Rai (surname)
Rai (Sanskrit: राय; Urdu: رائے, rāi; Bengali: রায়, Nepali: राई) is a historical title of royalty and Kshatriyas in the Indian subcontinent used by rulers and chieftains of many princely states. . It is derived from Raja (king, prince or chief). The Marathi/Telugu variant is Rao.
The title was adopted as surname by Bhumihar Brahmin of the Puravanchal region.
Some also started using the anglicised variant Roy, during the British Raj.[1]
People
- A. N. Rai (born 1955), Indian academic administrator
- Aanand L. Rai (born 1971), Indian film director and producer
- Aaron Rai (born 1995), English golfer
- Ade Rai (born 1970), Indonesian bodybuilder
- Aditi Rai (born 1993), Indian actress and model
- Agansing Rai (1920–2000), Nepali recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Aishwarya Rai (born 1973), Indian actress and former Miss World
- Ajay Rai, Indian politician
- Ajeet Rai (born 1999), New Zealand tennis player
- Alisha Rai (born 1996), Nepali actress, model and dancer
- Alisha Rai (author), American writer
- Alka Rai, Indian politician
- Amit Rai, Indian film director
- Amrit Rai (c. 1921–1996), Indian writer
- Anand Rai (born 1977), Indian activist
- Asish Rai (born 1999), Indian footballer
- Atul Rai (born 1982), Indian politician
- Babbal Rai (born 1985), Indian Punjab singer
- Bali Rai (born 1971), English young-adult fiction novelist
- Baleshwar Rai, Indian politician, former Indian Administrative Service officer
- Béchara Boutros Raï (born 1940), Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
- Bina Rai (1931–2009), Indian actress
- Brij Mangal Rai (1914–1998), Indian freedom fighter and politician
- Dayahang Rai (born 1979), Nepali actor
- Dipak Rai, Nepali footballer
- Daroga Prasad Rai (1922–1981), Indian politician
- Gauri Shankar Rai (1924–1991), Indian politician
- Gulshan Rai (1924–2004), Indian film producer and distributor
- Haqiqat Rai, Sikh martyr
- Guru Har Rai (1630–1661), Sikh guru
- Himanshu Rai (1892–1940), Indian film pioneer
- Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018),Indian writer
- I Gusti Ngurah Rai National Hero of indonosia
- Jharkhande Rai (died 1984), Indian politician
- Kalpana Rai (1950–2008), Indian actress
- Kalpnath Rai (1941–1999), Indian politician
- Kayyar Kinhanna Rai (1915–2015), Indian writer in Kannada and activist
- Krishnanand Rai (1956–2005), Indian politician
- Kuber Nath Rai (1933–1996), Indian writer
- Kusum Rai (born 1968), Indian politician
- Lalit Rai (born 1956), Indian Army officer
- Lakshmi Rai (born 1989), Indian actress
- Lala Lajpat Rai (1865-1928), Indian author, freedom fighter and politician
- Mangla Rai (1916-1976), Indian professional wrestler
- Manikala Rai (born 1988), Nepali ultra runner
- Melina Rai, Nepali singer
- Mira Rai (born 1988), Nepali trail and sky runner
- Mona Rai (fl. 1260–1303), Chief Minister of Gour Kingdom
- Mridu Rai, Indian historian
- Mukrand Rai (fl. 1657), Mughal governor
- Muthappa Rai (died 2020), Indian businessman, philanthropist and social activist
- Nandini Rai, Indian actress
- Nityanand Rai (born 1966), Indian politician
- Pamela Rai (born 1966), Canadian swimmer
- Pramila Rai (born 1963), Nepali politician
- Prakash Rai (born 1965), Indian actor, director, producer and politician
- Raghu Rai (born 1942), Indian photojournalist
- Rajiv Rai (born 1955), Indian film director and screenwriter
- Baba Ram Rai (1645–1687), Sikh founder of Ramraiya
- Rai Hau-min President of the Judicial Yuan
- Ram Bahadur Rai (born 1946), Indian journalist
- Ramanna Rai (1930–2008), Indian politician
- Ramanath Rai (born 1952), Indian politician
- Ramdeo Rai (1943–2020), Indian politician
- Ramveer Rai (born 1987), Emirati cricketer
- Randeep Rai (born 1993), Indian actor
- Sabin Rai, Nepali singer
- Sara Rai (born 1956), Indian writer
- Sarita Rai, Indian politician
- Shivpujan Rai (1913–1942), Indian independence activist and politician
- Suyyash Rai (born 1989), Indian actor and singer
- Tarundeep Rai (born 1984), Indian archer
- Upendra Rai (born 1982), Indian journalist
- Vinay Rai (born 1979), Indian actor
- Vinit Rai (born 1997), Indian footballer
- Vinod Rai (born 1948), former Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Viveki Rai (1924–2016), Indian Hindi-language writer
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