Conway (surname)

Conway is a

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, Irish &

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surname. It can be an anglicized spelling of Conwy, of the Irish names Conbhuidhe or Ó Connmhacháin, or of the

names Mac Conmheadha or Mac Connmhaigh. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Conway Alan Eddie Conway (10 July 1934 – 5 December 1998) was an English conman, best known for impersonating film director Stanley Kubrick. Conway and his wife were travel agents with offices in Harrow and Muswell Hill. Early years Alan Conway was ...

, impersonator of Stanley Kubrick *

Albert Conway Albert Conway (April 3, 1889 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York – May 18, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1955 to 1959. Life H ...

(1889–1969), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1955–1959) * Andrew Conway (born 1991), Irish rugby union player * Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway (1631–1679), English philosopher *

Anne C. Conway Anne C. Conway (born July 30, 1950) is an American lawyer and Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She is also serving as a Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Sur ...

(born 1950), American lawyer and Senior United States District Judge * Arthur Conway (disambiguation) *

Connie Conway Connie Marie Conway (born September 25, 1950) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2022 to 2023. She served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2014. Before that, Conway was a member of t ...

(born 1950), American politician *

Cornelius Conway Felton Cornelius Conway Felton (November 6, 1807 – February 26, 1862) was an American educator. He was regent of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as professor of Greek literature and president of Harvard University. Early life Felton was born in ...

(1807–1862), American educator and regent of the Smithsonian Institution *

Curtis Conway Curtis Lamont Conway Sr (born January 13, 1971) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft out of the University of Southern Ca ...

, former NFL wide receiver * Damian Conway, Perl guru *

Dan Conway Danny Oliver Conway (born 1 May 1985) is an English cricketer. Conway is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Conway made his debut for Cumberland in the 2008 Minor Counties ...

(born 1985), English cricketer *

David Conway (disambiguation) David Conway may refer to: *David Conway (author) David Conway (born 1963) is an Irish author and former musician. He was the original vocalist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, which he formed in 1983 with guitarist Kev ...

Deborah Conway Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top 5 hit "Man Overboard". Conw ...

, Australian singer and songwriter * Delores Conway, American statistician and economist * Derek Conway, British politician *

Devon Conway Devon Philip Conway (born 8 July 1991) is a South African born New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand cricket team. In March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that Conway would be eligible to play for New Zealan ...

(born 1991), New Zealand cricketer *

Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway The Rt Hon. Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, PC ( bapt. 10 August 1594 – 26 June 1655), was an English politician, military commander, bibliophile and peer. Early life and education Conway was the eldest son of The 1st Viscount Conway and ...

, PC (1594–1655), English politician, military commander, bibliophile and peer * Edward Joseph Conway, Irish biochemist * Elias Nelson Conway (1812–1892), American politician and 5th Governor of Arkansas from 1852 to 1860 *

Marshall "Eddie" Conway Marshall "Eddie" Conway (born April 23, 1946) is a former leading member of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party who in 1971 was convicted of murder of a police officer a year earlier, in a trial with many irregularities. In 2014 he ...

(1946-2023), Black Panther Party member from Baltimore *

Edwin Michael Conway Edwin Michael Conway (March 6, 1934 - August 9, 2004) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 1995 to 2004. Early life and education Edwin Conway was b ...

(1934–2004), American Catholic bishop * Elias Nelson Conway, American politician * Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (1718-1794), British courtier and politician *

Gary Conway Gary Conway (born February 4, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter. His notable credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series '' Burke's Law'' from 1963 to 1965. In addition, he starred in the Irwin Allen sci ...

(born 1936), American actor *

George Conway (disambiguation) George Conway may refer to: * George Conway, American lawyer * George C. Conway (1900–1969), American politician * George H. Conway (1878–1939), American horse trainer * George Robert Graham Conway (1873–1951), Mexican civil engineer ...

George T. Conway III George Thomas Conway III (born September 2, 1963) is an American lawyer and activist. Conway was considered by President Donald Trump for the position of Solicitor General of the United States, and a post as an assistant attorney general headin ...

, American attorney *

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, screenwriter, t ...

, American comic book writer * Gerry Conway (musician), English drummer * Gordon Conway, English ecologist * Harry Conway (born 1992), Australian cricketer * Hélène Conway-Mouret (born 1960), French politician * Helen Conway-Ottenheimer, Canadian politician * Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman * Henry Wharton Conway, American politician *

Hugh Conway Hugh Conway, the pen name of Frederick John Fargus (26 December 1847 – 15 May 1885), was an English novelist born in Bristol, the son of an auctioneer. He had success with his fiction in the early 1880s. Life Fargus was intended for his father ...

