Keay is an
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
surname, pronounced
eɪ(KAY); it is a variant of the surname Kay.
[Patrick Hanks, ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' (Oxford UP, 2003), p. 286.] Notable people with the surname include:
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Anna Keay
Anna Julia Keay,
(born August 1974 in the West Highlands of Scotland), is a British architectural historian, author and television personality and director of The Landmark Trust since 2012.
Early life and education
Keay grew up in a remote ho ...
(born 1974), British historian
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Jack Keay
John Paul Keay (born 14 June 1960 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer. Keay, a central defender, began his football career as a junior with Celtic, but never played for the first team. He moved to England where he made more than 300 appear ...
(born 1960), Scottish footballer
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John Keay
John Stanley Melville Keay FRGS is a British historian, journalist, radio presenter and lecturer specialising in popular histories of India, the Far East and China, often with a particular focus on their colonisation and exploration by Europ ...
(born 1941), British historian, journalist and writer
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John Seymour Keay
John Seymour Keay (30 March 1839 – 27 June 1909) was a Scottish businessman in India, and later a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
Life
Born at Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, on 30 March 1839, was younger of the two sons of John Keay (d ...
(1839-1909), Scottish businessman and a Member of UK Parliament
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Nigel Keay
Nigel Keay (born 1955) is a New Zealand composer. He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher. Nigel Keay has held the following composer residencies: Mozart Fellowship, University of Otago 1986 ...
(born 1955), New Zealand musician
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Ronald William John Keay
Ronald William John Keay (20 May 1920 – 7 April 1998) was a British botanist, who did much of his work in tropical Africa.
Keay was educated at the University of Oxford. He was an expert in West African forest flora working at the Royal Botanic ...
(1920–1998), British botanist
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Watty Keay
Walter "Watty" Keay (16 January 1871 – 16 January 1943) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward for various clubs, including Partick Thistle in Scotland and Derby County and Southampton in England. His main cla ...
(1871–1943), Scottish footballer
See also
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5007 Keay, main-belt asteroid
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Keays
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