Rayner

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 (1935–2006), 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 (1931–1998), American interior decorator, socialite, fashion editor and writer
• Chloe Rayner (born 1996), Australian judoka
• Christine Rayner (1888–1973), British actress
• Chuck Rayner (1920–2002), Canadian professional hockey player
• Claire Rayner (1931–2010), British journalist and agony aunt
• Dave Rayner (born 1982), American professional football player
• Dave Rayner (cyclist) (1967–1994), English racing cyclist
• David Rayner (born 1982), New Zealand footballer
• Derek Rayner, Baron Rayner (1926–1998), English businessman
• Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats
• Dominic Rayner (born 1983), New Zealand cricketer
• Dorothy Helen Rayner (1912–2003), British geologist
• Eddie Rayner (born 1952), New Zealand musician
• Edward Rayner (1932–2022), English footballer
• Elizabeth Rayner (1714–1800), 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 (1863–1915), New Zealand cricketer
• Gordon Rayner (1935–2010), Canadian abstract expressionist painter
• Harold Rayner (1888–1954), American fencer and modern pentathlete
• Henry Rayner (1902–1957), Australian and British artist
• Herbert Rayner (1911–1976), Canadian naval officer
• Howard Rayner (1896–1975), Australian cricketer, Australian rules footballer, and anaesthetist
• Isidor Rayner (1850–1912), United States Senator
• Jack Rayner (1921–2008), 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 (1935–2009), English footballer
• Joan Rayner (1900–1999), New Zealand-born Australian theatre educator
• John Rayner (1924–2005), Rabbi CBE
• John William Rayner (1897–1989), 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) (1929–2025), Australian Anglican archbishop
• Keith Rayner (psychologist) (1943–2015), American cognitive psychologist
• Kenneth Rayner (1808–1884), U.S. Congressman
• Lionel Benjamin Rayner (1788–1855), English actor
• Louise Rayner (1832–1924), British watercolor artist
• Luke Rayner, British guitarist and record producer
• Mabel Rayner (c.1890–1948), English botanist
• Margaret Rayner (1929–2019), British mathematician
• Mark A. Rayner, Canadian author
• Mark Alexander Rayner (born 1974), Australian stunt performer
• Michael Rayner (1933–2015), British opera singer
• Michael Rayner (architect), Australian architect and urban designer
• Michael Rayner (photographer) (born 1951), Australian press photographer and photojournalist
• Michael H. Rayner (1943–2004), Canadian accountant, Acting Auditor General of Canada
• Michele Rayner (born 1981), American attorney and politician
• Minnie Rayner (1869–1941), 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 (1938–2017), British Army officer, jewellery expert and auctioneer
• Ollie Rayner (born 1985), English cricketer
• Oswald Rayner (1888–1961), British MI6 agent, journalist
• Paul Rayner (born 1959), English-New Zealand ceramicist
• Peter Alan Rayner (1924–2007), British coin-book author
• Ralph Rayner (1896–1977), British politician
• Ray Rayner (1919–2004), American television performer
• Richard Rayner (born 1955), British author
• Richard Piers Rayner, English comic book artist
• Rosalie Rayner (1898–1935), assistant and wife of psychologist John B. Watson
• Samuel Rayner (1806–1879), 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 (1953–2020), British social scientist
• Sydney Rayner (1895–1981), American operatic tenor
• Thomas Crossley Rayner (1860–1914), 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 (1929–2006), English novelist

Given name

Notable people with the given name include:

• Rayner Blitz (born 1968), English cricketer
• Rayner Heppenstall (1911–1981), British novelist, poet, diarist, and BBC radio producer
• Rayner Hoff (1894–1937), British-born Australian sculptor
• Rayner Matthews (born 1971), American BMX racer
• Rayner Noble (born 1961), American baseball coach and player
• Rayner Stephens (1805–1879), English Methodist minister
• Rayner Unwin (1925–2000), English publisher

Other uses

• Kyle Rayner, fictional comic-book character
• Rayner Glacier, Antarctica
• Rayner orogeny, Antarctica
• Rayner Peak, Antarctica
• Rayner Point, Antarctica
• Rayners Lane

See also

• Rainer (disambiguation)
• Rainier (disambiguation)
• Rayne (disambiguation)
• Raynor
• Reiner (disambiguation)
• Reyner
• Raymond