Conway (surname)
Conway is a Welsh, Irish & Scottish surname. The name has several origins.
The first origin is an anglicized spelling of Conwy, namely 'Conway'.
The second origin is in an anglicized spelling of the Irish names 'Conbhuidhe' or 'O Connmhachain'.[1]
The third origin is in an anglicized spelling of the Scottish names 'Mac Conmheadha' or 'Mac Connmhaigh'.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Conway, impersonator of Stanley Kubrick
- Albert Conway (1889–1969), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1955–1959)
- Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway (1631–1679), English philosopher
- Arthur Conway (disambiguation)
- 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
- Edward Joseph Conway, Irish biochemist
- Marshall "Eddie" Conway (born 1946), Black Panther Party member from Baltimore
- Edwin Michael Conway (1934–2004), American Catholic bishop
- Elias Nelson Conway, American 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), English drummer
- Gordon Conway, English ecologist
- Hélène Conway-Mouret (born 1960), French politician
- Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman
- Henry Wharton Conway, American politician
- Hugh Conway (1847–1885), English novelist
- Hugh E. Conway (born 1942), American labor economics academic
- Hugh Conway (Lord Treasurer) (fl. 1494), Irish politician
- James Conway (disambiguation)
- Jack Conway (disambiguation)
- Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author
- Jim Conway (baseball) (1858–1912), American baseball player
- Jimmy Conway, Irish-American gangster
- John B. Conway, mathematics professor at University of Tennessee
- John Horton Conway, mathematics professor at Princeton University
- 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, American Republican campaign manager, strategist and pollster
- Kevin Conway (disambiguation)
- Lisa Conway, Canadian musician and producer
- Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and inventor
- Martin Conway (disambiguation)
- Melvin Conway, inventor of coroutines
- 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
- Sean Conway, Canadian professor
- Shirl Conway, stage and television actress
- Sophie Conway (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
- Thomas Conway, soldier in America's Revolutionary War
- Tim Conway (1933–2019), American comedic actor
- Tim Conway Jr., American radio talk show host
- Tom Conway, British actor
- William Conway (disambiguation)
Fictional characters:
- 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
References
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