Ramsay (surname)
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Ramsay is a Scottish
surname. People with the surname Ramsay include:
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
surname. People with the surname Ramsay include:
- Ramsay familyRamsay familyThe Ramsay family is a fictional family on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The cul-de-sac, which is the central focus of the series is named after the family.No.24 has been associated with the Ramsay family since the show began in 1985....
in the Australian soap opera NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems... - Alexander Ramsay (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alison RamsayAlison RamsayAlison Gail Ramsay is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
(1959-) — Scottish hockey international - Allan RamsayAllan Ramsay (portrait painter)Allan Ramsay, artist, born 1959, in Edinburgh, is a portrait painter based in London. He was the winner of the 1988 John Player Portrait Award,subsequently known as the BP Portrait Award.-Career:...
Scottish painter - Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) — Scottish poet
- Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)Allan Ramsay was a Scottish portrait-painter.-Life and career:Allan Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest son of Allan Ramsay, poet and author of The Gentle Shepherd....
— Scottish painter - Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall (1619-1688) — Privy Counsellor, first Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Andrew Michael RamsayAndrew Michael RamsayAndrew Michael Ramsay , commonly called the Chevalier Ramsay, was a Scottish-born writer who lived most of his adult life in France. He was a Baronet in the Jacobite Peerage....
(1686-1743) — the 'Chevalier Ramsay', Jacobite - Captain Archibald Maule RamsayArchibald Maule RamsayCaptain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay was a British Army officer who later went into politics as a Scottish Unionist Member of Parliament . From the late 1930s he developed increasingly strident antisemitic views...
(1894-1955) — British Army officer and politician - Bertram RamsayBertram RamsayAdmiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay KCB, KBE, MVO was a British admiral during World War II. He was an important contributor in the field of amphibious warfare.-Early life:...
(1883-1945) — British admiral - David Ramsay (congressman)David Ramsay (congressman)David Ramsay was an American physician and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782–1783 and again in 1785–1786. He was one of the first major historians of the American Revolution.The son of an Irish...
(1749-1815) — American physician, congressman, and historian - David Ramsay (Upper Canada) (c.1740-c.1810) — controversial sailor, courier, translator and fur and alcohol trader in early Canadian history
- Dennis Ramsay (1925-2009) — Scottish painter
- Edward Pierson RamsayEdward Pierson RamsayEdward Pierson Ramsay was an Australian zoologist who specialised in ornithology.-Early life:Pierson was born in Dobroyd Estate, Long Cove, Sydney and educated at St Mark's Collegiate School, The King's School, Parramatta...
(1842-1916) — Australian zoologist - Edward Bannerman RamsayEdward Bannerman RamsayEdward Bannerman Ramsay , a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and Dean of Edinburgh in that communion from 1841, has a place in literature through his Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, which had gone through 22 editions at his death...
(1793 - 1872) — Scottish episcopalian clergyman and dean - Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1801-1874) — British political leader
- Francis Dennis RamsayFrancis Dennis Ramsay-Background & Training:A painter in the classical tradition, Francis Dennis Ramsay was born on 15 March 1925 in London of Scottish descent. He was related to the Scottish artists Allan Ramsay and James Ramsay...
(1925-2009) — Scottish painter - Francis Munroe RamsayFrancis Munroe RamsayAdmiral Francis Munroe Ramsay was an officer in the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil War, and who later served as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation.-Early life and career:...
(1835-1914) — US Navy Officer and Chief of Bureau of Navigation - George Ramsay, 9th Earl of DalhousieGeorge Ramsay, 9th Earl of DalhousieGeneral George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie GCB , styled Lord Ramsay until 1787, was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator...
(1770-1838) — Canadian political leader - George Ramsay (1855-1935) — secretary/manager, Aston Villa Football Club (George Burrell Ramsay)
- Gordon RamsayGordon RamsayGordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
(1966-) — chef and ex footballer - Heath RamsayHeath RamsayHeath Ramsay is a former butterfly swimmer, who competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished in eleventh position in the 200 m butterfly, clocking 1:57.90 minutes in the B-Final....
(1981-) — Australian butterfly swimmer - Henrik RamsayHenrik RamsayCarl Henrik Wolter Ramsay was a Finnish politician and an economist from the Swedish People's Party. He belonged to a Scottish noble family emigrated to Finland and was one of the few in Finland entitled to use the title Sir, however, Ramsay did not use the title.Henrik Ramsay completed his Ph.D...
