Ramsay (surname)
Ramsay (/ˈræmˌziː/) is a Scottish surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- The Ramsay baronets
- Sir Alan Ramsay (1895–1973), Australian army officer
- Alana Ramsay (born 1994), Canadian alpine skier
- Alex Ramsay (1899–1957), English footballer
- Alexander Ramsay (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Sir Alexander Ramsay, 3rd Baronet, Liberal MP for Rochdale, 1857–1859
- Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie (died 1342), captor of Roxburgh Castle in 1342
- Sir Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer) (1881–1972), British admiral
- Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar (1919–2000)
- Alexander Ramsay (architect) (c. 1777–1847), Scottish builder and architect
- Alexander Ramsay (Australian politician) (1863–1925), Victorian MLA
- Alexander Ramsay (West Bromwich MP) (1887–1969), British Conservative MP
- Alexander Maurice Ramsay (1914–1978), General Manager, South Australian Housing Trust
- Ali Ramsay, Scottish cricketer
- Alison Ramsay (born 1959), Scottish hockey international
- Allan Ramsay (artist) (1713–1784), Scottish painter
- Sir Allan Ramsay (1937–2022), British diplomat
- Allan Ramsay (poet) (1686–1758), Scottish poet
- Allan Ramsay (portrait painter born 1959), Scottish painter
- Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall (1619–1688), Privy Counsellor, first Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Andrew Ramsay (disambiguation), several people, including
- Andrew Ramsay (minister) (1574–1659), Scottish minister, Rector of the University of Edinburgh
- Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall (1619–1688), Scottish judge, son of the minister
- Andrew Ramsay (governor), governor of Bombay, 1788
- Andrew Ramsay (geologist) (1814–1891), Scottish geologist
- Andrew Maitland Ramsay (1859–1946), Scottish ophthalmologist
- Andy Ramsay (born 1964), British drummer, programmer and sound engineer
- Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743), the 'Chevalier Ramsay', Jacobite writer
- Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay (1894–1955), British Army officer and politician
- Bertram Ramsay (1883–1945), British admiral
- Bill Ramsay (William G. Ramsay, born 1929), American jazz saxophonist & band leader
- Bill Ramsay (athlete) (born 1928), Australian athlete
- Bill Ramsay (politician) (born 1962), politician in Newfoundland, Canada
- Bob Ramsay (footballer) (1864–?), English footballer
- Chris Ramsay, American magician and YouTuber
- Connie Ramsay (born 1988), Scottish judoka
- Cris Ramsay, pseudonym used by (amongst others) Aaron S. Rosenberg
- Dave Ramsay (born 1970), Canadian politician in the Northwest Territories
- David Ramsay (disambiguation), several people
- David Ramsay (communist) (1883–1948), British socialist activist
- David Ramsay (congressman) (1749–1815), American physician, congressman, and historian
- David Ramsay (Ontario politician) (1948–2020), Canadian politician in Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- David Ramsay (historian) (1749–1815), American historian and politician from South Carolina
- David Ramsay (trader) (c. 1740– c. 1810), in Upper Canada; translator, fur and alcohol trader
- David Ramsay (watchmaker) (died c. 1653), British clockmaker and watchmaker
- David William Ramsay (1943–2008), Canadian lawyer and judge
- Sir David Ramsay, 4th Baronet (after 1673–1710), MP for Scotland & Kincardineshire
- Derek Ramsay (born 1976), British-Filipino model, TV host and actor
- Diana Ramsay (1926–2017), co-founder of the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation in South Australia
- Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842–1916), Australian zoologist
- Edward Ramsay (1793–1872), Scottish Episcopalian clergyman and dean
- Ernest Pringle Ramsay (1870–1952), Australian posts and telegraph director
- Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1801–1874), British political leader
- Francis Dennis Ramsay (1925–2009), Scottish painter
- Francis Munroe Ramsay (1835–1914), US Navy Officer and Chief of Bureau of Navigation
- Frank William Ramsay, (1875–1954), British Army officer in WWI
- George Ramsay (disambiguation) Several people, including;
- George Ramsay (1855–1935), secretary/manager, Aston Villa Football Club
- George Ramsay (English Army officer) (1652–1705), English Army officer
- George Ramsay (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1918), Scottish footballer
- George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie (died 1787)
- George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770–1838), Scottish soldier, Canadian administrator
- George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie (1806–1880), British naval officer
- George D. Ramsay (1802–1882), U.S. Army officer
- George Gilbert Ramsay (1839–1921), professor at the University of Glasgow
- Gordon Ramsay (born 1966), British chef and television personality
- Heath Ramsay (born 1981), Australian butterfly swimmer
- Henrik Ramsay (1886–1951), Finnish politician and minister of foreign affairs
- Henry Ramsay (NY engineer), NYS Engineer and Surveyor 1853
- Ian Ramsay (born 1958), Law Professor, University of Melbourne
- Ian Ramsay — common mis-spelling of Ian Ramsey, English bishop
- Jack Ramsay (1925–2014), American college basketball coach
- James Ramsay (disambiguation), several people
- James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812–1860), British colonial leader
- James Garden Ramsay (1827–1890), industrialist and politician in South Australia.
- James Graham Ramsay (1823–1903), North Carolina politician
- James Ramsay, 8th Baronet of Bamff (1797–1859), Scottish baronet
- James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie (born 1948), British land-owner
- James Ramsay (abolitionist) (1733–1789), Anglican minister and abolitionist
- James Ramsay (bishop) (c. 1624 – 1696), Bishop of Dunblane, Bishop of Ross
- James Ramsay (Canadian politician) (1866–1935), merchant and politician in British Columbia, Canada
- James Ramsay (governor) (1916–1986), Governor of Queensland
- James Ramsay (painter) (1789–1854), English portrait painter
- James Ramsay (philanthropist) (1923–1996), co-founder of the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation in South Australia
- James Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937), UK Prime Minister
- Sir James Ramsay (1589–1638), Scottish soldier
- Jamie D. Ramsay, South African cinematographer
- Jim Ramsay (1930–2013), Australian politician
- John Ramsay (disambiguation), several people, including
- (1775–1842), MP for Aberdeen Burghs, 1806–1807
- John Ramsay (of Kildalton) (1814–1892), MP for Stirling Burghs, 1868, and Falkirk Burghs, 1874–1886
- John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie (1847–1887), Scottish politician, MP for Liverpool, 1880
- Jack Ramsay (politician) (born 1937), Canadian politician
- John Ramsay, 1st Lord Bothwell (c. 1464–1513)
- John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness (c. 1580–1626), Scottish nobleman
- John Ramsay of Ochtertyre (1736–1814), Scottish writer
- John Ramsay (businessman) (1841–1924), Scottish-born Australian businessman
- John Ramsay (commissioner) (1862–1942), Chief Commissioner of Balochistan
- John Ramsay (surgeon) (1872–1944), Australian surgeon
- John Ramsay (magician) (1877–1962), Scottish magician
- John Ramsay or Johnny Ramensky (1905–1972), Scottish criminal
- John Ramsay (Australian footballer) (1930–1983), Australian rules footballer
- John Ramsay (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1917), Scottish footballer
- John G. Ramsay (1931–2021), British structural geologist
- John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness (c. 1580 – 1626), Scottish courtier
- John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie (1847–1887), Scottish politician
- Josh Ramsay (born 1985), Canadian musician
- Mark Ramsay (born 1986), Scottish footballer
- Mark F. Ramsay (born c. 1958), United States Air Force general
- Tilly Ramsay, Anglo-Scottish TV presenter, daughter of Gordon Ramsay
- Meta Ramsay (born 1936), Labour Life Peer
- Michael Ramsay, common mis-spelling for Michael Ramsey, archbishop of Canterbury
- Michèle Ramsay, South Africa geneticist
- Morton Ramsay (born 1926), Scottish footballer
- Paul Ramsay (1936–2014), Australian businessman and philanthropist
- Paul Ramsay (British philanthropist) (born 1953), philanthropist
- Peter de Ramsay (died 1256), Bishop of Aberdeen
- Peter Ramsay (1939–2019), New Zealand academic
- Richie Ramsay (born 1983), Scottish golf international
- Robert Ramsay (disambiguation), several people
- Robert Ramsay (baseball) (1973–2016), pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
- Robert Ramsay (cricketer) (1861–1957), with Cambridge University and Somerset
- Robert Ramsay (Jacobite) (d.1689), Scottish military officer
- Robert Ramsay (Queensland politician) (1818–1910), Queensland politician
- Robert Ramsay (Victorian politician) (1842–1882), Australian statesman
- Robert L. Ramsay (academic) (1880–1953), American toponymist
- Robert L. Ramsay (politician) (1877–1956), American politician
- Robert Ramsay Wright (1852–1933), Scottish zoologist
- Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay (1852–1921), Army officer and ornithologist
- Scott Ramsay (English footballer) (born 1980), English footballer
- Shyam Ramsay (born 1952), Bollywood film director
- Silas Alexander Ramsay (1850–1942), mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Tulsi Ramsay (born 1944), film director
- Walter C. Ramsay (1878–1928), American politician and newspaper editor
- Wilhelm Ramsay (1865–1928), Finnish geologist
- William Ramsay (disambiguation), several people
- Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916), Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases
- William Ramsay (1771–1852) became William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure, Scottish peer
- William Ramsay, 1st Earl of Dalhousie (died 1672), Scottish army officer and politician
- William Ramsay (astrologer) (fl. 1660), English physician and astrologer
- William Ramsay (classical scholar) (1806–1865), academic in the University of Glasgow
- William Ramsay (manufacturer) (1868–1914), made Kiwi boot polish
- William Ramsay (Royal Navy officer) (1796–1871), Navy admiral
- Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (1851–1939), Scottish archaeologist and Bible scholar
- William Ramsay Ramsay (1809–1850), Scottish MP for Midlothian and Stirlingshire
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 87. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.
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