Richard Eben Gray (March 11, 1945 – November 8, 1982) was a Naval aviator for the United States Navy, and latterly a research test pilot.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from San Jose State University in 1969 on a scholarship from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), of which his father, William E. Gray, had been a member.

After making a second cruise in 1973, Gray was assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four (VX-4) at NAS Pt.

He served as chief test director for the AIM-7F Sparrow in 1975–76 before being assigned as an F-14A project pilot on the Air Combat Evaluation/Intercept Missile Evaluation (ACEVAL/AIMVAL) program.

Later in 1978 he became an aerospace research pilot at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.