For the manufacturer of intraocular lenses and surgical equipment, see Rayner (company).
Rayner is more commonly a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Amy Rayner (born 1977), English football referee
Angela Rayner, 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 (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
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
Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats
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
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, fictional comic-book character
Lionel Benjamin Rayner (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, Canadian author
Michael Rayner (1933–2015), British opera singer
Michael H. Rayner (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
Rayner is more commonly a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amy Rayner (born 1977), English football referee Angela Rayner, British Labour...
Angela Rayner (née Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020, and Shadow Deputy Prime...
Adam Chance Abbs Rayner (born 28 August 1977) is an English actor. He is known for television roles including: Dominic Montgomery in Mistresses, Dr. Steve...
Kyle Rayner (/ˈreɪnər/), one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character...
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...
Claire Berenice Rayner, OBE (/ˈreɪnər/; née Berkovitch, later Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 – 11 October 2010) was an English journalist, broadcaster, novelist...
Cameron Rayner (born 21 October 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL)...
Jason Matthew Rayner (born 14 September 1966) is an English journalist and food critic. He was raised in Harrow, London, and studied politics at the University...
Katharine Ann Johnson "Kathy" Rayner (born 1944/1945) is an American billionaire heiress. She was born Katharine Ann Johnson to Anne Cox Chambers and Louis...
Julia Rayner is a British actress, who has appeared in The Pianist (2002), Topsy-Turvy (1999) and The Gift (1998). The Gift (1998) Topsy-Turvy (1999) The...
Ellen Rayner AM (8 December 1900 – 11 March 1999) was a New Zealand-born Australian theatre educator. She and her sister, Rhoda Elspeth (Betty) Rayner, founded...
Anthony Edward Charles Rayner (born 19 November 1952) is a New Zealand musician who spent ten years as a keyboardist in the band Split Enz. He has also...
Shoo Rayner (born 1956) is a British children's author and illustrator. He was born Hugh Rayner to a Norwegian mother and a British father. Rayner's father...
Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850 – November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to...
Kenneth Rayner (June 20, 1808 – March 5, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina...
Ragnar Lodbrok ("Ragnar hairy-breeches") (Old Norse: Ragnarr loðbrók), according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king. He is known...
Rosalie Alberta Rayner (September 25, 1898 – June 18, 1935) was an undergraduate psychology student, then research assistant (and later wife) of Johns...
Claude Earl "Chuck" Rayner (August 11, 1920 – October 6, 2002), nicknamed "Bonnie Prince Charlie", was a Canadian professional hockey goaltender who played...
Billy Rayner (22 May 1935 – 18 July 2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. Originally from Yass, New South...
Alan Rayner (born 1950) is a British biologist and educator. Rayner was born in Nairobi, Kenya, as the youngest of two children. His mother was the Deputy...
Sydney Rayner (September 12, 1895 – September 14, 1981) was an American operatic tenor. Born in New Orleans, Rayner went to Milan in 1924 for vocal studies...
Elizabeth Rayner or Raynor, née Collier (1714–1800) was a British Unitarian benefactress. She was born Elizabeth Collier, the daughter of Jonathan Collier...
Rayner Stephens Unwin CBE (23 December 1925 – 23 November 2000) was an English publisher. He served as the chairman of the publishing firm George Allen...
Oliver Philip Rayner (born 1 November 1985) is an English former professional cricketer. He is a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batsman who...
Julian Charles Rayner is a New Zealand malaria researcher, and the Director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, part of the University of...
Paul Rayner (born 1959) is an English-New Zealand ceramicist known for his work creating pop culture figures in the tradition of Toby jugs and Staffordshire...
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