# Finlay

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
* Finlay Tarling (born 2006), Welsh cyclist for Israel Premier Tech Academy
* 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 its 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 (1833–1915), Cuban doctor who first identified mosquitoes as a disease carrier
* Charles Coleman Finlay (born 1964), American science fiction and fantasy writer
* Chase Finlay (born 1990), New York City Ballet dancer
* Fit Finlay (born 1958), 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 (1885–1964), German astronomer and businessman
* Ethan Finlay (born 1990), American soccer player
* Fergus Finlay (born 1950), Irish political figure
* Frank Finlay (1926–2016), British stage, film and television actor
* Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist
* Garfield Finlay (1893–1958), Australian WW1 flying ace
* George Finlay (1799–1875), British historian of classical and post-classical Greece
* Graham Finlay (1936–2018), New Zealand boxer
* Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006), Scottish poet and writer
* Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), Welsh physician and member of the House of Lords
* Jack Finlay (1889–1942), Irish hurler and politician
* Jack Finlay (American football) (1921–2014), Los Angeles Rams footballer
* Jaco Finlay (1768–1828), 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 (1912–1999), New Zealand politician and lawyer
* Mary Lou Finlay (born 1947), Canadian journalist
* Ninian Finlay (1858–1936), 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
* Ross Finlay (1937–2004), Scottish motoring journalist, travel writer, broadcaster and rally co-driver
* 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 (1848–1940), Irish Catholic priest, economist, philosopher and editor
* Tom Finlay (1987–1967), Irish hurler
* Virgil Finlay (1914–1971), science fiction illustrator
* William Henry Finlay (1849–1924), South African astronomer