Kelsey (surname)
Kelsey /ˈkɛlsi/[1] is an English surname and originated from an Old English place name in Lincolnshire, England. The place name derived from words meaning "Ceol's island" (Mills 1991).[full citation needed] In modern times Kelsey has also become a given name for boys and girls in English-speaking countries. Kelsey comes from "island of the ships" in Irish and Scots, and "a dweller on the island, by the water" from Norwegian.
Kelsey may refer to:
Actors[]
- Edward Kelsey (1930–2019), English actor
- Greg Kelsey (1893-1967), stage name of British-born actor William Gregory Kelsall
- Ian Kelsey (born 1966), British television actor
- Linda Kelsey (born 1946), American television actress
Athletes[]
- Arthur Kelsey (1871–1955), English footballer
- Jack Kelsey (1929–1992), Welsh football goalkeeper
- Lloyd Kelsey (1897–1948), American tug-of-war competitor
Politicians and public servants[]
- Charles Kelsey (New York politician) (1821–1866), American politician
- Edwin B. Kelsey, American politician, lawyer, and businessman
- Thomas Kelsey (died c. 1680), important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell
- William H. Kelsey (1812–1879), U.S. Congressman (1855–1859)
- Tim Kelsey former National Director for Patients and Information in the National Health Service
Other[]
- Benjamin Kelsey (1813–1889), California pioneer, husband of Nancy Kelsey.
- Benjamin S. Kelsey (1906–1981), American Air Force test pilot and aeronautical engineer
- Carl Kelsey (1870–1953), American sociologist
- Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914–2015), naturalized American pharmacologist
- Henry Kelsey (c. 1667–1724), English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company
- Hugh Kelsey (1926–1995), Scottish bridge player and writer
- John Kelsey (cryptanalyst), cryptographer currently working at NIST
- Nancy Kelsey, California pioneer, first white American woman to walk into California, called the Betsy Ross of California for sewing the Bear Flag
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, p. 439, ISBN 9781405881180
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