Finlayson (surname)

Finlayson is a surname of Scottish origin. It is a patronymic form of the name Finlay.[1][2]

People surnamed Finlayson include:

• Alan Finlayson, British political and social theorist
• Alex Finlayson (born 1951), American playwright
• Cathryn Finlayson (born 1988), New Zealand Olympic field hockey player
• Charles Finlayson (New Zealand athlete) (1889–1943), New Zealand cricketer and rugby league player
• Chris Finlayson (born 1956), Former New Zealand Attorney-General and MP
• Colin Finlayson (1903–1955), Canadian Olympic rower
• David Finlayson (1954), American classical musician and member of the New York Philharmonic
• George Finlayson (1790–1823), Scottish naturalist and traveller
• Gordon Finlayson, British philosopher
• Graham Finlayson (1932–1999), British photographer
• Hedley Herbert Finlayson (1895–1991), Australian mammalogist
• Hugh Finlayson (1810–1889), Ontario businessman and politician
• Iain Finlayson (1951–1990), British Olympic Alpine skier
• Innes Finlayson (1889–1980), New Zealand Rugby union player
• James Finlayson (industrialist) (1771–1852), Scottish industrialist
• James Finlayson (actor) (1887–1953), Scottish-American actor
• Jeremy Finlayson (born 1996), Australian rules football player
• John Harvey Finlayson (1843–1915), South Australian newspaper editor
• Roderick David Finlayson (1904–1992), New Zealand architectural draughtsman and writer
• Rob Finlayson, Manitoba judge
• William Finlayson (Australian politician) (1867–1955), Australian politician
• William Finlayson (Canadian politician) (1875–?), cabinet minister in Ontario
• William Finlayson (churchman) (1813–1897), South Australian pioneer