Rayner (surname)

Rayner is a surname, and may refer to:

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 trade unionist and politician
Ben Rayner, Canadian music journalist
Bex Rayner (born 1999), English footballer
Billy Rayner (1935–2006), Australian rugby footballer
Cam Rayner (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
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 ice hockey goaltender
Claire Rayner (1931–2010), British journalist and agony aunt
Dave Rayner (born 1982), American football placekicker
Dave Rayner (cyclist) (1967–1994), English racing cyclist
David Rayner (born 1982), New Zealand association footballer
Derek Rayner, Baron Rayner (1926–1998), English businessman
Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British Royal Navy officer, 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 benefactress
Ella-Mae Rayner (born 1995), English 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), American politician from Maryland
Jack Rayner (1921–2008), Australian rugby league footballer
Jack Rayner (runner) (born 1955), 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), British rabbi
John William Rayner (1897–1989), British soldier
Julia Rayner, British actress
Julian Rayner, New Zealand-British malaria researcher and academic
Katharine Rayner (born 1944/5), American billionaire heiress
Keith Rayner (bishop) (1929–2025), Australian Anglican archbishop
Keith Rayner (psychologist) (1943–2015), American cognitive psychologist
Kenneth Rayner (1808–1884), American lawyer and politician from North Carolina
Lionel Benjamin Rayner (1788–1855), English actor
Louise Rayner (1832–1924), British watercolour 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 science fiction author
Mark Alexander Rayner (born 1974), Australian stunt performer
Michael Rayner (1932–2015), 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-Australian barrister and human rights advocate
Neil Rayner (born 1959), 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 and journalist
Paul Rayner (born 1959), English-New Zealand ceramicist
Peter Alan Rayner (1924–2007), British coin-book author
Ralph Rayner (1896–1977), British army officer and 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 goalkeeper
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 player and manager
Warren Rayner (born 1957), English footballer and coach
William Rayner (1929–2006), English novelist

See also