United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
"Lindsay and Crouse created a string of successful Broadway musicals together."
United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)
"The biography details how Lindsay, a poor American poet from 1879 to 1931, survived by traveling across the nation and exchanging his verses for meals and lodging."
A Scottish habitational surname, from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.
"My neighbor Lindsay has always been proud that her family name traces back to an ancient Anglo-Saxon settlement on an island in the fens."
The name Lindsay comes from Lindsey, an old district in Lincolnshire named for its island-like position surrounded by fenlands. Ultimately, it traces back to a Celtic word meaning "lake" or "pool," reflecting the area's watery origins.