Barclay (surname)
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Barclay is a Scottish
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,...

 family surname (see Clan Barclay
Clan Barclay
-Origins of the clan:Since the eighteenth century, Barclay historians, noted for their low level in medieval scholarship, have assumed the Scottish family Barclay is a branch of one of the Anglo-Norman Berkeley family of Berkeley in Gloucestershire...

), and may refer to:
  • Alexander Barclay
    Alexander Barclay
    Dr Alexander Barclay was an English/Scottish poet.-Biography:Barclay was born in about 1476. His place of birth is matter of dispute, but William Bulleyn, who was a native of Ely, and probably knew him when he was in the monastery there, asserts that he was born "beyonde the cold river of Twede"...

     (c. 1476 – 1552), Scottish poet
  • Charles Frederick Barclay
    Charles Frederick Barclay
    Charles Frederick Barclay was a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.Charles F. Barclay was born in Owego, New York. He moved with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1845. He attended the Painted Post High School and Coudersport Academy. He taught school for several years...

     (1844 – 1914), American politician from Pennsylvania
  • Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (1890 – 1969), British politician, governor of South Australia
  • David and Frederick Barclay
    David and Frederick Barclay
    Sir David Rowat Barclay and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay are British businessmen. The identical twin brothers have very substantial business interests primarily in media, retail and property. The Sunday Times Rich List of 2007 estimated their wealth at £1.8 billion...

     (both born 1934), British businessmen
  • Eddie Barclay
    Eddie Barclay
    Eddie Barclay was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. He founded Barclay Records.-Life:...

     (1921 – 2005), French music producer
  • Florence Louisa Barclay (1862 - 1921), British romance novelist and short story writer
  • Humphrey Barclay
    Humphrey Barclay
    Humphrey Barclay is a comedy executive and producer.-Career:His first foray into show business was via Cambridge Footlights revues where he appeared alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, David Hatch, Jonathan Lynn, Jo Kendall and Miriam Margolyes...

     (born 1941), British comedy executive and producer
  • James Barclay
    James Barclay
    James Barclay is a high fantasy authorHe has written two trilogies, Chronicles of The Raven and Legends of The Raven, and a related novella, Light Stealer....

     (born 1965), British High Fantasy genre author
  • Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, starring mostly in B-movies and cliffhangers, with her career starting during the silent film era.-Early life and career:...

     (aka Geraine Greear) (1914 - 2002), American film actress
  • John Barclay, several people
  • Kate Barclay
    Kate Barclay
    Kate Barclay is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she finished sixth in the K-4 500 m event.-References:*...

     (born 1980), Australian Olympian kayaker
  • Madeleine Barclay
    Madeleine Barclay
    First Officer Madeleine Bayard, WRNS, , served as Madeleine Barclay on HMS Fidelity, on agent-running operations into Vichy France. She was lost, with the rest of the crew, when the ship was sunk in 1943....

     (aka Madeleine Bayard) (1911 - 1943), British Special Operations Executive (World War II)
  • Max Barclay
    Max Barclay
    Maxwell V L Barclay, usually known as Max Barclay, is a British entomologist, and Curator and Collections Manager of Coleoptera and Hemiptera at the Natural History Museum in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, and a member of the Editorial Board of The Coleopterist journal...

    , British entomologist and museum curator
  • Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
    Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
    Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , was a Russian Field Marshal and Minister of War during Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and War of the Sixth Coalition.-Early life:...

     (1761 - 1818), Russian field marshal
  • Olivia Barclay
    Olivia Barclay
    Olivia Barclay was a British astrologer who played an important role in the revival of traditional forms of astrology in the late twentieth century...

     (1919 – 2001), British astrologer
  • Paris Barclay
    Paris Barclay
    Paris K.C. Barclay is an American television director and producer. He has directed over 100 episodes of television to date, for series including NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, CSI, Lost, The Shield, House M.D., Law & Order, Monk, Numb3rs, City of Angels, Cold Case, and more recently The Mentalist,...

     (born 1956), American television and film director
  • Reginald Barclay
    Reginald Barclay
    Lieutenant Reginald Endicott "Broccoli" Barclay III, played by Dwight Schultz, is a recurring character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation...

    , a fictional character from Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Robert Barclay
    Robert Barclay
    Robert Barclay was a Scottish Quaker, one of the most eminent writers belonging to the Religious Society of Friends and a member of the Clan Barclay. He was also governor of the East Jersey colony in North America through most of the 1680s, although he himself never resided in the...

     (1648 – 1690), Scottish Quaker theologian
  • Sir Robert Barclay, Baronet
    Barclay Baronets
    -Barclay of Pierston, Ayrshire : *Sir Robert Barclay, 1st Baronet *Sir Robert Barclay, 2nd Baronet *Sir Robert Barclay, 3rd Baronet *Sir James Barclay, 4th Baronet -Barclay of Pierston, Ayrshire (22 October 1668): *Sir Robert Barclay, 1st Baronet (d. 1694)*Sir Robert Barclay, 2nd Baronet...

    , several people
  • Robert Heriot Barclay
    Robert Heriot Barclay
    Robert Heriot Barclay was a British naval officer who was engaged in the Napoleonic Wars, and its North American counterpart, the War of 1812....

     (1786 – 1837), British naval officer
  • Thomas Henry Barclay
    Thomas Henry Barclay
    Thomas Henry Barclay was an American lawyer who became one of the United Empire Loyalists in Nova Scotia and served in the colony's government....

     (1753 – 1830), American lawyer
  • Thomas Swain Barclay
    Thomas Swain Barclay
    Thomas Swain Barclay was a professor of political science at Stanford University. He taught five U.S. senators and countless other Stanford University students over three decades....

     (1892 – 1993), American political science professor
  • William Barclay, several people
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