Loy
Loy or Loys is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Loy Allen Bowlin (1909–1995), outsider artist
- Loy Allen Jr. (born 1966), former NASCAR driver
- Loy Hanning, Major League Baseball pitcher in 1939 and 1942
- Loy W. Henderson (1892–1986), United States Foreign Service Officer
- Loy Hering, (c. 1484–1564), German Renaissance sculptor
- Loy Mendonsa, Indian film singer
- Loy Petersen (born 1945), retired American professional basketball player
- Loy Vaught (born 1968), retired American basketball player
- Loy F. Weaver (born 1942), politician from Louisiana, USA
- Loys of Gruuthuse (c. 1422–1492), better known as Lewis de Bruges, lord of Gruuthuse
- Loys Louis Bourgeois (composer) (c. 1510–1560), French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance
- Loÿs Delteil (1869–1927), French engraver and lithographer, publisher, dealer, and art historian
Surname:
- Angie Loy (born 1982), field hockey forward
- Brendan Loy, American blogger
- Christof Loy (born 1962), German opera director
- David Loy (born 1947), Buddhist philosopher
- Egon Loy (born 1931), German former professional football goalkeeper
- Frank E. Loy, American diplomat and former United States Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
- James Loy (born 1942), United States Coast Guard admiral, former TSA administrator, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Joseph F. Loy (1824-1875), American politician
- Julien Loy (born 1976), French triathlete
- Matthias Loy (1828–1915), American Lutheran theologian
- Mina Loy (1882–1966), artist, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist, actor, Christian Scientist, designer of lamps and bohemian
- Myrna Loy (1903–1993), American motion picture actress
- Nanni Loy (1925–1995), Italian film, theatre and TV director
- Rachel Loy, solo artist
- Rory Loy (born 1988), Scottish footballer
- Tristan Loy (born 1973), French long distance and marathon speed skater and inline speed skater
- William A. Loy (1895-1982), American politician
- François De Loys (1892–1935), Swiss oil geologist and discoverer of "Loy's Ape"
See also
- Saint Loye, better known as Saint Eligius (c. 588-660)
- the title character of "Helen O'Loy", a 1938 science fiction story by Lester del Rey
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