John Finlay may refer to:
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Jack Finlay
John Finlay (10 June 1889 – 30 September 1942) was an Irish athlete who played hurling for Laois in the 1910s and in later life was a politician.
Finlay was born in Ballycuddy, County Laois in 1889. He had a love of hurling from a young ...
(1889–1942), Irish hurler for Laois, later TD for Laois-Offaly
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Jock Finlay
John Finlay (19 October 1882 – 31 March 1933) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half for Rangers (where he played only once in the Scottish Football League in his first season as a professional), Airdrieonians (where he became an ...
(1882–1933), Scottish footballer
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John Baird Finlay (1929–2010), Dominican Republic-born Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons 1993–2004
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John Finlay (Canadian politician)
John Finlay (April 22, 1837 – November 13, 1910) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Dummer Township, Peterborough County, Upper Canada, Finlay was educated in the Public Schools of Dummer. A manufacturer, Finlay was Councillor and Reeve ...
(1837–1910), Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons 1904–1908
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John Finlay (Dean of Leighlin)
John Finlay (27 June 1842 – 12 June 1921) was Dean of Leighlin from 1895 until 1912.
Finlay was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1867. He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Clonenagh. He was the incumbent at ...
(1842–1921), Irish Dean of Leighlin, 1895–1912
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John Finlay (footballer)
John Finlay (16 February 1919 – 5 March 1985) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Sunderland A.F.C. and Grimsby Town F.C.. Finlay made his debut for Sunderland on 11 September 1946 as a substitute fo ...
(1919–1985), English footballer
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John Finlay (fur trader)
John Finlay (1774 – December 19, 1833) was a fur trader and explorer with the North West Company.KR Fladmark, "Early fur-trade forts of the Peace River area of British Columbia," BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, 1985 He is best remem ...
(1774–1833), Canadian fur trader and explorer with the North West Company
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John Finlay (poet)
John Finlay (1782–1810) was a Scottish poet.
Biography
Finlay was born in Glasgow in December 1782. He was educated in one of the academies at Glasgow, and at the age of fourteen entered the university, where he had as a classmate John Wilson ...
(1782–1810), Scottish poet
See also
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John Finley (disambiguation) John Finley may refer to:
*John Finley (Finleyville) (1759–1846), pioneer settler of western Pennsylvania
*John Park Finley
John Park Finley (April 11, 1854 – November 24, 1943) was an American meteorologist and Army Signal Service officer w ...
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John Findlay (disambiguation) John Findlay may refer to:
* John Findlay (footballer) (died 1916), Scottish footballer
* John Findlay (U.S. politician) (1766–1838), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
*John Findlay (New Zealand politician) (1862–1929), New Zealand pol ...
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