Finney (surname)

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

• Albert Finney (1936–2019), English actor
• Desmond Finney, Sierra Leonean actor
• Edward Finney (1903–1983), American film producer and director
• Gavin Finney (born 1963), British cinematographer
• Mary Finney (1906–1973), American actress
• Shirley Jo Finney (1949–2023), American actress and theater director
• Victoria Finney, British actress
• Yasmin Finney (born 2003), British actress

• Chick Finney (1911–1975), American jazz pianist and composer
• Ian Finney, English composer and guitarist
• Maury Finney (fl. 1976–1980), American country music saxophonist
• Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997), American composer

• Christine Lawrence Finney (1968–2016), American animator and painter
• Samuel Finney (painter) (1719–1798), English miniature-painter

• Darwin A. Finney (1814–1868), American politician in Pennsylvania
• Florence Finney (1903–1994), American politician in Connecticut
• Gail Finney (1959–2022), American businesswoman and politician in Kansas
• Joan Finney (1925–2001), American politician in Kansas
• Karen Finney (born 1967), American political consultant and commentator
• Louis C. H. Finney (1822–1884), American politician in Virginia
• Lowe Finney (born 1975), American politician in Tennessee
• Raymond Finney (born 1941), American politician in Tennessee
• Samuel Finney (politician) (1857–1935), British politician
• Victor Finney (1897–1970), English film company executive and politician

• B. J. Finney (born 1991), American gridiron football player
• Redmond Finney (1929–2019), American gridiron football and lacrosse player
• W. P. Finney (1871–1954), American college football player and coach

• Alan Finney (born 1933), English footballer
• Bill Finney (born 1931), English footballer
• Charlie Finney (born 2003), English footballer
• Evan Finney (born 1994), American soccer player
• Fred Finney (1924–2005), English footballer
• Ken Finney (1929–2018), English footballer
• Kevin Finney (born 1969), English footballer
• Oliver Finney (born 1997), English footballer
• Steve Finney (1973–2022), English footballer

• Bob Finney (1920–1999), American race car driver
• Brian Finney (racing driver) (born 1977), American racing driver and crew chief

• Ed Finney (1924–1998), American baseball player in the Negro leagues
• Lou Finney (1910–1966), American baseball player

• Roger Finney (born 1960), English cricketer
• William Finney (1866–1927), Welsh cricketer

• Allison Finney (born 1958), American golfer
• Carl Finney (born 1965), British judoka
• Carolyn Finney, American ultimate player
• Jan Finney (born 1980), American mixed martial artist
• Jessica Finney (born 1995), British cyclist
• Mary-Ellen Finney, American rower
• Shawn Finney (born 1962), American college basketball coach
• Sid Finney (1929–2009), Northern Irish-born Canadian ice hockey player
• Stephen Finney (1852–1924), English rugby player

• Carolyn Finney (author) (born 1959), American author and educator
• Charles G. Finney (1905–1984), American newspaperman and writer
• Harry Anson Finney (1886–1966), American accountancy author
• Jack Finney (1911–1995), American author
• Nat S. Finney (1903–1982), American journalist
• Patricia Finney (born 1958), English author and journalist
• Ruth Finney (1898–1979), American journalist

• Alex Finney (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Finney (1933–2017), American anthropologist, co-founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society
• Brian Finney, British-American scholar of English literature
• Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), American revivalist
• Christopher Finney (born 1984), British soldier
• D. J. Finney (1917–2018), British statistician
• David Finney (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ernest A. Finney Jr. (1931–2017), American judge
• Hal Finney (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hilda Grayson Finney (1913–1976), American educator
• James Finney (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Finney (born 1932), British religious figure
• John Miller Turpin Finney (1863–1942), American surgeon and academic
• Kathryn Finney, American entrepreneur, founder of Genius Guild
• Leon Finney (disambiguation), multiple people
• Lydia Andrews Finney (1804–1847), American social reformer and evangelical
• Michael Finney (disambiguation), multiple people
• P. E. S. Finney (1904–1980), Indian police officer
• Thomas Finney (disambiguation), multiple people

• Sara Finney-Johnson (born 1957), American television producer, writer, and playwright
• Dorian Finney-Smith (born 1993), American basketball player
• John Morton-Finney (1889–1998), American civil rights activist, lawyer and educator

Listed alphabetically by surname

• Jennifer Finney Boylan (born 1958), American author and transgender activist
• Ida Finney Mackrille (1867–1960), American suffragist and a women's political leader in California
• Stephen Finney Mason (1923–2007), British chemist and historian

• Finney (disambiguation)
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