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 (1938-2024), 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