# Hamish

Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name Seamus or Sheumais. It is therefore, the equivalent of James.

## People
### Given name

* Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand cricketer
* Hamish Bennett (director), New Zealand filmmaker
* Hamish Blake (born 1981), Australian comedian and radio presenter
* Hamish Bond (born 1986), New Zealand Olympic rower
* Hamish Bowles (born 1963), European editor-at-large for Vogue
* Hamish Brown, writer and mountain walker
* Hamish Carter (born 1971), Olympic gold medallist triathlete from New Zealand
* Hamish Clark (born 1965), Scottish actor
* Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916–2007), British Army major
* Hamish Fraser, Scottish Catholic journalist and activist
* Hamish Glencross (born 1978), heavy metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride
* Hamish Harding (1964–2023), British businessman
* Hamish Harding (rower) (born 1999), Australian rower
* Hamish Henderson (1919–2002), Scottish singer and collector of folk music
* Hamish Imlach (1940-1996), Scottish folk singer
* Hamish Kerr, New Zealand athlete
* Hamish Kilgour, New Zealand musician in the band The Clean
* Hamish Linklater, American actor
* Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916), Scottish composer and musician
* Hamish Marshall (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
* Hamish McAlpine (born 1948), Scottish footballer
* Hamish MacDonald (disambiguation), several people
* Hamish McKay, New Zealand television presenter
* Hamish Milne, British pianist
* Hamish Moore, Scottish maker, musician and teacher
* Hamish Munro (1915–1994), Scottish biochemist
* Hamish Peacock Australian athlete
* Hamish Pepper New Zealand sailor
* Hamish Purdy, Canadian movie set decorator
* Hamish Rosser, drummer of Australian band the Vines
* Hamish Rutherford (born 1989), New Zealand cricketer
* Hamish Stuart (born 1949), lead singer of Average White Band
* Hamish Wallace (born 1956), Scottish paediatric oncologist
* Hamish Wilson, Scottish actor

### Nickname

* James Hamish Dawson (1925–2007), Scottish rugby union player
* Jamie Hamilton (publisher) (1900–1988), founder of the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited
* James Hamish Kemp (1933–2002), Scottish rugby union player
* Thomas Hamish Mahaddie (1911–1997), Scottish officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
* James Hamish Stothard (1913–1997), Scottish middle-distance runner

## Animals

* Hamish McHamish, famous "cat about town" in St Andrews, Scotland

## Fictional characters

* Hamish Alexander, in the Honorverse novels by David Weber
* John H. Watson, a character in Sherlock Holmes stories; his middle name is unknown in the original stories, but is given as Hamish in many non-canon Holmes pastiches and adaptations
* Hamish and Dougal, comedy characters from Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
* Hamish Macbeth, a detective in a series of novels and television adaptation starring Robert Carlyle as the eponymous hero
* Hamish Sinclair, a Civil War veteran in the video game Red Dead Redemption II
* Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse, two former popular British football-themed comic strips
* Hamish, in the Nickelodeon TV show Mr. Meaty
* Harry and Hamish two twin diesels who work at the docks hauling in ships.

## Named cyclones

* Cyclone Hamish, a 2009 cyclone
* Tropical Cyclone Hamish, a 1999 cyclone