Finney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Finney Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with '' The Entertainer'' (1960) ...

(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 (1792–1875), American revivalist *

Charles G. Finney Charles Grandison Finney (December 1, 1905 – April 16, 1984) was an American news editor and fantasy novelist, the great-grandson of evangelist Charles Grandison Finney. His first novel and most famous work, '' The Circus of Dr. Lao'', ...

(1905–1984), American newspaperman and writer *

Christopher Finney Christopher Finney, (born 23 May 1984) is a former British soldier of the Blues and Royals who was awarded the George Cross for bravery under friendly fire during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Finney grew up in Marple, near Stockport, before moving ...

(born 1984), British soldier * Dave Finney (1933–2022), American lawyer and politician *

D. J. Finney David John Finney (3 January 1917 – 12 November 2018), was a British statistician and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Statistics from 1954 to 1984 ...

(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 Gail Finney (August 16, 1959 – August 20, 2022) was an American businesswoman and politician who was a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, who represented the 84th house district from 2009 until her death in 2022. Back ...

(1959–2022), American businesswoman and politician *

Hal Finney (baseball) Harold Wilson Finney (July 30, 1905 - December 22, 1991) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between and , for the Pittsburgh Pirates. During the 1922 season, he appeared in six games, exclusi ...

(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 Harry Anson Finney (November 19, 1886 – May 8, 1966) was an American accountant, and Professor of accounting at the Northwestern University. He is known as prolific author in the field of accounting. who had written a leading textbook in acco ...

(1886–1966), American accountancy author * Jack Finney (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 spor ...

(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 Ida Finney Mackrille (1867 – 1960) was an American suffragist and a women's political leader in the State of California. She was known as the “Woman Orator of the West.” From 1911 until 1932, she was active in suffragist movement, and after ...

(1867–1960), American suffragist 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 combine ...

series from 1994 on

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

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 Finney County (county code FI) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,470. Its county seat and most populous city is Garden City. History Finney County began about 1880 as Buffalo ...

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