Rayford is both a given name and surname.

People Given name Rayford Barnes (1920-2000), American film and TV character actor Rayford Cooks (born 1962), American football player Rayford B. High Jr., American bishop Rayford Logan (1897-1982), African-American historian and Pan-African activist Rayford Petty, American college football coach Rayford Price (1937-2023), American politician Rayford Jeffrey Ray, American bishop Ray Robinson (Australian cricketer) (1914-1965), Australian cricketer Trae Young (Rayford Trae Young, born 1998), American basketball player Rayford Okyere Geologist

Surname Alma Rayford (1903-1987), American silent film actress Caesar Rayford (born 1986), American football defensive lineman with the Utah Blaze of the AFL Floyd Rayford (born 1957), African-American retired Major League Baseball player Robert Rayford (1953-1969), American teenager and earliest confirmed HIV/AIDS case in North America Sugaray Rayford (born 1969), American singer and songwriter

Fictional Rayford Steele, the protagonist in the Left Behind series of novels Rayford "Raymie" Steele, son of Rayford and Irene Steele Re=L Rayford from the Japanese light novel and anime television series Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor

See also Raeford, North Carolina Raiford, Florida Florida State Prison, called "Raiford" because its postal address is Raiford, Florida "Four Walls of Raiford", a song on Legend (Lynyrd Skynyrd album) Dan R. McGehee (1883-1962), American representative Rayford Price (born 1937), American politician Walter R. Tucker Jr. (1924-1990), American dentist and politician Walter R. Tucker III (born 1957), American politician and son of Walter Jr.