Conway (surname)

Conway is a Welsh, Irish & Scottish surname. It can be an anglicised spelling of Conwy, Mac Connmhaigh, Ó Connmhacháin, or the Scottish Coneway.

In Ireland, derivations of Conway such as McConway as sometimes observed. It translates as follows:
 * McCeannbhuί/McConbui - Translates as "Son of yellow head/hound", relating to the fact that the Conways were historically footsoldiers that wore a yellow head sash into battle accompanied by war dogs.
 * McCeannbhrise - Translates as "Head-smasher/head-breaker", relating to the fact that as footsolders of Queen Maeve of Connaught, the Conways carried warhammers into battle as weapon of choice.

Notable people with the surname include:

Fictional characters:
 * Alan Conway, impersonator of Stanley Kubrick
 * Albert Conway (1889–1969), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1955–1959)
 * Andrew Conway (born 1991), Irish rugby union player
 * Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway (1631–1679), English philosopher
 * Anne C. Conway (born 1950), American lawyer and Senior United States District Judge
 * Arthur Conway (disambiguation)
 * Connie Conway (born 1950), American politician
 * Cornelius Conway Felton (1807–1862), American educator and regent of the Smithsonian Institution
 * Curtis Conway, former NFL wide receiver
 * Damian Conway, Perl guru
 * Dan Conway (born 1985), English cricketer
 * David Conway (disambiguation)
 * Deborah Conway, Australian singer and songwriter
 * Delores Conway, American statistician and economist
 * Derek Conway, British politician
 * Devon Conway (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
 * Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, PC (1594–1655), English politician, military commander, bibliophile and peer
 * Edward Joseph Conway, Irish biochemist
 * Elias Nelson Conway (1812–1892), American politician and 5th Governor of Arkansas from 1852 to 1860
 * Marshall "Eddie" Conway (1946-2023), Black Panther Party member from Baltimore
 * Edwin Michael Conway (1934–2004), American Catholic bishop
 * Elias Nelson Conway, American politician
 * Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (1718-1794), British courtier and politician
 * Gary Conway (born 1936), American actor
 * George Conway (disambiguation)
 * George T. Conway III, American attorney
 * Gerry Conway, American comic book writer
 * Gerry Conway (musician) (1947–2024), English drummer
 * Gordon Conway, English ecologist
 * Harry Conway (born 1992), Australian cricketer
 * Hélène Conway-Mouret (born 1960), French politician
 * Helen Conway-Ottenheimer, Canadian politician
 * Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman
 * Henry Wharton Conway, American politician
 * Hugh Conway (novelist) (1847–1885), English novelist
 * Hugh Conway (Lord Treasurer) (fl. 1494), Irish politician
 * Hugh E. Conway (born 1942), American labor economics academic
 * Ibrahim Conway (born 1982), Indomode International e-commerce merchant
 * Jack Conway (disambiguation)
 * James Conway (disambiguation)
 * Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author
 * Jim Conway (baseball) (1858–1912), American baseball player
 * Jimmy Conway, Irish-American gangster
 * John Conway (cricketer) (1842-1909), Australian cricketer
 * John B. Conway, mathematics professor at University of Tennessee
 * John Horton Conway (1937–2020), English mathematician
 * Jon Conway, American soccer player
 * Kate Conway, Canadian actress
 * Katherine Eleanor Conway (1853–1927; pen name, "Mercedes"), American journalist, editor, poet
 * Kathie Conway, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
 * Kellyanne Conway (born 1967), American Republican campaign manager, strategist, and pollster
 * Kevin Conway (disambiguation)
 * Kieron Conway (born 1996), English boxer
 * Lisa Conway, Canadian musician and producer
 * Lynn Conway (1938-2024), American computer scientist and inventor
 * Markies Conway, American rapper known professionally as Yella Beezy
 * Martin Conway (disambiguation)
 * Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856-1937), English nobleman
 * Melvin Conway, inventor of coroutines
 * Mic Conway (born 1951), Australian vocalist
 * Michael Conway (senator), 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, American professional wrestler
 * Robert Seymour Conway, British classical scholar and philologist
 * Russ Conway (1925–2000), stage name of Trevor Stanford, English popular music pianist
 * Russ Conway (journalist), American investigative journalist
 * Sally Conway (born 1987), Scottish judoka
 * Samuel Conway American researcher and owner of Anthrocon
 * Sean Conway, Canadian professor
 * Shirl Conway, stage and television actress
 * Simon Conway Morris FRS (born 1951), English palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, and astrobiologist
 * Sophie Conway (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
 * Steve Conway (politician) (born 1944), American politician
 * Steve Conway (singer) (1920–1952), British singer
 * Thomas Conway, 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 (1933–2019), American comedic actor
 * Tim Conway Jr., American radio talk show host
 * Timothy Conway (born 1942), Irish politician
 * Tom Conway, British actor
 * William Conway (disambiguation)
 * Zoë Conway, Irish violinist
 * Hugh Conway, protagonist of James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon
 * Conway family, characters in Accidents Happen
 * 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:
 * Simon Conway Morris, British palaeontologist