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Look up Finn, finn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A Finn is usually a Finnish person. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


"Finn" may also refer to:

Finnegan the Poet (born March 17, 1969) is a bisexual queer American expatriate Poet, Writer and Performance Artist of Afro-Caribbean, Irish and Cuban decent. ... Phineas Finn is a novel by Anthony Trollope and the name of its leading character. ... The U.S. five dollar bill ($5) is a denomination of United States currency. ... Great Expectations is a 1998 contemporary film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert DeNiro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. ...

People

Photo submitted by Martin Hornby - (Gallaher Cigarette Cards) James Henry Fynn was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Charles A. Mickey Finn (b. ... Finn E. Kydland (born 1943) is a Norwegian economist. ... Robert Patrick John Finn (born December 19, 1945) was the first United States ambassador to Afghanistan in more than 20 years, from March 22, 2002 until November 27, 2003. ... Finn Kalvik Finn Kalvik is a Norwegian singer and composer. ... Mickey Finn or occasionally Micky Finn (born Michael Norman Finn on 3 June 1947 in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England, died on 11 January 2003), was the percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in his band Tyrannosaurus Rex (on one album, A Beard of Stars), and later, the 70s Glam Rock... John Finn (born September 30, 1952 in New York, New York, USA) is an actor best known as one of the leads of the television programs Cold Case and EZ Streets. ... William Finn (* 28 February 1952), Tony-winning American composer, especially of musicals. ... Most Reverend Robert William Finn (born April 2, 1953, St. ... Patrick Pat Finn (born July 24, 1956 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is the former host of several game shows. ... Jon Finn Jonathan M. Finn (born 1958) is an American rock musician and guitarist. ... Jason Finn (born October 27, 1967) is a drummer and singer for The Presidents of the United States of America. ... Jim Finn (b. ... Jason Finn is an American actor. ... Micky Finn is the founder of Urban Takeover Records and one of the original rave scene and jungle pioneers. ... Mike Finn is a playwright and actor from Limerick, Ireland. ... Paul Anthony Finn is the lead singer with the pop group The Flaws, a band signed to Polydor Records in the United Kingdom. ... Simon Finn is an English psych folk musician. ... The Finn Brothers is the name of the musical project of New Zealand brothers Neil and Tim Finn. ... Live in Dublin 2007 Brian Timothy “Tim” Finn OBE (born June 25, 1952) is a singer and songwriter. ... Neil Mullane Finn OBE (born May 27, 1958 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand) is a singer and songwriter and one of New Zealands foremost musicians. ...

Legendary people
  • several legendary High Kings of Ireland:
  • Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal; anglicised to Finn McCool), a legendary warrior of Irish mythology
  • Finn (Frisian), a Frisian King, who appears in Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg
  • Finn, the giant who, according to folk mythology, built the Lund Cathedral

In Irish mythology Eber Finn (Heber, Eibhear) was a son of Míl Espáine who participated in the Milesian conquest of Ireland. ... In Irish mythology Cearmna Finn was joint High King of Ireland with his brother Sobhairce. ... Duach Finn, son of Sedna (II), was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 8th or 9th century BC. Categories: Ireland-related stubs | High Kings of Ireland ... Ailill or Oilioll Finn, son of Art mac Lugdach, was a legendary High King of Ireland. ... Fiatach Finn was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st century AD. The Dál Fiatach of Ulster are said to have been descended from him. ... Fionn mac Cumhail (earlier Finn or Find mac Cumail or mac Umaill, pronounced roughly Finn mac Cool) was a legendary hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, also known in Scotland and the Isle of Man. ... Finn, son of Folcwald, was a legendary Frisian lord. ... Lund Cathedral Byggnaden The Lund Cathedral, or Lunds Domkyrka, is a cathedral in Lund, Sweden. ...

Fictional people

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Flying Finns - Famous Finnish Rally Drivers (571 words)
The title "Flying Finns" has been applied to many Finnish sports figures over the years, often in ski jumping and track events.
But it is in the sport of rallying that the Finns truly excel, as rally drivers from Finland have dominated the International rally scene for over four decades.
Stuart Turner, when he was Competitions Manager at BMC, was the first to employ Finnish drivers for International rally competition when he hired Rauno Aaltonen and Timo Mäkinen to drive for BMC in the early 1960s.
The Finns in America (European Reading Room, Library of Congress) (2511 words)
Finns, as subjects of the Swedish Crown, were included in Sweden's seventeenth century effort to gain a New World foothold in the Delaware Valley.
The year 1664 saw both the arrival of a final contingent of 140 Finns, and the change of ownership of the area from the Dutch to the English.
Finns were identified for the first time in the 1900 U.S. census, which counted about 63,000 persons born in Finland.
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