(1886-1951) — Finnish politician and minister of foreign affairs - Henry Ramsay (NY engineer)Henry Ramsay (NY engineer)Henry Ramsay was an American civil engineer and for a short time New York State Engineer and Surveyor in 1853.-Life:...
, NYS Engineer and Surveyor 1853 - Ian RamsayIan RamsayProfessor Ian Ramsay is Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne and director of their Center for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in Melbourne, Australia...
(1958-) — Australian Law Professor and Director of the Center for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation, University of Melbourne. - James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of DalhousieJames Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of DalhousieJames Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT, PC was a Scottish statesman, and a colonial administrator in British India....
(1812-1860) — British colonial leader - James Ramsay (Australian governor)James Ramsay (Australian governor)Commodore Sir James Maxwell Ramsay KCMG, KCVO, CBE, DSC .Served as Governor of Queensland, Australia from 22 April 1977 until 21 July 1985...
(1916-1986) — Governor of Queensland (Commodore Sir James Maxwell Ramsay) - James Ramsay (abolitionist)James Ramsay (abolitionist)James Ramsay was a ship’s surgeon, Anglican priest, and leading abolitionist.-Early life and Naval service:Ramsay was born at Fraserburgh, Scotland, the son of William Ramsay, ship’s carpenter, and Margaret Ogilvie. He was apprenticed to a local surgeon and later educated at King's College,...
(1733–1789) — Anglican minister and abolitionist - James Ramsay (bishop)James Ramsay (bishop)James Ramsay , bishop of Dunblane, bishop of Ross, was son of Robert Ramsay . The latter was successively minister of Dundonald , of Blackfriars or College Church, Glasgow , and of the High Church , Glasgow ; was dean of the faculty of Glasgow University 1646 and 1650–1, rector in 1648, and...
(c.1624-1696) — Bishop of Dunblane, Bishop of Ross - James Ramsay MacDonaldRamsay MacDonaldJames Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....
(1866-1937) — Prime Minister of the United KingdomPrime Minister of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and... - John Ramsay, 1st Earl of HoldernessJohn Ramsay, 1st Earl of HoldernessJohn Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness was an important Scottish aristocrat of the Jacobean era, best known in history as the first favourite of James I when he became king of England as well as Scotland in 1603....
(c.1580-1626) — Scottish courtier - John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie (1847-1887) — Scottish politician
- Meta Ramsay (1936-) — Labour Life Peer
- Peter de RamsayPeter de RamsayPeter de Ramsay [Ramsey] was a 13th century cleric based in Scotland. His background and origins are obscure. He was the son of a "cleric in minor orders" and an unmarried girl and, according to John of Fordun, he was of "noble birth"...
(d 1256) — Bishop of Aberdeen - Richie RamsayRichie RamsayRichie Ramsay is a Scottish professional golfer.In 2006, Ramsay became the first British golfer in almost a century to win the United States Amateur Championship. He also won several other amateur titles and played in the 2005 Walker Cup....
(1983-) — Scottish golf international - Robert George Wardlaw RamsayRobert George Wardlaw RamsayColonel Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay FLS, FZS was an army officer and naturalist. His father was Robert Balfour Wardlaw Ramsay and his mother Louisa was the third daughter of George, eighth Marquess of Tweeddale. He studied at Cheam and Harrow and joined the Hampshire Regiment in January 1871 and...
(1852-1921) — Army officer and ornithologist - Scott Ramsay (English footballer)Scott Ramsay (English footballer)Scott Ramsay, is an English footballer currently playing for Rye United in the Sussex County League.-Brighton & Hove Albion:...
(1980-) — English footballer - Silas Alexander RamsaySilas Alexander RamsaySilas Alexander Ramsay was the 14th mayor of Calgary, during which Alberta became a province.Ramsay was born in Aylmer, Ontario. He first travelled to the west with the Wolseley Expedition to suppress the Red River Rebellion in 1870. Before returning home, he visited the Calgary area and hunted...
(1850-1942) — mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916) — Nobel laureate chemist
- William Ramsay (manufacturer)William Ramsay (manufacturer)William Ramsay was a Scottish-born Australian shoe polish manufacturer. In 1906, Ramsay developed "Kiwi" brand shoe polish, today one of the most famous shoe polish brands in the world....
(1868-1914) — the manufacturer of Kiwi boot polish - Sir William Mitchell RamsayWilliam Mitchell RamsaySir William Mitchell Ramsay was a Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar. By his death in 1939 he had become the foremost authority of his day on the history of Asia Minor and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament...
(1851-1939) — Scottish archaeologist and Bible scholar