Finlay

For other uses, see Finlay (disambiguation).

Finlay
Gender	Male
Origin
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

• Findláech of Moray, Macbeth's father
• Finlay Mickel, Scottish skier
• Finlay Currie (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
• Fionnlagh MacCailein (died 1419), Scottish bishop
• 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 keyboardist
• Finlay MacDonald (politician) (1866-1948), Canadian Member of Parliament for Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia
• Finlay MacDonald (senator) (1923-2002), Canadian senator
• Starsmith, British songwriter and music producer born as Finlay Dow-Smith

Surname

• Carlos Finlay, Cuban doctor who first identified mosquitoes as a disease carrier
• Chase Finlay, New York City Ballet dancer
• Charles Coleman Finlay, American science fiction and fantasy writer
• Dave Finlay, Irish former professional wrestler
• David Finlay, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Donald Finlay (1909–1970), British athlete
• Dr. Finlay, fictional character created by author A. J. Cronin
• Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, German astronomer and businessman
• Fergus Finlay
• Frank Finlay, British stage, film and television actor
• Harold John Finlay (1901-1951), New Zealand paleontologist and conchologist
• George Finlay, British historian of classical and post-classical Greece
• Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet and writer
• Jack Finlay, Irish hurler and politician
• Jack Finlay (American football), Los Angeles Rams footballer
• Jaco Finlay, Canadian settler in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon
• Katrina Finlay, fictional character of the British TV series Monarch of the Glen
• Martyn Finlay, New Zealand politician and lawyer
• Mary Lou Finlay, Canadian journalist
• Peter Warren Finlay, the birthname of D.B.C. Pierre, Australian writer
• Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay
• Thomas Finlay (Cumann na nGaedheal) (1893–1932), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael politician and lawyer
• Thomas Finlay (judge) (born 1922), 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