William Finley or Finlay may refer to:
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William Finlay (1853–1914), Irish-born Canadian politician
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William Finlay (mayor) (1840–1885), mayor of Albany, Western Australia
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William Finley (actor)
William Franklin Finley (September 20, 1940 – April 14, 2012) was an American actor who appeared in the films ''Simon'', ''Silent Rage'', ''Phantom of the Paradise'', ''Sisters'' and '' The Wedding Party''.
Finley had a long-running frie ...
(1940–2012), American actor
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William Finley (Southern Railway), president of the
Southern Railway in the United States, 1906–1913
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William A. Finley (1839–1912), president of Oregon State University, 1865–1872
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William L. Finley (1876–1953), American wildlife photographer and conservationist
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William Finlay, 2nd Viscount Finlay
William Finlay, 2nd Viscount Finlay, (15 October 1875 – 30 June 1945) was a British judge and peer who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1938 to 1945.
The son of Lord Chancellor Finlay, William Finlay was educated at Eton and Trinit ...
(1875–1945), British barrister and judge
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William Henry Finlay
William Henry Finlay (FRAS) (17 June 1849, in Liverpool – 7 December 1924, in Grahamstown, South Africa) was a South African astronomer. He was First Assistant at the Cape Observatory from 1873 to 1898 under Edward James Stone. He discovered ...
, South African astronomer
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Willie Finlay (1926–2014), Scottish footballer for East Fife and Clyde
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William Findlay (disambiguation)
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William Findley (disambiguation)
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