title: Loy
text: # 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"
  