(1847–1885), English novelist *

Hugh Conway (Lord Treasurer) Sir Hugh Conway (or Conwey) (1440–22 March 1518), was a member of the royal household of king Henry VII who served in a number of official posts including Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Treasurer of Calais. Family Hugh Conway was a son of J ...

(

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1494), Irish politician *

Hugh E. Conway Hugh Edward Conway was a college professor and expert on labor economics and the construction industry in the United States. He held the Department of Labor Chair and taught economics at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He travele ...

(born 1942), American labor economics academic * Jack Conway (disambiguation) * James Conway (disambiguation) *

Jill Ker Conway Jill Ker Conway (9 October 1934 – 1 June 2018) was an Australian-American scholar and author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, ''The Road from Coorain'', she also was Smith College's first woman president (1 ...

, Australian-American author *

Jim Conway (baseball) James P. Conway (October 8, 1858 – December 21, 1912) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Brooklyn Atlantics, Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Cowboys, over the course of three seasons – and . His ...

(1858–1912), American baseball player * Jimmy Conway, Irish-American gangster * John Conway (cricketer) (1842-1909), Australian cricketer *

John B. Conway John Bligh Conway (born September 22, 1939) is an American mathematician. He is currently a professor emeritus at the George Washington University. His specialty is functional analysis, particularly bounded operators on a Hilbert space. Conw ...

, mathematics professor at University of Tennessee * John Horton Conway (1937–2020), English mathematician *

Jon Conway Jon Conway (born May 6, 1977) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach for Toronto FC. Youth and college Born in Media, Pennsylvania, as a youth, Conway played club soccer for the Lower Merion Gorillas, leading t ...

, American soccer player *

Kate Conway Kate Conway (born June 17, 1986) is a Canadian actress and producer. She is best known as the star of the web series '' Out With Dad.'' Career Conway was cast in ''Out With'' Dad in 2010, and has starred on the series since then. For her perfo ...

, Canadian actress *

Katherine Eleanor Conway Katherine Eleanor Conway (pen name, Mercedes; September 6, 1853 - January 2, 1927) was an American journalist, editor, and poet. A devout Catholic, she supported women's education but opposed suffrage. Hailing from the U.S. state of New York (sta ...

(1853–1927; pen name, "Mercedes"), American journalist, editor, poet *

Kathie Conway Kathie Conway is a Republican former member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Conway represented the 104th District, which encompasses portions of St. Charles County, Missouri. She was first elected to the Missouri House in November 201 ...

, member of the Missouri House of Representatives * Kellyanne Conway (born 1967), American Republican campaign manager, strategist, and pollster * Kevin Conway (disambiguation) *

Kieron Conway Kieron Conway (born 2 May 1996) is an English professional boxer who challenged for the British super-welterweight title in 2019. Professional career Conway made his professional debut on 25 February 2017, scoring a four-round points decision ...

(born 1996), English boxer *

Lisa Conway Lisa Conway-Bühler, also known as LCON, is a Canadian musician, vocalist, composer and producer. She has performed as part of The Owle Bird, Chrome and the Ice Queen, and is the former singer and lyricist of Toronto-based Del Bel. Since 2016 she ...

, Canadian musician and producer *

Lynn Conway Lynn Ann Conway (born January 2, 1938) is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer and transgender activist. She worked at IBM in the 1960s and invented generalized dynamic instruction handling, a key advance used in out-of-order ...

, American computer scientist and inventor * Markies Conway, American rapper known professionally as

Yella Beezy Markies Deandre Conway (born October 21, 1991), known by the stage name Yella Beezy, is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. He is best known for the singles " That's On Me", "Bacc At It Again", "Up One", and "Goin Through Some Thangs". Earl ...

Martin Conway (disambiguation) Martin Conway may refer to: * Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856–1937), English art critic, politician and mountaineer * Martin Conway (author) (born 1952), English author * Martin Conway (historian) (born 1960), British histori ...

* Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856-1937), English nobleman *

Melvin Conway Melvin Edward Conway is an American computer scientist, computer programmer, and hacker who coined what is now known as Conway's law: "Organizations, who design systems, are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication stru ...

, inventor of coroutines * Mic Conway (born 1951), Australian vocalist *

Michael Conway (Irish senator) Michael Conway was an Irish politician. He was an Independent member of Seanad Éireann from April to August 1938. He was elected to the 2nd Seanad in April 1938 by the Labour Panel The Labour Panel ( ga, An Rolla Oibreachais) is one of five ...

