Conway (surname)

Conway is a Welsh, Irish & Scottish surname, It is not clear where the name originated.

The explanation of the first origin could stem from the Anglified spelling of Conwy, which is 'Conway', the name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words 'cyn' (chief) and 'gwy' (water), the river which was originally spelt as 'Cynwy'.^[1][2][3][4]

The second explanation is the Anglified spelling of the Irish names 'Conbhuidhe' or 'O Connmhachain'.^[5]

The third explanation is the Anglified Spelling of the Scottish names 'Mac Conmheadha' or 'Mac Connmhaigh'.^[6]

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
• David Conway (academic), British philosopher
• Deborah Conway, Australian singer and songwriter
• Derek Conway, British politician
• Edward Joseph Conway, Irish biochemist
• Marshall "Eddie" Conway (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 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 (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)
• 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, pianist
• Sean Conway, Canadian professor
• Shirl Conway, stage and television actress
• Thomas Conway, soldier in America's Revolutionary War
• Tim Conway, 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

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