Garay or de Garay is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Antonio Garay (born 1979), American football player
Blasco de Garay (1500–1552), Spanish navy captain and inventor
Carlos Garay (born 1972), American football player
Ezequiel Garay (born 1986), Argentine football player
Fernanda Garay (born 1986), Brazilian volleyball player
Francisco de Garay (died 1523), Spanish conquistador, governor of Jamaica and explorer
Hugo Garay (born 1980), Argentine light heavyweight boxer
János Garay (1812–1853), Hungarian writer and poet
János Garay (fencer) (1889-1945), Hungarian saber fencer
Jesús Garay (1930–1995), Spanish football defender
Jesús Garay (director) (born 1949), Spanish film director and screenwriter
Joaquin Garay III (born 1968), American actor
José Marcos Garay (born 1977), Mexican football player
Juan Carlos Garay (born 1968), Ecuadorian football player
Juan de Garay (1528–1583), Spanish conquistador
Kenneth Garay, American sports journalist
Leslie Andrew Garay (born 1924), American botanist
Máximo Garay (1898–1960), Hungarian naturalized Chilean football manager
Melker Garay (born 1966), Swedish author
Nicole Garay (1873–1928), Panamanian poet
Ramón Garay (1896–1956), Spanish film actor
Ridl Garay (born 1997), Mexican volleyball player
Sebastián Garay (born 1983), Argentine singer, musician and composer of Argentine
Sindo Garay (1867–1968), Cuban singer and composer
Soo Garay, Canadian actress
Tibor Garay (born 1923), Hungarian football player
Val Garay (born 1942), American record producer
Yaniel Garay (born 1980), Cuban volleyball player
Garay Asadov (1923–1944), Azerbaijani Red Army sergeant