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, and also a

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. 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 ...

as Fionnlagh.

Given name

Finlay

Finlay Mickel Finlay Mickel (born 6 December 1977) is a Scottish skiing coach and former downhill skier who competed in World Cup competitions 2000–2009 and the 2006 Winter Olympics. Downhill skier Mickel was born on 6 December 1977 in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

, 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 re ...

(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 fla ...

, Scottish rugby player *

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 ...

(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 Finlay William Jackson (21 November 1901 – 13 March 1941) was an Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player. Rugby Union Jackson played just once for the Ireland national rugby union team, a Five Nations match against England on 10 February 1 ...

(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 Finlay McNaughton Young (2 April 1852 – 15 February 1916) was a Canadian senator. Born in St. Chrysostome, Canada East, the son of Duncan Young, he was educated at St. Chrysostome and Montreal. In 1879, he moved to Manitoba. A farmer, ...

(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 National ...

(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) Finlay MacDonald (January 4, 1923 – March 2, 2002) was a Canadian Senator. MacDonald was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Finlay MacDonald (who would serve from 1925 to 1935 as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Cape B ...

(died 2002), Canadian senator *

Finlay J. MacDonald Finlay is a masculine given name, and also a surname. The given name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Fionnlagh. Given name Finlay *Finlay Mickel, Scottish skier * Finlay Currie (1878–1968), Scottish actor * Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby p ...

, 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 and ...

, 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 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 twe ...

(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 and a magistrate ...

(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 ...

, 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 to ...

, 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. De ...

(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 (NJP ...

(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 Group Captain Donald Osborne Finlay, DFC, AFC (27 May 1909 – 18 April 1970) was a British athlete and Royal Air Force officer. Athletics career A member of Milocarian Athletic Club and Surrey Athletics Club (based in Kingston upon Thames), ...

(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 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 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 autho ...

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 Ital ...

(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 powde ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Jacques Raphaël Finlay (1768–1828), commonly known as Jaco or Jacco (pr. Jocko), was an early Canadian fur trader, scout, and explorer associated with the North West Company. He built Spokane House and Kootanae House, two key fur-trading po ...

, 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 wh ...

, New Zealand politician and lawyer *

Mary Lou Finlay Mary Lou Finlay (born 1947) is a Canadian radio and television journalist, best known for hosting various programs on CBC Radio and CBC Television.

, Canadian journalist *

Ninian Finlay Ninian Jamieson Finlay (31 January 1858 – 7 March 1936Godwin, p147) was a Scottish international rugby player.Bath, p136 He was capped nine times for between 1875–81, and is generally considered to be the youngest player ever to be capped ...

, 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 Richard Vary Kirkman Finlay (12 May 1883 – 17 February 1948) was a Scottish amateur Association football, footballer who played as an inside forward in the Scottish Football League, Scottish League for Queen's Park F.C., Queen's Park. Pers ...

(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) Thomas Aloysius Finlay (11 October 1893 – 22 November 1932) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician and Senior Counsel who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency from 1930 to 1932. In his short but varied care ...

(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 Thomas Aloysius Finlay, S.J. (1848 – 1940) was an Irish Catholic priest, economist, philosopher and editor. Early life He was born on 6 July 1848 near Lanesborough, the son of William Finlay, an engineer, and his wife Maria Magan; the p ...

, Irish Catholic priest, economist, philosopher and editor *

Tom Finlay Thomas P. Finlay (1897 – 6 September 1967) was an Irish hurler who played as a wing-back for the Laois senior team. Regarded as one of Laois's greatest-ever players, Finlay played during the county's most successful period from 1914 to ...

, 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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