Finlay is a masculine

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, and also a surname. The given name is represented in

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well ...

as Fionnlagh.

Given name

Finlay

* Finlay Mickel, Scottish skier * Finlay Currie (1878–1968), Scottish actor * Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player * Finlay Freundlich (1885–1964), astronomer *

Finlay Crisp Leslie Finlay Crisp (19 January 191721 December 1984) was an Australian academic and political scientist. The son of Leslie Walter Crisp (1884–1965), and Ruby Elizabeth Crisp (1896–1951), née Duff, Leslie Finlay Crisp was born in Sandringh ...

(1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist *

Finlay Speedie Finlay Ballantyne Speedie (18 August 1880 – 5 February 1953) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Newcastle United and Scotland in the 1900s. He was a versatile forward who was most at home at inside left. Career Speedie began hi ...

, Scottish footballer * Finlay Jackson (1901–1941), cricketer and rugby union player *

Finlay Crerar Air Commodore Finlay Crerar, (23 March 1904 – 12 August 1965) was a senior Royal Air Force officer during the Second World War who served as the fourth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC). He led the ROC through the final two years of ...

, Royal Air Force Officer * Finlay McNaughton Young (1852–1916), Canadian Senator *

Finlay Macdonald (minister) Finlay A. J. Macdonald is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1996 until 2010. In addition to his rapid rise up the ranks of the Church of Scotland, Macdonal ...

, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland *

Finlay MacDonald (musician) Finlay MacDonald (born 1978) is a Scottish musician and composer. He was one of the first pipers to receive a BA in Scottish music and piping from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. MacDonald is head of piping studies at the Nationa ...

(born 1978), Scottish bagpiper *

Finlay MacDonald (politician, born 1866) Finlay MacDonald (17 November 1866 – 29 May 1948) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia and became a barrister. The son of Malcolm MacDonald and Sarah Cantwell, MacDonal ...

(died 1948), Canadian Member of Parliament for Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia * Finlay MacDonald (politician, born 1923) (died 2002), Canadian senator * Finlay J. MacDonald, Scottish journalist * Starsmith, British songwriter and music producer born as Finlay Dow-Smith

Other spellings

Fionnla Dubh mac Gillechriosd Fionnla Dubh mac Gillechriosd is purported to have been a 15th-century Scottish people, Scotsman, who lived in the north-west of Scotland. The Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic ''Fionnla Dubh mac Gillechriosd'' translates into English language, English as ...

, 15th-century Scotsman * Fionnlagh MacCailein (died 1419), Scottish bishop *

Findláech of Moray Findláech of Moray (or Findláech mac Ruaidrí, anglicised as ''Findlay of Moray'') was the Thane of Angus and the King or Mormaer of Moray, ruling from some point before 1014 until his death in 1020. In the Annals of Ulster and in the ''Book of ...

, Macbeth's father

Surname

Alan Gordon Finlay Alan Gordon-Finlay (8 June 1890 – 6 June 1959) was a British engineer and inventor of Scottish descent born in Australia. He is best known for having co-created the Filene-Finlay (incorrectly spelled Findlay) simultaneous interpretation syste ...

, (1890–1959), British engineer and inventor *

Alec Finlay Alec Finlay (born 14 March 1966) is a Scottish-born artist currently based in Edinburgh. He is a son of Sue Finlay and Ian Hamilton Finlay. Finlay's work takes various forms and media, including poetry, sculpture, collage, audio-visual, neon, a ...

(born 1966), Scottish artist * Alex Finlay (1887–1963), Australian unionist and Senator * Alexander Struthers Finlay (1807–1886), Scottish Liberal Party politician *

Carlos Finlay Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes ''Aedes aegypti''. Biography Early life and ...

, Cuban doctor who first identified mosquitoes as a disease carrier * Chase Finlay, New York City Ballet dancer * Charles Coleman Finlay, American science fiction and fantasy writer *

Fit Finlay David Finlay Jr. (born 31 January 1958) is an Irish retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE as a trainer/assistant coach. He is known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Fit Finlay from 1995 t ...

