Rayner is more commonly a surname.
Surname
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Rayner (born 1977), English actor
- Alan Rayner (born 1950), British biologist and educator
- Amy Rayner (born 1977), English football referee
- Angela Rayner (born 1980), British Labour Party politician, trade unionist, Member of Parliament, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Ben Rayner, Canadian music journalist
- Bex Rayner (born 1999), English footballer
- Billy Rayner (1935âÂÂ2006), Australian rugby league player
- Cameron Rayner (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
- Catherine Rayner (born 1982), British illustrator and writer of children's books
- Catherine Rayner (designer), British fashion designer
- Chessy Rayner (1931âÂÂ1998), American interior decorator, socialite, fashion editor and writer
- Chloe Rayner (born 1996), Australian judoka
- Christine Rayner (1888âÂÂ1973), British actress
- Chuck Rayner (1920âÂÂ2002), Canadian professional hockey player
- Claire Rayner (1931âÂÂ2010), British journalist and agony aunt
- Dave Rayner (born 1982), American professional football player
- Dave Rayner (cyclist) (1967âÂÂ1994), English racing cyclist
- David Rayner (born 1982), New Zealand footballer
- Derek Rayner, Baron Rayner (1926âÂÂ1998), English businessman
- Denys Rayner (1908âÂÂ1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats
- Dominic Rayner (born 1983), New Zealand cricketer
- Dorothy Helen Rayner (1912âÂÂ2003), British geologist
- Eddie Rayner (born 1952), New Zealand musician
- Edward Rayner (1932âÂÂ2022), English footballer
- Elizabeth Rayner (1714âÂÂ1800), British Unitarian benefactress
- Ella-Mae Rayner (born 1995), English elite gymnast, fitness model and television personality
- Emmanuel Rayner (born 1958), British chess player
- Frank Rayner, English footballer
- George Rayner (1863âÂÂ1915), New Zealand cricketer
- Gordon Rayner (1935âÂÂ2010), Canadian abstract expressionist painter
- Harold Rayner (1888âÂÂ1954), American fencer and modern pentathlete
- Henry Rayner (1902âÂÂ1957), Australian and British artist
- Herbert Rayner (1911âÂÂ1976), Canadian naval officer
- Howard Rayner (1896âÂÂ1975), Australian cricketer, Australian rules footballer, and anaesthetist
- Isidor Rayner (1850âÂÂ1912), United States Senator
- Jack Rayner (1921âÂÂ2008), Australian rugby league player
- Jack Rayner (runner) (born 1995), Australian long-distance runner
- Jacqueline Rayner, British author and television writer
- Jay Rayner (born 1966), British journalist, writer, and broadcaster
- Jimmy Rayner (1935âÂÂ2009), English footballer
- Joan Rayner (1900âÂÂ1999), New Zealand-born Australian theatre educator
- John Rayner (1924âÂÂ2005), Rabbi CBE
- John William Rayner (1897âÂÂ1989), British soldier
- Julia Rayner, British actress
- Julian Rayner, New Zealand-British malaria researcher and academic
- Katharine Rayner (born 1944/45), American billionaire heiress
- Keith Rayner (bishop) (1929âÂÂ2025), Australian Anglican archbishop
- Keith Rayner (psychologist) (1943âÂÂ2015), American cognitive psychologist
- Kenneth Rayner (1808âÂÂ1884), U.S. Congressman
- Lionel Benjamin Rayner (1788âÂÂ1855), English actor
- Louise Rayner (1832âÂÂ1924), British watercolor artist
- Luke Rayner, British guitarist and record producer
- Mabel Rayner (c.1890âÂÂ1948), English botanist
- Margaret Rayner (1929âÂÂ2019), British mathematician
- Mark A. Rayner, Canadian author
- Mark Alexander Rayner (born 1974), Australian stunt performer
- Michael Rayner (1933âÂÂ2015), British opera singer
- Michael Rayner (architect), Australian architect and urban designer
- Michael Rayner (photographer) (born 1951), Australian press photographer and photojournalist
- Michael H. Rayner (1943âÂÂ2004), Canadian accountant, Acting Auditor General of Canada
- Michele Rayner (born 1981), American attorney and politician
- Minnie Rayner (1869âÂÂ1941), British stage and film actress
- Moira Rayner (born 1948), New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate
- Neil Rayner, British tennis player
- Nicholas Rayner (1938âÂÂ2017), British Army officer, jewellery expert and auctioneer
- Ollie Rayner (born 1985), English cricketer
- Oswald Rayner (1888âÂÂ1961), British MI6 agent, journalist
- Paul Rayner (born 1959), English-New Zealand ceramicist
- Peter Alan Rayner (1924âÂÂ2007), British coin-book author
- Ralph Rayner (1896âÂÂ1977), British politician
- Ray Rayner (1919âÂÂ2004), American television performer
- Richard Rayner (born 1955), British author
- Richard Piers Rayner, English comic book artist
- Rosalie Rayner (1898âÂÂ1935), assistant and wife of psychologist John B. Watson
- Samuel Rayner (1806âÂÂ1879), English landscape artist
- Sarah Rayner, British author
- Shannon Rayner (born 1984), Bermudian cricketer
- Shoo Rayner (born 1956), British children's author and illustrator
- Simon Rayner (born 1983), Canadian soccer player
- Steve Rayner (1953âÂÂ2020), British social scientist
- Sydney Rayner (1895âÂÂ1981), American operatic tenor
- Thomas Crossley Rayner (1860âÂÂ1914), British colonial judge, Chief Justice of British Guiana
- Walter Rayner (born 1882), British football manager
- Warren Rayner (born 1957), English footballer and coach
- William Rayner (1929âÂÂ2006), English novelist
Given name
Notable people with the given name include:
- Rayner Blitz (born 1968), English cricketer
- Rayner Heppenstall (1911âÂÂ1981), British novelist, poet, diarist, and BBC radio producer
- Rayner Hoff (1894âÂÂ1937), British-born Australian sculptor
- Rayner Matthews (born 1971), American BMX racer
- Rayner Noble (born 1961), American baseball coach and player
- Rayner Stephens (1805âÂÂ1879), English Methodist minister
- Rayner Unwin (1925âÂÂ2000), English publisher
Other uses
See also