Conway is a
Welsh,
Irish &
Scottish surname. It can be an anglicised spelling of
Conwy
Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy ...
, Mac Connmhaigh, Ó Connmhacháin, or the Scottish Coneway.
In Ireland, derivations of Conway such as McConway as sometimes observed. It translates as follows:
* McCeannbhuί/McConbui - Translates as "Son of yellow head/hound", relating to the fact that the Conways were historically footsoldiers that wore a yellow head sash into battle accompanied by war dogs.
* McCeannbhrise - Translates as "Head-smasher/head-breaker", relating to the fact that as footsolders of Queen Maeve of Connaught, the Conways carried warhammers into battle as weapon of choice.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Alan Conway, impersonator of Stanley Kubrick
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Albert Conway (1889–1969), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1955–1959)
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Andrew Conway (born 1991), Irish rugby union player
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Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway (1631–1679), English philosopher
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Anne C. Conway (born 1950), American lawyer and Senior United States District Judge
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Arthur Conway (disambiguation)
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Connie Conway
Connie Marie Conway (born September 25, 1950) is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2022 to 2023. She was a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2014. Before that, Conway was a member o ...
(born 1950), American politician
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Cornelius Conway Felton (1807–1862), American educator and regent of the Smithsonian Institution
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Curtis Conway, former NFL wide receiver
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Damian Conway, Perl guru
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Dan Conway (born 1985), English cricketer
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David Conway (disambiguation)
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Deborah Conway, Australian singer and songwriter
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Delores Conway, American statistician and economist
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Derek Conway
Derek Leslie Conway TD (born 15 February 1953) is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1983 to 199 ...
, British politician
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Devon Conway (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
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Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, PC (1594–1655), English politician, military commander, bibliophile and peer
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Edward Joseph Conway, Irish biochemist
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Elias Nelson Conway (1812–1892), American politician and 5th Governor of Arkansas from 1852 to 1860
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Marshall "Eddie" Conway (1946–2023), Black Panther Party member from Baltimore
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Edwin Michael Conway (1934–2004), American Catholic bishop
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Elias Nelson Conway, American politician
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Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (5 July 1718 – 14 June 1794) of Ragley Hall, Arrow, in Warwickshire, was a British courtier and politician who, briefly, was Viceroy of Ireland where he had substantial estates.
Background ...
(1718–1794), British courtier and politician
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Gary Conway (born 1936), American actor
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George Conway (disambiguation)
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George T. Conway III, American attorney
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Gerry Conway
Gerard Francis Conway Thomas, Roy. "Roy's Rostrum" (" Bullpen Bulletins") in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' #43 and other Marvel Comics cover-dated May 1974. (born September 10, 1952) is an American comic book writer, comic book editor, science ficti ...
, American comic book writer
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Gerry Conway (musician) (1947–2024), English drummer
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Gordon Conway, English ecologist
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Harry Conway (born 1992), Australian cricketer
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Hélène Conway-Mouret (born 1960), French politician
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Helen Conway-Ottenheimer, Canadian politician
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Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman
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Henry Wharton Conway, American politician
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Hugh Conway (novelist) (1847–1885), English novelist
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Hugh Conway (Lord Treasurer) (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1494), Irish politician
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Hugh E. Conway (born 1942), American labor economics academic
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Ibrahim Conway (born 1982), Indomode International e-commerce merchant
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Jack Conway (disambiguation)
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James Conway (disambiguation)
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Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author
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Jim Conway (baseball) (1858–1912), American baseball player
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Jimmy Conway, Irish-American gangster
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John Conway (cricketer) (1842–1909), Australian cricketer
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John B. Conway, mathematics professor at University of Tennessee
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John Horton Conway
John Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician. He was active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many b ...
(1937–2020), English mathematician
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Jon Conway, American soccer player
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Kate Conway, Canadian actress
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Katherine Eleanor Conway (1853–1927; pen name, "Mercedes"), American journalist, editor, poet
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Kathie Conway, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
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Kellyanne Conway (born 1967), American Republican campaign manager, strategist, and pollster
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Kevin Conway (disambiguation)
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Kieron Conway (born 1996), English boxer
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Lisa Conway, Canadian musician and producer
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Lynn Conway (1938–2024), American computer scientist and inventor
* Markies Conway, American rapper known professionally as
Yella Beezy
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Martin Conway (disambiguation)
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Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856–1937), English nobleman
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Melvin Conway, inventor of coroutines
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Mic Conway (born 1951), Australian vocalist
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Michael Conway (senator), Irish politician
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Mike Conway
Michael Robert Conway (born 19 August 1983) is a British professional racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Motorsport GmbH, Toyota Gazoo Racing.
Early caree ...
, British racing driver
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Moncure Daniel Conway, American clergyman and author
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Pete Conway (1866–1903), American baseball player
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Robert Conway (admiral), officer in the United States Navy
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Rob Conway, American professional wrestler
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Robert Seymour Conway, British classical scholar and philologist
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Russ Conway (1925–2000), stage name of Trevor Stanford, English popular music pianist
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Russ Conway (journalist), American investigative journalist
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Sally Conway (born 1987), Scottish judoka
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Samuel Conway American researcher and owner of
Anthrocon
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Sean Conway, Canadian professor
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Shirl Conway, stage and television actress
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Simon Conway Morris FRS (born 1951), English palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, and astrobiologist
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Sophie Conway (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
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Steve Conway (politician) (born 1944), American politician
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Steve Conway (singer) (1920–1952), British singer
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Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway (February 27, 1735 – March 1795) was an Irish-born army officer and colonial administrator who served as the French India#Governors, governor of French India from 1787 to 1789. Over the course of his military career, he served in ...
, soldier in America's Revolutionary War
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Thomas F. Conway (1862–1945), American lawyer and politician
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Tiger Conway Sr. (1932–2006), American professional wrestler
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Tim Conway (1933–2019), American comedic actor
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Tim Conway Jr., American radio talk show host
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Timothy Conway (born 1942), Irish politician
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Tom Conway, British actor
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William Conway (disambiguation)
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Zoë Conway, Irish violinist
Fictional characters:
* Hugh Conway, protagonist of James Hilton's novel ''
Lost Horizon''
* Conway family, characters in ''
Accidents Happen''
* Jimmy Conway, gangster associate in crime film ''Goodfellas'', based on
Jimmy Burke
* Will Conway, Republican nominee for U.S. president on
season 4 of ''House of Cards'', played by Joel Kinnaman
''Conway'' is a component of the compound surname ''Conway Morris'':
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Simon Conway Morris, British palaeontologist
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