Finn

A Finn is usually Finnish (disambiguation page) in one or another sense of that word.

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"Finn" may also be used in several different ways:

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.