Lay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alfred Morrison Lay (1836–1879), U.S. politician Beirne Lay, Jr. (1909–1982), American author and World War II aviator Benjamin Lay (1681–1760), English Quaker and abolitionist Bob Lay (1944–2022), Australian sprinter Brandon Lay, American singer-songwriter Caren Lay, German politician Carol Lay, American author Cecil Howard Lay (1885–1956), English poet Charles Downing Lay (1877–1956), American landscape architect Donald P. Lay (1926–2007), American jurist Elzy Lay (1868–1934), U.S. outlaw George W. Lay (1798-1860), U.S. politician George Tradescant Lay, British naturalist, missionary and diplomat Herman Lay (1909–1982), American businessman Horatio Nelson Lay (1832–1898), British diplomat Humberto Lay, Peruvian evangelical pastor Jeffrey Lay, Canadian rower John Louis Lay (1832–1899), American inventor Josh Lay, American football player Kenneth Lay (1942–2006), U.S. businessman Ken Lay, Australian police commissioner Ko Lay, Burmese politician Oliver Ingraham Lay (1845-1890), American portrait painter. Sam Lay (1935–2022), American drummer and vocalist Stan Lay (1906–2003), New Zealand track and field athlete Susan Lay, English actress, musician, and TV presenter Archbishop Ronald J.Lay American author, archbishop, poet, painter and writer Linda Diane Lay, American author, poet, writer, and entrepreneur