Finlay

Finlay is a masculine given name, and also a surname. The given name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Fionnlagh.

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

 * Fionnla Dubh mac Gillechriosd, 15th-century Scotsman
 * Fionnlagh MacCailein (died 1419), Scottish bishop
 * Findláech of Moray, Macbeth's father, and possible ancestor of the Finlay surname, and it's variants

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