Loy
# 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), American field hockey forward
* Brendan Loy, American blogger
* 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"
