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Finlay Gender Male Word/name Scottish Meaning Fair Hero
Finlay is a masculine
given name , and also a
surname . The given name is represented in
Scottish Gaelic as Fionnlagh .
Given name
Finlay
Finlay Calder , Scottish rugby player
Finlay Crerar , Royal Air Force Officer
Finlay Crisp (1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist
Finlay Currie (1878–1968), Scottish actor
Finlay Freundlich (1885–1964), astronomer
Finlay Jackson (1901–1941), cricketer and rugby union player
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) (died 2002), Canadian senator
Finlay J. MacDonald , Scottish journalist
Finlay McNaughton Young (1852–1916), Canadian Senator
Finlay Mickel , Scottish skier
Finlay Speedie , Scottish footballer
Starsmith , British songwriter and music producer born as Finlay Dow-Smith
Other spellings
Surname
Alan Gordon Finlay , (1890–1959), British engineer and inventor
Alex Finlay (1887–1963), Australian unionist and Senator
Alec Finlay (born 1966), Scottish artist
Alexander Struthers Finlay (1807–1886), Scottish Liberal Party politician
Brogan Finlay (born 2002), Northern Irish-American professional wrestler
Carlos Finlay , Cuban doctor who first identified mosquitoes as a disease carrier
Charles Coleman Finlay , American science fiction and fantasy writer
Chase Finlay , New York City Ballet dancer
Fit Finlay , Dave "Fit" Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler
David Finlay (VC) (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 (1909–1970), British athlete
Dr. Finlay , fictional character created by author A. J. Cronin
Erwin Finlay-Freundlich , German astronomer and businessman
Ethan Finlay , American soccer player
Fergus Finlay
Frank Finlay (1926–2016), British stage, film and television actor
Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand palaeontologist 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
Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), Welsh physician and member of the House of Lords
Jack Finlay , Irish hurler and politician
Jack Finlay (American football) , Los Angeles Rams footballer
Jaco Finlay , 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 , Canadian journalist
Ninian Finlay , 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) (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 , science fiction illustrator
William Henry Finlay , South African astronomer
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