Wikipedia
Hamish
Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name Seamus or Sheumais.[1] It is therefore, the equivalent of James.
People Edit
Given name Edit
- Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand cricketer
- Hamish Bennett (director), New Zealand filmmaker
- Hamish Blake (born 1981), Australian comedian and radio presenter
- Hamish Bond (born 1986), New Zealand Olympic rower
- Hamish Bowles (born 1963), European editor-at-large for Vogue
- Hamish Brown, writer and mountain walker
- Hamish Carter (born 1971), Olympic gold medallist triathlete from New Zealand
- Hamish Clark (born 1965), Scottish actor
- Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916–2007), British Army major
- Hamish Glencross (born 1978), heavy metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride
- Hamish Harding (1964–2023), British businessman
- Hamish Harding (rower) (born 1999), Australian rower
- Hamish Henderson (1919–2002), Scottish singer and collector of folk music
- Hamish Imlach (1940-1996), Scottish folk singer
- Hamish Kilgour, New Zealand musician in the band The Clean
- Hamish Linklater, American actor
- Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916), Scottish composer and musician
- Hamish Marshall (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
- Hamish McAlpine (born 1948), Scottish footballer
- Hamish MacDonald (disambiguation), several people
- Hamish McKay, New Zealand television presenter
- Hamish Milne, British pianist
- Hamish Moore, Scottish maker, musician and teacher
- Hamish Munro (1915–1994), Scottish biochemist
- Hamish Peacock Australian athlete
- Hamish Pepper New Zealand sailor
- Hamish Purdy, Canadian movie set decorator
- Hamish Rosser, drummer of Australian band the Vines
- Hamish Rutherford (born 1989), New Zealand cricketer
- Hamish Stuart (born 1949), lead singer of Average White Band
- Hamish Wilson, Scottish actor
Nickname Edit
- James Hamish Dawson (1925–2007), Scottish rugby union player
- Jamie Hamilton (publisher) (1900–1988), founder of the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited
- James Hamish Kemp (1933–2002), Scottish rugby union player
- Thomas Hamish Mahaddie (1911–1997), Scottish officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
- James Hamish Stothard (1913–1997), Scottish middle-distance runner
Animals Edit
- Hamish McHamish, famous "cat about town" in St Andrews, Scotland
Fictional characters Edit
- Hamish Alexander, in the Honorverse novels by David Weber
- John H. Watson, a character in Sherlock Holmes stories; his middle name is unknown in the original stories, but is given as Hamish in many non-canon Holmes pastiches and adaptations
- Hamish and Dougal, comedy characters from Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
- Hamish Macbeth, a detective in a series of novels and television adaptation starring Robert Carlyle as the eponymous hero
- Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse, two former popular British football-themed comic strips
- Hamish, in the Nickelodeon TV show Mr. Meaty
Named cyclones Edit
- Cyclone Hamish, a 2009 cyclone
- Tropical Cyclone Hamish, a 1999 cyclone
References Edit
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1