What Is the Ray-Ban Logo?
The Ray-Ban logo is the brand name written in a flowing script, the signature printed on the lenses of Ray-Ban sunglasses. Ray-Ban is the eyewear brand that the American optical company Bausch & Lomb set up in Rochester, New York, in the 1930s, and that Luxottica bought in 1999; it is part of EssilorLuxottica, headquartered in Milan.
The same script appears on frame models such as the Aviator, the Wayfarer and the Clubmaster. The signature is available as the Ray-Ban logo SVG.
Ray-Ban Logo Facts
| Symbol | None; the name is the mark |
| Logo type | Wordmark: Ray-Ban in script lettering |
| Owner | EssilorLuxottica |
What the Ray-Ban Logo Means
The name says what the glasses were made to do: ban the sun's rays. Ray-Ban grew out of a problem in early aviation. US Army Air Corps Colonel John A. Macready worked with Bausch & Lomb on sunglasses for pilots, because glare and fogged goggles cut visibility at high altitude. The result was a prototype called Anti-Glare, with plastic frames and green lenses, and the name that replaced it turned that purpose into a brand.
Ray-Ban Logo History
The Anti-Glare prototype dates from 1936. Bausch & Lomb then redesigned it with a metal frame and patented it as the Ray-Ban Aviator.
In 1952 Bausch & Lomb optical designer Raymond Stegeman drew the Wayfarer, a plastic frame with an upswept brow. When Ray-Ban reissued it in 2007 as the RB2140, the right lens bore the logo as well, one of the differences from the original. The Clubmaster joined the range in the 1980s.
Bausch & Lomb sold Ray-Ban to the Italian group Luxottica in 1999. In 2021 the brand put its name on smart glasses for the first time with Ray-Ban Stories, made with Facebook Reality Labs, and on 17 September 2025 Ray-Ban and Meta announced the Meta Ray-Ban Display, their first augmented reality glasses.
Ray-Ban on Screen
Two films did much to make the Wayfarer a familiar sight. The Blues Brothers in 1980 helped make Wayfarers popular, and Tom Cruise's Wayfarers in Risky Business in 1983 were one of the brand's key placements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the name Ray-Ban mean?
It describes what the glasses do: they ban, or block, the sun's rays. The name replaced Anti-Glare, the prototype's working name.
Where is the logo on Ray-Ban sunglasses?
On the lenses. When the Wayfarer was reissued in 2007 as the RB2140, the right lens was given the logo as well.
Who designed the Ray-Ban Wayfarer?
Bausch & Lomb optical designer Raymond Stegeman, in 1952.
Who owns Ray-Ban?
EssilorLuxottica. Bausch & Lomb, which created the brand, sold it to Luxottica in 1999.