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

Amy Rayner Amy Elizabeth Fearn (''née'' Rayner; born 20 November 1977) is an English football referee from Loughborough, Leicestershire, who in 2010 became the first woman to referee in The Football League. With a degree in economics and a full-time caree ...

(born 1977), English football referee *

Angela Rayner Angela Rayner (' Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work since 2021. She has been Shad ...

, 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). He was drafted by Brisbane with the first overall selection in the 2017 national draft ...

(born 1999), Australian rules footballer * Chuck Rayner (1920–2002), Canadian professional hockey player *

Claire Rayner Claire Berenice Rayner, OBE (; née Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 – 11 October 2010) was an English journalist, broadcaster, novelist and nurse, best known for her role for many years as an advice columnist. Early life Rayner was born to Jewish p ...

(1931–2010), British journalist and agony aunt * Dave Rayner (born 1982), American professional football player *

Denys Rayner Denys Arthur Rayner DSC & Bar, VRD, RNVR (9 February 1908 – 4 January 1967) was a Royal Navy officer who fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful design ...

(1908–1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats *

Eddie Rayner Anthony Edward Charles Rayner (born 19 November 1952) is a New Zealand musician who spent twelve years as a keyboardist in the band Split Enz. He has also played in the groups Orb, Space Waltz, Crowded House, The Makers, The Angels in 1986-198 ...

(born 1952), New Zealand musician *

Henry Rayner Henry Rayner (19 September 1902 25 April 1957) was an Australian artist known for his drypoint etchings. Biography Hewitt Henry Rayner was born in Melbourne, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a So ...

(1902–1957), Australian and British artist * Isidor Rayner (1850–1912), United States Senator * Jack Rayner (1921–2008), Australian rugby league player *

Jacqueline Rayner Jacqueline Rayner is a British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul ...

, British author and television writer *

Jay Rayner Jason Matthew Rayner (born 14 September 1966) is an English journalist and food critic. Early life Jason Matthew Rayner was born on 14 September 1966. He is the younger son of Desmond Rayner and journalist Claire Rayner. His family is Jewish. ...

(born 1966), British journalist, writer, and broadcaster *

John Rayner Rabbi John Desmond Rayner (30 May 1924 – 19 September 2005) was born in Berlin as Hans Sigismund Rahmer. He left Berlin in 1939 on one of the last Kindertransports. There were about 10,000 children on the train. Both his parents, Ferdinand Ra ...

(1924–2005), Rabbi CBE * Keith Rayner (bishop) (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 (1832–1924), British watercolor artist * Mabel Rayner (c.1890-1948), English botanist * Margaret Rayner (1929–2019), British mathematician *

Mark A. Rayner Mark A. Rayner is a Canadian author of satire, humour and speculative fiction from London, Ontario. He is the author of four books: His first novel, ''The Amadeus Net'', was published by ENC Press in New York in 2005 and his second novel, ''Marvel ...

, 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 Michael Harold Rayner (November 18, 1943 – March 30, 2004) was acting Auditor General of Canada from 1980 to 1981. He grew up in numerous places, including Ottawa, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Victoria, British Columbia, with two brothers and three s ...

(1943–2004), Canadian accountant, Acting Auditor General of Canada * Moira Rayner (born 1948), New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate * Peter Alan Rayner (1924–2007), British coin-book author * Ray Rayner (1919–2004), American television performer * Rosalie Rayner (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. Located between Pinner and West Harrow, it takes its name from a road in the area, also called Rayners Lane (formerly also spelt ''Rayne ...

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