Conway (surname)

Conway is a

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, Irish & Scottish surname. It can be an anglicized spelling of

Conwy Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on ...

, of the Irish names Conbhuidhe or Ó Connmhacháin, or of the Scottish names Mac Conmheadha or Mac Connmhaigh. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Conway, 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 He ...

(1889–1969), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1955–1959) *

Andrew Conway Andrew Joseph Conway (born 11 July 1991) is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. He plays primarily as a wing, but can also play as a fullback. Blackrock College While atte ...

(born 1991), Irish rugby union player *

Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway Anne Conway (also known as Viscountess Conway; ''née'' Finch; 14 December 1631 – 23 February 1679) was an English philosopher whose work, in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists, was an influence on Gottfried Leibniz. Conway's thought is ...

(1631–1679), English philosopher * Anne C. Conway (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 i ...

(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 (born 1985), English cricketer * David Conway (disambiguation) *

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 Derek Leslie Conway TD (born 15 February 1953) is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1983 to 1997, ...

, 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 Elias Nelson Conway (May 17, 1812 – February 28, 1892) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fifth governor of Arkansas from 1852 to 1860. Early life Conway was born in Greeneville, Tennessee. Born into a political family, ...

(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 ...

(1934–2004), American Catholic bishop *

, American politician *

Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, KG, PC, PC (Ire) (5 July 1718 – 14 June 1794) of Ragley Hall, Arrow, in Warwickshire, was a British courtier and politician who, briefly, was Viceroy of Ireland where he had substantial ...

(1718-1794), British courtier and politician * Gary Conway (born 1936), American actor * George Conway (disambiguation) *

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 ConwayThomas, 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, te ...

, American comic book writer *

Gerry Conway (musician) Gerald Conway (born 11 September 1947) is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and a member of Fairport Convention f ...

, English drummer *

Gordon Conway Sir Gordon Richard Conway (born 6 July 1938) is an agricultural ecologist and former President of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Royal Geographical Society. He is currently Professor of International Development at Imperial College, Lon ...

, English ecologist *

Harry Conway Harry Conway (born 17 September 1992) is an Australian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for New South Wales on 5 March 2016 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield. He made his List A debut in the final of the 2016–17 Matador BBQs One-Da ...

(born 1992), Australian cricketer *

Hélène Conway-Mouret Hélène Conway-Mouret (born 13 September 1960 in Bône, French Algeria) is a French academic and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2014, representing the constituency of French citizen ...

(born 1960), French politician *

Helen Conway-Ottenheimer Helen Conway-Ottenheimer (; born 1964) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Harbour Main as a member of the Newfo ...

, Canadian politician *

Henry Seymour Conway Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway (1721 – 9 July 1795) was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession. He ...

, British general and statesman *

Henry Wharton Conway Henry Wharton Conway (March 18, 1793 – November 9, 1827) was a United States naval officer during the War of 1812 and a politician in Arkansas Territory, who was elected as a territorial delegate (1823–1827) to the United States House of Rep ...

, 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 (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 ...

, 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) John "Jack" Conway (3 February 1842 – 22 August 1909) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1861–62 to 1879–80. He organised the first Test match in March 1877, and Australia's first cricket tour in 1878. He wa ...

(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. Conwa ...

, mathematics professor at University of Tennessee *

John Horton Conway John Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches ...

(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 ...

, 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 perf ...

, 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 20 ...

, member of the Missouri House of Representatives *

Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway (née Fitzpatrick; born January 20, 1967) is an American political consultant and pollster, who served as Senior Counselor to the President in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2020. She was previous ...

(born 1967), American Republican campaign manager, strategist, and pollster * Kevin Conway (disambiguation) * Kieron Conway (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". Ear ...

Martin Conway (disambiguation) Martin Conway may refer to: * Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (12 April 1856 – 19 April 1937), known between 1895 and 1931 as Sir Martin Conway, was an English art critic, pol ...

Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (12 April 1856 – 19 April 1937), known between 1895 and 1931 as Sir Martin Conway, was an English art critic, politician, cartographer and mountaineer, who made expeditions in Europe as wel ...

(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 str ...

, inventor of coroutines *

Mic Conway Mic Conway (born 15 February 1951) is an Australian vocalist and with his brother, Jim Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for . Retrieved ...

(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, British racing driver * Moncure Daniel Conway, American clergyman and author * Pete Conway (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 numbe ...

(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 Samuel Charles Conway (born June 4, 1965) is an American researcher in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and agrochemical fields of organic chemistry. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Dartmouth College. Outside the scientific community, Conway is ...

American researcher and owner of

Anthrocon Anthrocon (abbreviated AC) is a furry convention that takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania each June or July. Its caters to the furries: fans of fictional anthropomorphic animal characters in art and literature. The convention was first hel ...

* Sean Conway, 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 Simon Conway Morris (born 1951) is an English palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, and astrobiologist known for his study of the fossils of the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian explosion. The results of these discoveries were celebrated in ...

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) (1920–1952), British singer *

Thomas Conway Thomas Conway (February 27, 1735 – c. 1800) served as a major general in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became involved with the alleged Conway Cabal with Horatio Gates. He later served with Émigré for ...

, 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 Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway (December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019) was an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. From 1966 to 2012 he appeared in more than 100 TV shows, TV series and films. Among his more notable roles, he portrayed the ...

(1933–2019), American comedic actor * Tim Conway Jr., American radio talk show host * Timothy Conway (born 1942), Irish politician *

Tom Conway Tom Conway (born Thomas Charles Sanders, 15 September 1904 – 22 April 1967) was a British film, television, and radio actor remembered for playing private detectives (including The Falcon, Sherlock Holmes, Bulldog Drummond, and The Saint) ...

, 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, ...

, 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, base ...

'' * 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'': *

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