Finn
A Finn is usually Finnish (disambiguation page) in one or another sense of that word.
"Finn" may also be used in several different ways:
- It may refer to one of several legendary personages:
- High Kings of Ireland Ailill Finn, Duach Finn, Fiatach Finn, Eber Finn, or Cearmna Finn.
- Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal) 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.
- It is a common surname (normally of Irish origin) used for real or fictional persons:
- 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 characters Huckleberry Finn, Finn (Jackie Chan Adventures), Phineas Finn, Riley Finn, and the comics character Finn.
- Finn is used as a male given name in Nordic countries, e.g.,
- Finn Nielsen, Danish actor
- Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer and composer
- Finn may also refer to:
- 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.