Keith Rayner (June 20, 1943 – January 21, 2015) was a cognitive psychologist best known for pioneering modern eye-tracking methodology in reading and visual perception.

The family emigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah.

He served a mission with the LDS Church to England from 1962 to 1964 and married Susan Rae Knight on December 16, 1966, at the Salt Lake Temple.

[8] In 1973, he was appointed as an assistant professor of education, psychology, and visual science at University of Rochester.

In 2008, Rayner moved to University of California, San Diego, where he held the position of Atkinson Family Professor of Psychology.