, Irish politician *

Mike Conway Mike 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 Gazoo Racing. Biography Conway who was born in Bromley, Lond ...

, British racing driver *

Moncure Daniel Conway Moncure Daniel Conway (March 17, 1832 – November 15, 1907) was an American abolitionist minister and radical writer. At various times Methodist, Unitarian, and a Freethinker, he descended from patriotic and patrician families of Virginia and ...

, American clergyman and author *

Pete Conway Peter J. Conway (October 30, 1866 – January 13, 1903) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons with the Buffalo Bisons (1885), Kansas City Cowboys (1886), Detroit Wolverines (1886–1888), and Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1 ...

(1866–1903), American baseball player * Robert Conway (admiral), officer in the United States Navy *

Rob Conway Robert Thomas Conway Jr. (born November 28, 1974), is an American professional wrestler. He is known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment, where he performed under his real name and as Robért Conway. Post-WWE, he is also known for hi ...

, American professional wrestler * Robert Seymour Conway, British classical scholar and philologist *

Russ Conway Russ Conway, DSM (born Trevor Herbert Stanford; 2 September 1925 – 16 November 2000) was an English popular music pianist and composer. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number one ...

(1925–2000), stage name of Trevor Stanford, English popular music pianist *

Russ Conway (journalist) Russell G. Conway (March 27, 1949 – August 20, 2019) was an American journalist, writer, and auto racing promoter. He worked in investigative journalism with ''The Eagle-Tribune'', and wrote a series of articles and a book about Alan Eagleson ...

, American investigative journalist * Sally Conway (born 1987), Scottish judoka * Samuel Conway American researcher and owner of Anthrocon *

Sean Conway Sean Conway, (born July 24, 1951) is a former provincial politician in Ontario, Canada and a university professor. He served for 28 years as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 2003, and was a high-profile cabin ...

, Canadian professor *

Shirl Conway Shirl Conway (born Shirley Elizabeth Crosman, June 13, 1916 – May 7, 2007) was an American television and Broadway actress. Early years A great-niece of actress Henrietta Crosman, Conway graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938 with a ...

, stage and television actress * Simon Conway Morris FRS (born 1951), English palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, and astrobiologist *

Sophie Conway Sophie Conway (born 6 April 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Conway was raised in Bracken Ridge, Queensland and attended St Rita's College. She was a talented hockey ...

(born 1999), Australian rules footballer *

Steve Conway (politician) Steven Edward Conway (born October 5, 1944) is an American politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate. He was first elected to the senate in 2010 after the retirement of Rosa Franklin, and previously represented District 29 of ...

(born 1944), American politician *

Steve Conway (singer) Steve Conway (born Walter James Groom; 24 October 1920 – 19 April 1952) was a British singer who rose to fame in the post-war era. Known for romantic ballads, he made dozens of recordings for EMI's Columbia label, appeared regularly on BBC ...

(1920–1952), British singer * Thomas Conway, soldier in America's Revolutionary War * Thomas F. Conway (1862-1945), American lawyer and politician * Tiger Conway Sr. (1932-2006), American professional wrestler * Tim Conway (1933–2019), American comedic actor *

Tim Conway Jr. ''The Tim Conway Jr. Show'' is a weeknight talk radio program, currently web streaming and broadcasting throughout the Los Angeles County and Orange County, California metropolitan areas at KFI AM 640. The show runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Pacific ...

, American radio talk show host * Timothy Conway (born 1942), Irish politician * Tom Conway, British actor * William Conway (disambiguation) *

Zoë Conway Zoë Conway is an Irish violinist, trained in both classical music and traditional fiddle-playing. She is married to fellow Irish traditional musician John McIntyre. Early life Born in Dundalk in 1981, attended St Louis Secondary School, Du ...

, Irish violinist Fictional characters: * Hugh Conway, protagonist of James Hilton's novel ''

Lost Horizon ''Lost Horizon'' is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called ''Lost Horizon'', in 1937 by director Frank Capra. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamaser ...

'' * Conway family, characters in ''

Accidents Happen ''Accidents Happen'' is a 2009 Australian coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Andrew Lancaster and starring Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook, Sebastian Gregory, Joel Tobeck, and Sarah Woods. Written by Brian Carbee, based ...

'' * 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'': * Simon Conway Morris, British palaeontologist {{surname, Conway English-language surnames