Charles McNeill Gray (June 13, 1807 – October 17, 1885) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853–1854).

Charles McNeill Gray was born in Sherburne, New York on June 13, 1807.

[3][4] He arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834, and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen, a retail merchant.

He subsequently worked as a manufacturer, contractor and railroad man.

He died at his home in Chicago on October 17, 1885, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery.