Conway
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Surname
- Alan ConwayAlan ConwayAlan Conway became known for impersonating the film director Stanley Kubrick. Conway and his wife were travel agents with offices in Harrow, Muswell Hill and London.-Early years:...
, impersonator of Stanley Kubrick - Albert ConwayAlbert ConwayAlbert Conway was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1955 to 1959.-Life:...
(1889–1969), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1955-1959) - Anne Conway, Viscountess ConwayAnne Conway, Viscountess ConwayAnne Conway, Viscountess Conway was an English philosopher whose work, in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists, was an influence on Leibniz....
(1631–1679), English philosopher - Arthur Conway (disambiguation)Arthur Conway (disambiguation)Arthur Conway may refer to:* Arthur Conway, English cricketer* Arthur W. Conway, Irish academic...
, any of several men - Curtis ConwayCurtis ConwayCurtis Lamont Conway is a former National Football League wide receiver and was a first round 1993 NFL Draft choice out of the University of Southern California...
, former NFL wide receiver - Damian ConwayDamian ConwayDamian Conway is a prominent member of the Perl community, a proponent of object-oriented programming, and the author of several books. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University....
, Perl guru - David Conway (philosopher)David Conway (philosopher)David Conway is a British academic philosopher. He grew up in London, read Philosophy as an undergraduate at Cambridge University in the 1960s and went on to obtain his doctorate in Philosophy from University College London. He taught at Middlesex University for over thirty years, where he was...
, British philosopher - Deborah ConwayDeborah ConwayDeborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....
, Australian singer and songwriter - Derek ConwayDerek ConwayDerek Leslie Conway TD is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the centre-right Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010....
, British politician - Elias Nelson ConwayElias Nelson ConwayElias Nelson Conway was the fifth Governor of Arkansas.Elias Nelson Conway was brother to James Sevier Conway, the first governor of Arkansas. He and his family moved to Missouri. Conway attended Bonne Femme Academy in Boone County, Missouri.In 1833 Conway moved to Little Rock, Arkansas...
, American politician - Gary ConwayGary ConwayGary Conway is an American actor and screenwriter.Conway was born Gareth Monello Carmody in Boston, Massachusetts. His most notable credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series Burke's Law from 1963-1965...
(born 1936), American actor - Gerry ConwayGerry ConwayGerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man...
, American comic book writer - Gerry Conway (musician)Gerry Conway (musician)Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...
, English drummer - Henry Seymour ConwayHenry Seymour ConwayField Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession and eventually rose to the rank of Field Marshal .-Family and education:Conway was...
, British general and statesman - Henry Wharton ConwayHenry Wharton ConwayHenry Wharton Conway was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Arkansas Territory....
, American politician - Jack ConwayJack Conway (politician)John William “Jack” Conway is an American politician from Kentucky. Conway is a Democrat and has served as the Attorney General of Kentucky since 2008. Prior to his election as attorney general, he was a candidate in the 2002 U.S. House of Representatives election for , narrowly losing to Anne...
, KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
's current Attorney General - James Conway (disambiguation)James Conway (disambiguation)James Conway may refer to:* James Conway , Irish Gaelic football player who plays for Derry GAA* James Conway , Canadian opera director, General Director of English Touring Opera...
, any of several men - Jack Conway (disambiguation), any of several men
- Jill Ker ConwayJill Ker ConwayJill Ker Conway is an Australian-American author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain. She was also Smith College's first woman president, from 1975–1985, and now serves as a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
, Australian-American author - Jim ConwayJim Conway (baseball)James P. "Jim" Conway was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Brooklyn Atlantics, Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Cowboys, over the course of three seasons – and . His brother Pete Conway, was a major league pitcher as well, most notably for the Detroit...
(1858–1912), American baseball player - Jimmy ConwayJimmy ConwayJames Burke, also known as Jimmy the Gent, and The Big Irishman , was an Irish-American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the Lufthansa heist in 1978 and also believed to have orchestrated the murder of many of those involved in the months following...
, Irish-American gangster - John B. ConwayJohn B. ConwayJohn Bligh Conway is an American mathematician. He is currently the department chairman at the George Washington University. His specialty is functional analysis, particularly bounded operators on a Hilbert space....
, mathematics professor at University of Tennessee - John Horton ConwayJohn Horton ConwayJohn Horton Conway is a prolific mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory...
, mathematics professor at Princeton University - Jon ConwayJon ConwayJon Conway is an American soccer player who currently plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-Youth and college:...
, American soccer player - Kevin Conway (disambiguation), any of several men
- Lynn ConwayLynn ConwayLynn Conway is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer, inventor, trans woman, and activist for the transgender community....
, American computer scientist and inventor - Martin Conway (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
- Martin F. ConwayMartin F. ConwayMartin Franklin Conway was a U.S. congressman, consul to France, abolitionist, and advocate of the Free-State movement in Kansas....
(1827–1882), American lawyer and politician - Melvin ConwayMelvin ConwayMelvin Edward Conway was an early computer scientist, computer programmer, and hacker who coined what's now known as Conway's Law: "Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations."Apart from the above,...
, inventor of coroutines - Mike ConwayMike ConwayMike Conway, born 19 August 1983, is a British racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and is currently competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series.- Biography :Conway who was born in Bromley, Kent, England attended Sevenoaks Prep School from 1986 to 1996....
, British racing driver - Moncure Daniel ConwayMoncure Daniel ConwayMoncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian clergyman, and author.-Early life and education:Conway was born of an old Virginia family in Falmouth, Stafford County...
, American clergyman and author - Robert Conway (admiral)Robert Conway (admiral)Vice Admiral Robert T. Conway, Jr., was an officer in the United States Navy, who retired from active service on 1 April 2009. His last assignment was Commander, Navy Installations Command, Washington D.C., where he led a...
, an officer in the United States Navy - Rob Conway, American professional wrestler
- Robert Seymour ConwayRobert Seymour ConwayRobert Seymour Conway was a British classical scholar and comparative philologist. Born in Stoke Newington, he was the older brother of Katharine St John Conway...
, British classical scholar and philologist - Russ ConwayRuss ConwayRuss Conway was a British popular music pianist. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number one hits.-Career:...
, pianist - Sean ConwaySean ConwaySean Conway is a Canadian university professor and administrator. He served for 28 years as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, from 1975 to 2003, and was a high-profile cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...
, Canadian professor - Shirl ConwayShirl ConwayShirl Conway , born Shirley Elizabeth Crosman, was an American television and Broadway actress.-1950s:She played Ruth Winters in the 1955 musical comedy Plain and Fancy on Broadway, for which she won a Theatre World Award...
, Stage and television actress - Thomas ConwayThomas ConwayThomas Conway was a French soldier from Ireland who served as a major general in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became involved with the alleged Conway Cabal. He later served with Émigré forces during the French Revolutionary War.-Early life:Conway was born...
, soldier in America's Revolutionary War - Tim ConwayTim ConwayThomas Daniel "Tim" Conway is an American comedian and actor, primarily known for his roles in sitcoms, films and television. Conway is best known for his role as the inept second-in-command officer, Ensign Charles Parker, to Lt...
, American comedic actor - Tim Conway Jr., American radio talk show host
- Tom ConwayTom ConwayTom Conway was a British film and radio actor, and elder brother of actor George Sanders.-Early life:...
, British actor - William Conway (disambiguation), any of several men
Given name
- Conway BakerConway BakerConway Oscar Baker was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals from 1936 until 1945. He was also a member of the combined Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers squad known in as Card-Pitt in 1944.-References:**...
(1911-1997), American National Football League player - Conway Berners-LeeConway Berners-LeeConway Berners-Lee is a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked in the team that developed the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial stored program electronic computer...
(born 1921), British mathematician and computer scientist - Conway Hayman (born 1949) American former football player and coach
- Conway SavageConway SavageConway Savage is an Australian rock musician best known as pianist/organist/backing vocalist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds....
(born 1960), Australian rock musician - Conway TearleConway TearleConway Tearle was an Anglo-American stage actor who went on to perform in silent and early sound films.-Early life:...
(1878-1938), American early film actor - Conway TwittyConway TwittyConway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
, country music singer
Fictional characters
- Hugh Conway, protagonist of James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon and the two film adaptations (renamed Robert Conway)
United States
- Conway, ArkansasConway, ArkansasConway is the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 58,908 at the 2010 census, making Conway the seventh most populous city in Arkansas. It is a principal city of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area which had...
- Conway, FloridaConway, FloridaConway is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 14,394 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, a census-designated place - Conway, IowaConway, IowaConway is a city in Taylor County, Iowa, United States. The population was 63 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Conway is located at , along the East Fork of the One Hundred and Two River....
, a city - Conway, KansasConway, KansasConway is an unincorporated community in southwestern Jackson Township, McPherson County, Kansas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 56 and a Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad line, west of the city of McPherson, the county seat of McPherson County...
, an unincorporated community - Conway, MassachusettsConway, MassachusettsConway is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,809 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
- Conway, MissouriConway, MissouriConway is a city in Laclede County, Missouri, United States. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. It is southwest of Lebanon.-Geography:Conway is located at ....
, a city - Conway, New HampshireConway, New HampshireConway is a town, the largest in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,115 at the 2010 census. Parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the west and north. Cathedral Ledge and Echo Lake State Park are in the west...
, a town - Conway, North DakotaConway, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 23 people, 9 households, and 7 families residing in the city. The population density was 105.2 people per square mile . There were 11 housing units at an average density of 50.3 per square mile...
, a city - Conway, North CarolinaConway, North CarolinaConway is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 734 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Conway is located at ....
, a town - Conway, PennsylvaniaConway, PennsylvaniaConway is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River. At the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 2,290.- Geography :Conway is located at 40°39'48" North, 80°14'10" West ....
, a borough - Conway, South CarolinaConway, South CarolinaConway is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 16,317 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Horry County and is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. It is the home of Coastal Carolina University....
- Conway, WashingtonConway, WashingtonConway is a census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington, United States. First settled in 1873 by Thomas P. Jones and Charles Villeneuves, its population was 91 at the 2010 census...
, a census-designated place - Conway County, Arkansas
- Lake ConwayLake ConwayLake Conway, a lake in Arkansas, is the largest reservoir made by a game and fish commission in the United States. It is located just a few miles southeast of Conway, Arkansas.-Overview:...
, Arkansas - Conway SummitConway SummitConway Summit is a mountain pass in Mono County, California. It is traversed by U.S. Highway 395, which connects Bridgeport and the East Walker River on the north side of the pass to Mono Lake and Lee Vining to the south. It marks the highest point on U.S...
, a mountain pass in California - Conway Township, MichiganConway Township, MichiganConway Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,732 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Conway LakeConway LakeConway Lake is a water body located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, in the United States. The lake is located in the towns of Conway and Eaton, just to the east of the White Mountains and is part of the Saco River watershed.-History:...
, New Hampshire
Mathematics
Mathematical discoveries named after John Horton Conway:- Conway chained arrow notationConway chained arrow notationConway chained arrow notation, created by mathematician John Horton Conway, is a means of expressing certain extremely large numbers. It is simply a finite sequence of positive integers separated by rightward arrows, e.g. 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6.As with most...
- Conway's Game of LifeConway's Game of LifeThe Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970....
- Conway groupConway groupIn mathematics, the Conway groups Co1, Co2, and Co3 are three sporadic groups discovered by John Horton Conway.The largest of the Conway groups, Co1, of order...
s - Conway's LUX method for magic squaresConway's LUX method for magic squaresConway's LUX method for magic squares is an algorithm by John Horton Conway for creating magic squares of order 4n+2, where n is a natural number.-Method:Start by creating a -by- square array consisting of...
- Conway's SoldiersConway's SoldiersConway's Soldiers or the checker-jumping problem is a one-person mathematical game or puzzle devised and analyzed by mathematician John Horton Conway in 1961. A variant of peg solitaire, it takes place on an infinite checkerboard. The board is divided by a horizontal line that extends indefinitely...
Ships
- HMS ConwayHMS ConwayFour ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conway after the town of Conwy in Wales, formerly known by its English name of Conway. Two were launched as Conway, while another two were renamed:...
, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy- HMS Conway (school ship)HMS Conway (school ship)HMS Conway was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most of its life aboard a 19th-century wooden battleship. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead...
, the most famous of the Royal Navy ships named Conway
- HMS Conway (school ship)
- USS ConwayUSS ConwayTwo ships of the United States Navy have been named Conway, after William Conway, who refused to haul down his country's flag during the surrender of the Pensacola Navy Yard....
, two ships of the United States Navy
Other uses
- Conway CabalConway CabalThe Conway Cabal refers to a series of events in late 1777 and early 1778 suggesting that George Washington be replaced as commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. It was named after Brigadier General Thomas Conway, whose letters criticizing Washington were forwarded...
, a 1777–78 conspiracy - Conway Maritime Press
- Conway Recording StudiosConway Recording StudiosConway Recording Studios is a recording and post production facility in Hollywood, California.Conway has hosted a variety of producers, mixers and artists, such as Alicia Keys, Barbra Streisand, The Black Eyed Peas, Blink-182, Britney Spears, Carlos Santana, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews Band,...
, California - Rolls-Royce ConwayRolls-Royce ConwayThe Rolls-Royce RB.80 Conway was the first by-pass engine in the world to enter service. Development started at Rolls-Royce in the 1940s, but it was used only briefly in the late 1950s and early 1960s before other turbofan designs were introduced that replaced it. The Conway powered versions of...
, the first turbofan aircraft engine to enter service - Conway Scenic RailroadConway Scenic RailroadThe Conway Scenic Railroad is a heritage railway in North Conway, New Hampshire. The railroad operates over two historic railway routes: a line from North Conway to Conway that was formerly part of the Conway Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and a line from North Conway through Crawford...
, a heritage railroad in New Hampshire
See also
- Conwy (disambiguation)Conwy (disambiguation)Conwy is a walled town in north Wales, UK.Conwy may also refer to these proximate things:* Conwy County Borough, a principal local government area * Conwy * the River Conwy...
- Con-wayCon-wayCon-way, Inc. is a freight transportation and logistics company with businesses in less-than-truckload and full truckload freight services, truckload brokerage, logistics, warehousing, supply chain management and trailer manufacturing, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Con-way’s services are used by...
, a freight transportation and logistics company based in California