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Finder (surname)
Finder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexandra Finder (born 1977), German actress *Jan Howard Finder (1939–2013), American academic administrator and writer *Joseph Finder (born 1958), American writer *Paweł Finder Paweł Finder (; born as ''Pinkus Finder''; pseudonyms: ''Paul Finder'', ''Paul Reynot''; 19 September 1904 – 26 July 1944) was a Polish Communist leader and First Secretary of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) from 1943 to 1944.Dia–pozytywPa ...
(1904–1944), Polish Communist {{surname, Finder ...
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Alexandra Finder
Alexandra Finder (born 12 July 1977) is a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1998. Selected filmography References External links

* * 1977 births Living people German film actresses {{Germany-actor-stub ...
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Jan Howard Finder
Jan Howard Finder (March 2, 1939 – February 26, 2013) was an American academic administrator, career counselor, science fiction writer, filker, hostelling tour guide, cosplayer, and fan. He was a guest of honor at the 1993 Worldcon, ConFrancisco. As a personal affectation, he often spelled his name in all lower case letters, jan howard finder. (His last name is pronounced ''finn-der''.) Background and work Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Finder became a devotee of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien in 1964, when he "spent three straight days curled up at his parents’ house" reading ''The Lord of the Rings''. He studied academic administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and while there organized the "First Conference on Middle-earth", in 1969. In 1971, he held the second "Conference on Middle-earth" at Cleveland State University, where he was working as an assistant dean. He ended up spending most of his life as a career counselor for various e ...
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Joseph Finder
Joseph Finder (born October 6, 1958) is an American thriller writer. His books include ''Paranoia'', ''Company Man'', '' The Fixer'', ''Killer Instinct'', ''Power Play'', and the Nick Heller series of thrillers. His novel ''High Crimes'' was made into the film of the same name starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. His novel ''Paranoia'' was adapted into a 2013 film starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, and Harrison Ford. Early life Joseph Finder was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1958 and spent much of his early childhood in Afghanistan and the Philippines before his family returned to the United States and lived in Bellingham, Washington and outside Albany, New York. Finder majored in Russian studies at Yale University, where he graduated '' summa cum laude'' and Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a bass singer in the Yale Whiffenpoofs (1980). He received a master's degree from the Harvard Russian Research Center and later taught on the Harvard faculty. He states that "He was r ...
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