Finlay
For other uses, see Finlay (disambiguation).
| Finlay | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Scottish |
| Meaning | Fair Hero |
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Finlay is a masculine given name, and also a surname. The given name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Fionnlagh.
Given name
- Findláech of Moray, Macbeth's father
- Finlay Mickel, Scottish skier
- Finlay Currie (1878-1968), Scottish actor
- Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
- Finlay Freundlich (1885-1964), astronomer
- Finlay Crisp (1917-1984), Australian academic and political scientist
- Finlay Speedie, Scottish footballer
- Fionnlagh MacCailein (died 1419), Scottish bishop
- 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) (born 1978), Scottish keyboardist
- Finlay MacDonald (politician) (1866-1948), Canadian Member of Parliament for Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia
- Finlay MacDonald (senator) (1923-2002), Canadian senator
- Starsmith, British songwriter and music producer born as Finlay Dow-Smith
Surname
- Carlos Finlay, 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
- Dave Finlay, Irish former professional wrestler
- David Finlay, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Donald Finlay (1909–1970), British athlete
- Dr. Finlay, fictional character created by author A. J. Cronin
- Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, German astronomer and businessman
- Fergus Finlay
- Frank Finlay (1926–2016), British stage, film and television actor
- Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand paleontologist and conchologist
- George Finlay, British historian of classical and post-classical Greece
- Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet and writer
- Jack Finlay, Irish hurler and politician
- Jack Finlay (American football), Los Angeles Rams footballer
- Jaco Finlay, Canadian settler in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon
- Katrina Finlay, fictional character of the British TV series Monarch of the Glen
- Martyn Finlay, New Zealand politician and lawyer
- Mary Lou Finlay, Canadian journalist
- Peter Warren Finlay, the birthname of D.B.C. Pierre, Australian writer
- Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay
- Thomas Finlay (Cumann na nGaedheal) (1893–1932), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael politician and lawyer
- Thomas Finlay (judge) (born 1922), 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, science fiction illustrator
- William Henry Finlay, South African astronomer
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