Loy or Loys is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Contents

• Given name
• Surname
• See also

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 McAfee (1868–1941), American surgeon, bibliographer, and editor
• Loy Mendonsa, Indian film singer
• Loy Petersen (born 1945), retired American professional basketball player
• Loy Vaught (born 1968), retired American basketball player
• 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), American field hockey forward
• Brendan Loy, American blogger
• Cathy Jo Loy, American politician
• Christof Loy (born 1962), German opera director
• David Loy (born 1947), American 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), British 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, American 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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