catalan opera singer
• Marie-Louise Gay (born 1952), Canadian children's writer and illustrator
• Martin Gay (1726–1809), metal smith and political figure in Nova Scotia
• Marvin Gay Sr. (1914–1998), American minister of the House of God
• Mary Ann Harris Gay (1829–1918), American writer of Life in Dixie During the War
• Matt Gay (born 1994), American football player
• Michel Gay (born 1947), French illustrator and author of children's books
• Nikolai Ge or Gay (1831–1894), Russian painter
• Noel Gay (1898–1954), English composer of popular music
• Pamela L. Gay (born 1973), American astronomer, educator, podcaster, writer
• Patrice Gay (born 1973), French former racing driver
• Patrick Gay (1815–1866), emigrated to South Australia aboard James Fernie in 1854
• Paul Gay (born 1968), French opera singer
• Peter Gay (1923–2015), German-born U.S. historian
• Ramón Gay (1917–1960), Mexican film actor
• Randall Gay (born 1982), American football player
• Randy Gay (born 1958), American serial killer
• Richard Gay (disambiguation), various people
• Robert Gay (disambiguation), various people
• Ross Gay (born 1974), American poet and professor
• Roxane Gay (born 1974), American writer, professor, editor, and commentator
• Rudy Gay (born 1986), American professional basketball player
• Ruth Gay (1922–2006), Jewish writer
• Samuel Gay (1754–1847), judge and political figure in New Brunswick
• Sophie Gay (1776–1852), French author who was born in Paris
• Spirus Gay (1865–1938), French anarchist and acrobat born in Paris
• Steve Gay (born 1947), former U.S. collegiate soccer player
• Susan Elizabeth Gay (1845–1918), chronicler of the history of Old Falmouth
• Sydney Howard Gay (1814–1888), American attorney, journalist and abolitionist
• Terry Gay (born 1947), former Australian rules footballer
• Thomas Gay (1884–1953), intelligence officer
• Thomas Gay (MP) (1378–1390), English politician
• Tim Gay (born 1964), politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska
• Titus Gay (1787–1837), born into slavery and freed in 1812
• Tyson Gay (born 1982), American sprinter
• Virginia Gay (born 1981), Australian actress
• Walter Gay (1856–1937), American artist
• William Gay (disambiguation), various people
• Winckworth Allan Gay (1821–1910), American landscape artist

See also

• Enola Gay, name of airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in 1945, named for Paul Tibbets' mother
• Gaye (disambiguation)