Hamish

Hamish is a masculine given name in English and occasionally a nickname. It is the Anglicised form of the vocative case of the Scottish Gaelic Seumas: Sheumais. The Scottish Gaelic Seumas is the equivalent to the English James.^[1]

People

Hamish Blake (born 1981), Australian comedian and radio presenter
Hamish Bowles (born 1963), European Editor-at-Large for Vogue
Hamish Brown, writer, lecturer and photographer specialising in mountain and outdoor topics
Hamish Carter (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist
Hamish Clark, Scottish actor, famous for playing the part of Duncan McKay in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen
Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916–2007), British Army major
Hamish Glencross (born 1978), heavy metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride
Hamish Imlach (born 1940), Scottish folk singer
Hamish Linklater, American actor, known for his role on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916), Scottish composer, conductor and music teacher
Hamish Marshall (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
Hamish McAlpine (born 1948), Scottish footballer
Hamish McDonald, Australian broadcast journalist for Al Jazeera English
Hamish McKay, New Zealand television presenter
Hamish Milne, British pianist
Hamish Moore, Scottish maker, musician and teacher
Hamish Peacock Australian athlete
Hamish Pepper New Zealand sailor
Hamish Purdy, Canadian art director and 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 Wilson, a Scottish actor from Glasgow

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

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 series of novels and television adaptation starring Robert Carlyle as the eponymous hero
Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse, two former popular British football-themed comic strips
Hamish, in the Nickelodeon TV show Mr. Meaty
Hamish Crassus, in the American sitcom Another Period
Hamish Bigmore, a character in the Mr Majeika series of children's books and TV shows

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

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