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:

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, 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

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

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