Gay (surname)
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Gay is a surname, and may refer to:
- Bram GayBram GayBram Gay born 1930 in Treorchy, Glamorgan was an important trumpet player and brass band enthusiast. He was the youngest ever principal trumpet player in the UK, and also the shortest man ever to play in the Scots Guards band. He played at the funeral of King George VI and the coronation of...
Trumpet player and brass band enthusiast - Brian GayBrian GayJoseph Brian Gay is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.- Early years :A military brat, Gay was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but was raised primarily at Fort Rucker, Alabama, where his father was a U.S. Army noncomissioned officer involved in flight operations...
, American golfer - Cesc GayCesc GayCesc Gay is a Catalan Spanish film screenwriter and film director.- Film Director :* Hotel Room co-directed with Daniel Gimelberg* Nico and Dani * En la ciudad * Ficció * V.O.S....
(born 1967) movie director - Claude GayClaude GayClaude Gay, real name : Claudio Gay Mouret , was a French botanist, naturalist and illustrator.The Cordillera de Claudio Gay in the Atacama Region of Chile is named after him....
, French botanist - Enola GayEnola GayEnola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel Paul Tibbets. On August 6, 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war...
, name of the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, named after the mother of Paul Tibbets - George H. Gay, Jr. (1917–1994), Naval aviator in World War II
- George K. GayGeorge K. GayGeorge Kirby Gay was an English sailor and later settler in the Oregon Country. He was a member of the Willamette Cattle Company that brought livestock to Oregon and built the first brick house in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains...
(1810–1882), English sailor and pioneer who participated in Oregon's Provisional Government - Henry M. Gay, one of three founders of Triad Systems Corporation, now known as Activant
- Hobart R. GayHobart R. GayLieutenant General Hobart Raymond Gay , nicknamed "Hap", was a United States Army general.-Early military career:...
(1894–1983), American general - Jacques Etienne GayJacques Etienne GayJaques Étienne Gay, French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist . His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. Crocus sieberi J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin with whom he began collecting plants at...
(1786–1864) French botanist - Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de MartignacJean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de MartignacJean-Baptiste Sylvère Gay, vicomte de Martignac was a moderate royalist French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration 1814–30 under King Charles X....
(1778–1832), French statesman - Jean Pierre Gay, French priest and writer who lived in Brazil; descendant of Lord John Peter Gay
- John GayJohn GayJohn Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera , set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch...
(1685–1732), English dramatist - John Gay (photographer)John Gay (photographer)John Gay was a photographer.-Early life:Gay attended art college in his home town...
(1909–1999), English photographer - Jonathan GayJonathan GayJonathan Gay is a computer programmer and software entrepreneur based in Northern California. Gay was a co-founder of FutureWave Software in 1993. For a decade, he was the main programmer and visionary of Flash, an animation editor for web pages...
, inventor of Macromedia Flash - José Aurelio GayJosé Aurelio GayJosé Aurelio Gay López is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.Gay was associated with Zaragoza throughout his career, serving the club as both a player and manager.-Playing career:...
(born 1965), Spanish football player and manager - Joseph Louis Gay-LussacJoseph Louis Gay-Lussac- External links :* from the American Chemical Society* from the Encyclopædia Britannica, 10th Edition * , Paris...
(1778–1850), French physicist - Mabel GayMabel GayMabel Gay Tamayo is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.66 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1983), Cuban triple jumper - Maria GayMaria GayMaria Gay was a Catalan opera singer, a mezzo-soprano born as Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés. She has sometimes been referred to as Maria Gay Zenatello.-Biography:...
(1879–1943), Catalan opera singer - Nikolai GeNikolai GeNikolai Nikolaevich Ge was a Russian realist painter famous for his works on historical and religious motifs.-Early life and education:...
or Gay (1831–1894), Russian painter - Noel GayNoel GayNoel Gay was born Reginald Moxon Armitage. He also used the name Stanley Hill professionally. He was a successful British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows...
(1898–1954), English composer of popular music - Paul GayPaul GayPaul Gay is a notable French bass-baritone who sings opera and other classical forms. He has performed in France, Germany, Russia, and the United States, with a number of significant companies and directors....
(born 1968), French opera singer - Peter GayPeter GayPeter Gay is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers . Gay received the American Historical Association's Award for Scholarly Distinction in 2004...
(born 1923), German-born U.S. historian - Randall GayRandall GayRandall "Blue" Jerome Gay, Jr. is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Louisiana State...
(born 1982), American football player, currently playing for the New Orleans Saints - Rudy GayRudy GayRudy Carlton Gay, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Memphis Grizzlies...
(born 1986), American professional basketball player, currently with the Memphis Grizzlies - Susan Elizabeth GaySusan Elizabeth GaySusan Elizabeth Gay was a chronicler of Falmouth in a book published in 1903 entitled Old Falmouth ....
, chronicler of the history of Old Falmouth - Tyson GayTyson GayTyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...
(born 1982), American sprinter - William Gay (disambiguation), several people
- Virginia GayVirginia GayVirginia Gay is an Australian actress most known for her work on the Australian TV dramas Winners & Losers , and All Saints .-Education:...
(born 1981), Australian actress