Ramsay (surname)

Ramsay (/ˈræmˌziː/) is a Scottish surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

* Alan Ramsay (1895–1973), Australian army officer
* Alana Ramsay (born 1994), Canadian alpine skier
* Alex Ramsay (1899–1957), English footballer
* Alexander Ramsay (disambiguation)
* Ali Ramsay, Scottish cricketer
* Alison Ramsay (born 1959), Scottish hockey international
* Allan Ramsay (disambiguation)
* Andrew Ramsay (disambiguation)
* Archibald Maule Ramsay (1894–1955), British Army officer and politician
* Bella Ramsay (born 2003), English actress
* Bertram Ramsay (1883–1945), British admiral
* Bill Ramsay (William G. Ramsay, 1929–2024), American jazz saxophonist and band leader
* Bill Ramsay (athlete) (1928–1988), Australian middle-distance runner
* 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
* Dave Ramsay (born 1970), Canadian politician in the Northwest Territories
* David Ramsay (disambiguation)
* 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
* Ebba Ramsay (1828–1922), Swedish social worker, writer, and translator
* Edward Ramsay (1793–1872), Scottish Episcopalian clergyman and dean
* Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842–1916), Australian zoologist
* Eileen Ramsay (1915–2017), British maritime photographer
* Ernest Pringle Ramsay (1870–1952), Australian posts and telegraph director
* Francis Dennis Ramsay (1925–2009), Scottish painter
* Francis Munroe Ramsay (1835–1914), US Navy Officer and Chief of Bureau of Navigation
* Francis Ramsay (cricketer) (1860–1947), English cricketer and pastoralist in Queensland
* Frank William Ramsay, (1875–1954), British Army major general in the First World War
* George Ramsay (disambiguation)
* Gordon Ramsay (disambiguation)
* Heath Ramsay (born 1981), Australian butterfly swimmer
* Henrik Ramsay (1886–1951), Finnish politician and minister of foreign affairs
* Henry Ramsay (Indian Army officer) (1816–1893), general in the Indian Army, Commissioner of the Kumaon and Garhwal districts
* Henry Ramsay (civil engineer) (1808–1886), American civil engineer
* Ian Ramsay (born 1958), law professor at the University of Melbourne
* Jack Ramsay (1925–2014), American college basketball coach
* James Ramsay (disambiguation)
* Jamie D. Ramsay, South African cinematographer
* Jacques Ramsay, Canadian politician
* Jim Ramsay (1930–2013), Australian politician
* John Ramsay (disambiguation)
* 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 (born 2001), Anglo-Scottish TV presenter, daughter of Gordon Ramsay
* Meta Ramsay (born 1936), Labour life peer
* Michèle Ramsay, South African geneticist
* Morton Ramsay (1926–1983), 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)
* Scott Ramsay (footballer) (born 1980), English footballer
* Shyam Ramsay (1952–2019), Bollywood film director
* Silas Alexander Ramsay (1850–1942), mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
* Tulsi Ramsay (1944–2018), Indian film director
* Walter C. Ramsay (1878–1928), American politician and newspaper editor
* Wilhelm Ramsay (1865–1928), Finnish geologist
* William Ramsay (disambiguation)

## See also

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* Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1801–1874), British political leader
* Clan Ramsay
* Ramsey (surname)

## References

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1. ^ 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 the Internet Archive.

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