Finn
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A Finn is usually Finnish (disambiguation page) in one or another sense of that word.
"Finn" may also be used in several different ways:
People
Legendary people
- High Kings of Ireland Ailill Finn, Duach Finn, Fiatach Finn, Eber Finn, or Cearmna Finn.
- Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal; anglicised to Finn McCool) was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology.
- Finn (Frisian) is a Frisian lord who appears in Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg.
- Finn is the name of the giant who, according to folk mythology, built the cathedral in Lund.
Real people
- William Finn, composer
- The band Finn now known as Finn Brothers led by Neil Finn and Tim Finn
- Other musicians Jon Finn, Simon Finn, Jason Finn, and Micky Finn (not Mickey Finn)
- Robert Finn (ambassador)
- Robert Finn (bishop)
- Mike Finn, playwright
- Pat Finn, game show host
- John Finn, actor
Fictional people
- Huckleberry Finn
- Finn in Jackie Chan Adventures
- Phineas Finn
- Riley Finn
- Finn, comics
Personal name
- Finn Nielsen, Danish actor
- Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer and composer
Things
- Finn (dinghy), an Olympic class of sailing dinghy.
- Finn may be a variant of fin, a colloquial term for the U.S. five dollar bill bearing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
- Finn (song), a song by Tori Amos for the Great Expectations (film) soundtrack.
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