Finlay is a masculine given name, 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 a ...

as Fionnlagh.

Given name

Finlay

* Finlay Mickel, Scottish skier *

Finlay Currie William Finlay Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television.McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. pp. 175-176; He rec ...

(1878–1968), Scottish actor *

Finlay Calder Finlay Calder OBE (born 20 August 1957) is a Scotland international former rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Born in Haddington, East Lothian and educated at Stewart's Melville College, Calder played at open side flan ...

, Scottish rugby player * Finlay Freundlich (1885–1964), astronomer * Finlay Crisp (1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist * Finlay Speedie, Scottish footballer * Finlay Jackson (1901–1941), cricketer and rugby union player * Finlay Crerar, Royal Air Force Officer * Finlay McNaughton Young (1852–1916), Canadian Senator * Finlay Macdonald (minister), 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 National ...

(born 1978), Scottish bagpiper * Finlay MacDonald (politician, born 1866) (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 Finlay Dow-Smith (born 8 July 1988), known professionally as Starsmith, is a British songwriter and producer. He co-wrote and produced "Good Thing" by Zedd and Kehlani, and "I'll Be There" by Jess Glynne which went to number one in the UK an ...

, British songwriter and music producer born as Finlay Dow-Smith

Other spellings

* Fionnla Dubh mac Gillechriosd, 15th-century Scotsman *

Fionnlagh MacCailein Fionnlagh MacCailein or Finlay ''Colini'' (died 1419) was a medieval Scottish bishop. Both his early life and the details of his career as Bishop of Dunblane are not well known, however it is known that he held the latter bishopric between 1403 ...

(died 1419), Scottish bishop * Findláech of Moray, 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 system ...

, (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, an ...

(born 1966), Scottish artist *

Alex Finlay Alexander Finlay (14 November 1887 – 2 March 1963) was an Australian politician. Born in the South Yarra neighborhood of Melbourne, Victoria, he moved to Adelaide, South Australia as a child and attended school there until the age of t ...

(1887–1963), Australian unionist and Senator *

Alexander Struthers Finlay Alexander Struthers Finlay (20 July 1807 – 9 June 1886) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Argyllshire 1857–68. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Argyllshire and Buteshire The County ...

(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 Chase Finlay (born 1990) is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who has also danced as a with the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia. Early life Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, Finlay began his dance tr ...

, New York City Ballet dancer *

Charles Coleman Finlay Charles Coleman Finlay (born July 1, 1964 in New York City, NY) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. He grew up in Marysville, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. His first story, ''Footnotes'', was published in 2 ...

, 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) David Finlay VC (29 January 1893 – 21 January 1916) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Det ...

(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 (1840–1923), Scottish physician and yachtsman * Donald Finlay (1909–1970), British athlete *

Dr. Finlay Dr Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. Short stories The character Dr Finlay first appeared in Cronin's novella ''Country Doctor'' and in several subsequent short stories published in ...

, fictional character created by author A. J. Cronin *

Erwin Finlay-Freundlich Erwin Finlay-Freundlich FRSE FRAS (; 29 May 1885 – 24 July 1964) was a German astronomer, a pupil of Felix Klein. Freundlich was a working associate of Albert Einstein and introduced experiments for which the general theory of relativity cou ...

, German astronomer and businessman * Ethan Finlay, American soccer player *

Fergus Finlay Fergus Finlay (born 1 June 1950) is the former Chief Executive of the charity Barnardos in Ireland, leaving the post in 2018. He was a senior member of the Irish Labour Party and is also a weekly columnist with the ''Irish Examiner'' and the auth ...

Frank Finlay Francis Finlay, (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was an English stage, film and television actor, Oscar-nominated for a supporting role as Iago in Laurence Olivier's 1965 film adaptation of ''Othello''. In 1983, Finlay was directed by It ...

(1926–2016), British stage, film and television actor *

Harold John Finlay Harold John Finlay (22 March 1901 – 7 April 1951) was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. Biography Finlay was born in Comilla, India (now Bangladesh), on 22 March 1901. He was left a paraplegic after contracting poliomyelitis at ...

(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 pow ...

, British historian of classical and post-classical Greece *

Graham Finlay Graham Paul Finlay (3 February 1936 – 29 July 2018) was a New Zealand boxer who won four national amateur boxing championships, and represented his country at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Biogra ...

(1936–2018), New Zealand boxer *

Ian Hamilton Finlay Ian Hamilton Finlay, Order of the British Empire, 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, bot ...

, Scottish poet and writer * Jack Finlay, Irish hurler and politician *

Jack Finlay (American football) Jack Alexander Finlay (September 8, 1921 – March 6, 2014) was a professional American football player who played guard for five seasons for the Los Angeles Rams The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in th ...

, 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 (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 wh ...

, 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 * 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 Grea ...

* Thomas Finlay (Cumann na nGaedheal politician) (1893–1932), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael politician and lawyer * Thomas Finlay (judge) (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 William Henry Finlay (FRAS) (17 June 1849, in Liverpool – 7 December 1924, in Grahamstown, South Africa) was a South African astronomer. He was First Assistant at the Cape Observatory from 1873 to 1898 under Edward James Stone. He discovered ...

, South African astronomer

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