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Given name

Finlay

* Finlay Mickel, 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, Scottish rugby player * Finlay Freundlich (1885–1964), astronomer * Finlay Crisp (1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist * Finlay Speedie, Scottish footballer * Finlay Jackson (1901–1941), cricketer and rugby union player * Finlay Crerar, Royal Air Force Officer * Finlay McNaughton Young (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) 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) (died 2002), Canadian senator * Finlay J. MacDonald, 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 an ...

, 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 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 system ...

, (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, and ...

(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 twel ...

(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. H ...

(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 tr ...

, 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. Deta ...

(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 could ...

, 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. ...

, 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 auth ...

* Frank Finlay (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 (1936–2018), New Zealand boxer * Ian Hamilton Finlay, 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 a ...

, 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 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 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 w ...

, 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 (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, Irish Catholic priest, economist, philosopher and editor * Tom Finlay, 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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