Finney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Finney (1936–2019), English actor * Alex Finney (1902–1982), English association footballer *

Ben Finney Ben Rudolph Finney was an American anthropologist known for his expertise in the history and the social and cultural anthropology of surfing, Polynesian navigation, and canoe sailing, as well as in the cultural and social anthropology of hum ...

(1933–2017), American anthropologist, co-founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society *

Charles Grandison Finney Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Revivalism." Finney rejected much of trad ...

(1792–1875), American revivalist * Charles G. Finney (1905–1984), American newspaperman and writer * Christopher Finney (born 1984), British soldier * Dave Finney (1933–2022), American lawyer and politician * D. J. Finney (1917–2018), British statistician * Ernest A. Finney Jr. (1931–2017), American judge *

Florence Finney Florence Donady Finney (March 19, 1903 – May 28, 1994) was an American politician and civic leader who served as the first woman president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate from 1973 through 1974. A Republican representing Greenwich ...

(1903–1994), American politician * Gail Finney (1959–2022), American businesswoman and politician * Hal Finney (baseball) (1905–1991), Major League Baseball catcher *

Hal Finney (computer scientist) Harold Thomas Finney II (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. Finney later worked for PGP Corporation. He also was an early bitcoin ...

(1956–2014), developer for PGP Corporation, the second developer hired after Phil Zimmermann * Harry Anson Finney (1886–1966), American accountancy author *

Jack Finney Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including '' The Body Snatchers'' and '' Time and Again''. The former was the ba ...

(1911–1995), American author * Karen Finney, American political consultant and commentator *

Tom Finney Sir Thomas Finney (5 April 1922 – 14 February 2014) was an English international footballer who played from 1946 to 1960 as a winger or centre forward for Preston North End and England. He is widely acknowledged to have been one of the s ...

(1922–2014), English association footballer *

Yasmin Finney Yasmin Finney (born 30 August 2003) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Elle Argent in the Netflix series '' Heartstopper'' (2022), for which she was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting P ...

(born 2003), English actress * Ida Finney Mackrille (1867–1960), American

suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...

and a women's political leader in the State of California. *

John Morton-Finney John Morton-Finney (June 25, 1889 – January 28, 1998) was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator who earned eleven academic degrees, including five law degrees. He spent most of his career as an educator and lawyer after serv ...

(1889–1998), civil rights activist, lawyer and educator

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* ''Finney'' (TV series), a British television

Crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

series from 1994 on ITV *

Finney, Kentucky Finney is an unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders ...

* Finney County, Kansas

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