, Dave "Fit" Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler * David Finlay (VC) (1893–1916), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *

David Finlay (wrestler) David Finlay III (born 16 May 1993) is a German-born Northern Irish-American professional wrestler who performs under the ring name David Finlay (デビッド・フィンレー　''Debiddo Finrē''). He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW ...

(born 1993), German-born Northern Irish-American professional wrestler *

David White Finlay David White Finlay FRSE FRCP (1840–1923) was a Scottish physician and yachtsman. He was Regius Professor of Medicine at Aberdeen University 1891 to 1912. He was Honorary Physician to the King in Scotland to both King Edward VII and King Georg ...

(1840–1923), Scottish physician and yachtsman * Donald Finlay (1909–1970), British athlete * Dr. Finlay, fictional character created by author A. J. Cronin * Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, German astronomer and businessman *

Ethan Finlay Ethan Christopher Finlay (born August 6, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Austin FC. Career College and amateur Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Finlay's family moved across the U.S ...

, American soccer player * Fergus Finlay * Frank Finlay (1926–2016), British stage, film and television actor * Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand paleontologist and conchologist *

George Finlay George Finlay (21 December 1799 – 26 January 1875) was a Scottish historian. Biography Finlay was born in Faversham, Kent, where his Scottish father, Captain John Finlay FRS, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was inspector of government powd ...

, British historian of classical and post-classical Greece * Graham Finlay (1936–2018), New Zealand boxer *

Ian Hamilton Finlay Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Life Finlay was born in Nassau, Bahamas, to James Hamilton Finlay and his wife, Annie Pettigrew, both of Scots descent. He was e ...

, Scottish poet and writer *

Jack Finlay John Finlay (10 June 1889 – 30 September 1942) was an Irish athlete who played hurling for Laois in the 1910s and in later life was a politician. Finlay was born in Ballycuddy, County Laois in 1889. He had a love of hurling from a young ...

, Irish hurler and politician * Jack Finlay (American football), Los Angeles Rams footballer * Jaco Finlay, Canadian settler in what is now the US state of Oregon * Katrina Finlay, character in ''Monarch of the Glen'' (TV series) *

Kirkman Finlay Kirkman Finlay (April 1773 – 4 March 1842) was one of the leading merchants in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Member of Parliament. Life Kirkman Finlay was born in the Gallowgate, the second son of well known Glasgow me ...

(1773–1842), MP, Provost for Glasgow and leading merchant *

Martyn Finlay Allan "Martyn" Finlay (1 January 1912 – 20 January 1999) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Labour Party. He was an MP in two separate spells and a member of two different governments, including being a minister in the latter w ...

, New Zealand politician and lawyer * Mary Lou Finlay, Canadian journalist * Ninian Finlay, Scottish international rugby player *Peter Warren Finlay, the birthname of Australian writer

DBC Pierre Peter Warren Finlay (born in 1961), also known as DBC Pierre, is an Australian author who wrote the novel '' Vernon God Little''. Pierre was born in South Australia, and largely raised in Mexico. He has resided in the Republic of Ireland and ...

* Richard Finlay (1883–1948), Scottish footballer *

Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, (11 July 1842 – 9 March 1929), known as Sir Robert Finlay from 1895 to 1916, initially formally qualified as a doctor, was a British barrister and politician, and Lord High Chancellor of Gre ...

* Thomas Finlay (Cumann na nGaedheal politician) (1893–1932), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael politician and lawyer *

Thomas Finlay (judge) Thomas Aloysius Finlay (17 September 1922 – 3 December 2017) was an Irish judge, politician and barrister who served as Chief Justice of Ireland and a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1985 to 1994, President of the High Court from 1974 to 198 ...

(1922–2017), Irish Fine Gael politician and former Supreme Court Chief Justice * Thomas A. Finlay, Irish Catholic priest, economist, philosopher and editor * Tom Finlay, Irish hurler *

Virgil Finlay Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914 – January 18, 1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called "part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of original and imagi ...

, science fiction illustrator * William Henry Finlay, South African astronomer

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