Rayner is more commonly a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Amy Rayner Amy Elizabeth Fearn (''née'' Rayner; born 20 November 1977) is an England, English Association football, football Referee (association football), referee from Loughborough, Leicestershire, who in 2010 became the first woman to referee in The Fo ...

(born 1977), English football referee *

Angela Rayner Angela Rayner (' Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2024 United Kingdom general election, Jul ...

, British Labour Party politician, trade unionist, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015, Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Shadow First Secretary of State and Deputy leader of the Opposition since 2020 * Billy Rayner (1935–2006), Australian rugby league player *

Cameron Rayner Cameron Rayner (born 21 October 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Rayner was born to mother Nicole, a primary school teacher,Chuck Rayner Claude Earl "Chuck" Rayner (August 11, 1920 – October 6, 2002), nicknamed "Bonnie Prince Charlie", was a Canadian professional hockey goaltender who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans and New York Ran ...

(1920–2002), Canadian professional hockey player * Claire Rayner (1931–2010), British journalist and agony aunt * Dave Rayner (born 1982), American professional football player * Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats *

Dorothy Helen Rayner Dorothy Helen Rayner (3 February 1912 – 31 December 2003) was a British geologist who became an authority on the stratigraphy of the British Isles while working at University of Leeds. In 1975 she was awarded the prestigious Lyell Medal from ...

(1912–2003), British geologist * Eddie Rayner (born 1952), New Zealand musician * Henry Rayner (1902–1957), Australian and British artist * Isidor Rayner (1850–1912), United States Senator * Jack Rayner (1921–2008), Australian rugby league player * Jacqueline Rayner, British author and television writer * Jay Rayner (born 1966), British journalist, writer, and broadcaster * John Rayner (1924–2005), Rabbi CBE * Julia Rayner, British actress *

Keith Rayner (bishop) Keith Rayner (22 November 1929 – 12 January 2025) was an Australian Anglican bishop and an Anglican Primate of Australia. He served as Archbishop of Melbourne from 1990 to 1999, Archbishop of Adelaide from 1975 to 1990 and Bishop of Wang ...

(born 1929), Australian Anglican archbishop * Keith Rayner (psychologist), UC San Diego Professor of Psychology * Kenneth Rayner (1808–1884), U.S. Congressman *

Kyle Rayner Kyle Rayner (), one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character is depicted as being associated with the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterrestrial police force of ...

, fictional comic-book character *

Lionel Benjamin Rayner Lionel Benjamin Rayner (10 October 1788 – 24 September 1855) was an English actor, usually playing rustic characters. As an actor-manager he opened in 1831 a short-lived theatre in the Strand, London. Life Rayner was born in Heckmondwike in the ...

(1788–1855), English actor *

Louise Rayner Louise Ingram Rayner (21 June 1832 – 8 October 1924) was a British watercolour artist. Family Rayner was born in Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.Simon Fenwick, ‘Rayner, Samuel (1806–1879)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford ...

(1832–1924), British watercolor artist *

Mabel Rayner Mabel Mary Cheveley Rayner (c. 1890-1948) was an English botanist specialising in mycology. She published books and articles on plant physiology and was one of the first researchers to propose that mycorrhizal interactions could both help and ha ...

(c.1890-1948), English botanist *

Margaret Rayner Margaret Eva Rayner (21 August 1929 – 31 May 2019) was a British mathematician who became vice principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford and president of the Mathematical Association. She was known for her research on isoperimetric inequalities ...

(1929–2019), British mathematician * Mark A. Rayner, Canadian author *

Michael Rayner Michael Rayner (6 December 1932 – 13 July 2015)Mackie, David. "Obituaries: Michael Rayner", ''Gilbert and Sullivan News'', Vol. V, No. 9, Autumn/Winter 2015, pp. 17–18, The Gilbert and Sullivan Society was an English opera singer, best kno ...

(1933–2015), British opera singer * Michael H. Rayner (1943–2004), Canadian accountant, Acting Auditor General of Canada *

Moira Rayner Moira Emilie Rayner (née Stockwell, born 10 November 1948), is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate. In 1986, she was appointed a Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, a position she ...

(born 1948), New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate *

Peter Alan Rayner Peter Alan Rayner (8 December 1924 – 29 July 2007) was a British author of numismatic (coin collecting) books. He was known by his second name Alan, rather than his first, to avoid confusion with Peter Seaby, also a popular author, whose famil ...

(1924–2007), British coin-book author *

Ray Rayner Ray Rayner (born Raymond M. Rahner; July 23, 1919 – January 21, 2004) was an American television presenter, actor and author. He was a staple of Chicago children's television in the 1960s and 1970s on WGN-TV. Early life and education Rayner (th ...

(1919–2004), American television performer *

Rosalie Rayner Rosalie Alberta Rayner (September 25, 1898 – June 18, 1935) was an undergraduate psychology student, then research assistant (and later wife) of Johns Hopkins University psychology professor John B. Watson, with whom she carried out the study ...

(1898–1935), assistant and wife of psychologist John B. Watson * Walter Rayner, British football manager

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Rayners Lane Rayners Lane is a suburban district in the London Borough of Harrow that forms the western part of Harrow, London, Harrow in northwest London. Located between Pinner and West Harrow, it takes its name from a road in the area, also called Rayners ...

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