Mays
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- Benjamin MaysBenjamin MaysBenjamin Elijah Mays was an American minister, educator, scholar, social activist and the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1940 to 1967. Mays was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr...
(born 1895), African-American minister, educator, and social activist - Billy MaysBilly MaysWilliam Darrell "Billy" Mays, Jr. was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc...
(1958-2009), American television commercial salesman, most notable for promoting OxiClean - Brook MaysBrook MaysBrook Mays Music Company, known generally as Brook Mays, is a well known and established Dallas, Texas-based retailer of musical instruments, sheet music, and supplies for individuals, Bands & Orchestras....
, investor in the Brook Mays Music Group - Carl MaysCarl MaysCarl William Mays was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. Despite impressive career statistics, he is primarily remembered for throwing a beanball on August 16, 1920, that struck and killed Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, making Chapman one of two people to die...
(born 1891), Major League Baseball pitcher, best remembered for throwing a pitch that struck and killed Ray Chapman - David Mays, co-founder and co-owner of The Source magazine
- Dorothy Mays (born 1957), American model and actress
- J MaysJ MaysJ Mays, born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, U.S., is Group Vice President of Global Design and Chief Creative Officer at Ford Motor Company. His name is simply "J", named after his grandfather, S J Mays.-Background:...
, Group Vice President of Design for the Ford Motor Company - Jayma MaysJayma MaysJayma Suzette Mays is an American television and film actress, and singer. Mays' most prominent roles include that of Emma Pillsbury on the American television series Glee, recurring appearances on Ugly Betty and on Heroes as characters named Charlie.- Life and career :Mays was born Jamia Suzette...
(born 1979), American television and film actress - Jerry Mays (disambiguation)
- Jerry Mays (defensive lineman) (b. 1939), professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Jerry Mays (running back) (b. 1967)
- Joe MaysJoe MaysJoeseph Emerson Mays is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.Mays is a 1994 graduate of Southeast High School in Bradenton, Florida. He also attended Manatee Community College in Bradenton. He and his wife, Melinda , have two children.Mays began his major league career with the...
(born 1975), Major League Baseball pitcher - Joe Mays (American football)Joe Mays (American football)Joseph Lamont "Joe" Mays is an American football linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Dakota State.-Early years:Joe attended Hyde Park High School...
(born 1985), professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles - Lee MaysLee MaysLee Mays, Jr. is a former Professional American football wide receiver who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.-High School Years:...
(born 1978), American football wide receiver - Lowry MaysLowry MaysLester Lowry Mays is the founder and current chairman of Clear Channel Communications.-Early years:Lester Lowry Mays was born on July 24, 1935 in Harris County, Texas, USA to Lester T. Mays and Mary Virginia Lowry. Mays attended the A&M College of Texas , where he received a B.S. in petroleum...
(born 1935), founder and current chairman of Clear Channel Communication - Lyle MaysLyle MaysLyle Mays is an American jazz pianist and composer from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group...
(born 1953), American jazz pianist - Mark MaysMark MaysMark P. Mays is the president and CEO of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a global media and entertainment company based in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Mays took over as president and CEO in October 2004, after serving the company in other roles. Mays holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in Math...
, president and CEO of Clear Channel Communications - Matt MaysMatt MaysMatt Mays is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian indie band The Guthries...
, Canadian singer-songwriter - Melinda Mays (born 1962), American model and actress
- Raqiyah MaysRaqiyah MaysRaqiyah Mays is an American actress and former hip-hop journalist. a co-host on The Kiss Wake Up Club, and weekend personality on Emmis Communications-owned station, 98.7 Kiss FM...
, American hip-hop journalist and radio personality - Raymond MaysRaymond MaysThomas Raymond Mays CBE was an auto racing driver and entrepreneur from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.He attended Oundle School, where he met Amherst Villiers, leaving at the end of 1917. After army service in the Grenadier Guards in France, he attended Christ's College, Cambridge...
, English auto racing driver - Rex MaysRex MaysRex Mays is a former AAA Championship Car race driver from Riverside, California. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again. Mays won the AAA National Championship in 1940...
(born 1913), American race car driver - Stafford MaysStafford MaysStafford Earl Mays is a retired American football defensive lineman.-Life and career:Mays was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He went to Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. Mays played junior college football at Mount Hood Community College. He later played college football at the University of...
(born 1958), American former football defensive lineman - Taylor MaysTaylor MaysTaylor Mays is an American football safety for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.He played college football at USC...
(born 1988), American NFL football player (San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
) - Travis MaysTravis MaysTravis Cortez Mays is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round of the 1990 NBA Draft....
(born 1968), American former professional basketball player - Willie MaysWillie MaysWillie Howard Mays, Jr. is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his...
(born 1931), former Major League Baseball player
Other uses
- May AnthologiesMay AnthologiesThe Mays Literary Anthology is an anthology of new writing by students from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. In 1992, when Peter Ho Davies, Adrian Woolfson, and Ron Dimant came up with the original concept for the Mays, the publication was split into two separate...
("The Mays"), anthologies of new writing by Oxford and Cambridge University students - Mays, IndianaMays, IndianaMays is an unincorporated town in Center Township, Rush County, Indiana....
, a small town in the United States - May BumpsMay BumpsThe May Bumps are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of March. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from...
, a rowing event held in June - J.W. MaysJ.W. MaysJ.W. Mays, Inc. is a real estate firm based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. From 1927 until 1988 the company ran a chain of discount department stores in the area surrounding New York City referred to as simply Mays, with stores located in three of New York City's five boroughs and Long...
, a former department store.