For the manufacturer of intraocular lenses and surgical equipment, see
Rayner (company).
Rayner is more commonly a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Amy Rayner (born 1977), English football referee
- Angela Rayner, British Labour Party politician, trade unionist, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015, Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Shadow First Secretary of State and Deputy leader of the Opposition since 2020
- Billy Rayner (1935–2006), Australian rugby league player
- Cameron Rayner (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
- Chuck Rayner (1920–2002), Canadian professional hockey player
- Claire Rayner (1931–2010), British journalist and agony aunt
- Dave Rayner (born 1982), American professional football player
- Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British sailor, writer, and designer of small boats
- Dorothy Helen Rayner (1912–2003), British geologist
- Eddie Rayner (born 1952), New Zealand musician
- Henry Rayner (1902–1957), Australian and British artist
- Isidor Rayner (1850–1912), United States Senator
- Jack Rayner (1921–2008), Australian rugby league player
- Jacqueline Rayner, British author and television writer
- Jay Rayner (born 1966), British journalist, writer, and broadcaster
- John Rayner (1924–2005), Rabbi CBE
- Keith Rayner (bishop) (born 1929), Australian Anglican archbishop
- Keith Rayner (psychologist), UC San Diego Professor of Psychology
- Kenneth Rayner (1808–1884), U.S. Congressman
- Kyle Rayner, fictional comic-book character
- Lionel Benjamin Rayner (1788–1855), English actor
- Louise Rayner (1832–1924), British watercolor artist
- Mabel Rayner (c.1890-1948), English botanist
- Margaret Rayner (1929–2019), British mathematician
- Mark A. Rayner, Canadian author
- Michael Rayner (1933–2015), British opera singer
- Michael H. Rayner (1943–2004), Canadian accountant, Acting Auditor General of Canada
- Moira Rayner (born 1948), New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate
- Peter Alan Rayner (1924–2007), British coin-book author
- Ray Rayner (1919–2004), American television performer
- Rosalie Rayner (1898–1935), assistant and wife of psychologist John B. Watson
- Walter Rayner, British football manager