Finlay is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, and also a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. The given name is represented in Scottish Gaelic 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 could ...

(1885–1964), astronomer * Finlay Crisp (1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist * Finlay Speedie, 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 192 ...

(1901–1941), cricketer and rugby union player * Finlay Crerar, 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), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland * Finlay MacDonald (musician) (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) 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, 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, (1890–1959), British engineer and inventor * Alec Finlay (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, 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 20 ...

, American science fiction and fantasy writer * Fit Finlay, 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) (born 1993), German-born Northern Irish-American professional wrestler * David White Finlay (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), h ...

(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 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, 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, 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 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 posts ...

, 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, 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 *

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 *

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) (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, 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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