Fred Finn | |
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Member of the WashingtonHouseofRepresentatives from the 35th district | |
In office January 12, 2009 –January 14, 2013 | |
Preceded by | William Eickmeyer |
Succeeded by | Drew MacEwen |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. | August 24,1945
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Bonnie Finn |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Olympia,Washington,U.S. |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (BA) Fordham University School of Law (JD) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1968–1971 |
Frederick W. Finn (born August 24,1945) is an American attorney,businessman,and politician of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 35th district from 2009 to 2013. [1]
Crowded House are a rock band,formed in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later band members include Neil Finn's brother,Tim Finn and sons Liam and Elroy,as well as Americans Mark Hart and Matt Sherrod,with Neil Finn and Nick Seymour being the sole constant members of the group since its formation.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,is a novel by American author Mark Twain,which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.
Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
The Winter War,also known as the First Soviet-Finnish War,was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. The war began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939,three months after the outbreak of World War II,and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. Despite superior military strength,especially in tanks and aircraft,the Soviet Union suffered severe losses and initially made little headway. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the organisation.
Neil Mullane Finn is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician who is known for being a member of Crowded House,Split Enz,and Fleetwood Mac. Finn rose to prominence in the late 1970s with Split Enz and wrote many of the band's most successful songs,including "One Step Ahead","History Never Repeats","I Got You",and "Message to My Girl".
The Finns Party,formerly known as the True Finns,is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
Brian Timothy Finn is a New Zealand singer and musician. His musical career includes forming 1970s and 1980s New Zealand rock group Split Enz,a number of solo albums,temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn Brothers.
The Finn dinghy is a single-handed,cat-rigged sailboat,and a former Olympic class for men's sailing. Since its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki,the Finn has featured in every summer Olympics,making it the longest serving dinghy in the Olympic Regatta and one of the most prolific Olympic sailboats,currently filling the slot for the Heavyweight Dinghy. The Finn is a physically demanding boat to race at the highest levels,especially since the class rules now allow unlimited boat rocking and sail pumping when the wind is above 10 knots. The event will not feature on the Olympic programme from 2024.
Finn Ronne was a Norwegian-born U.S. citizen and Antarctic explorer.
The Fenian Cycle,Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warrior band the Fianna. Sometimes called the Ossianic Cycle after its narrator Oisín,it is one of the four groupings of Irish mythology along with the Mythological Cycle,the Ulster Cycle,and the Kings' Cycles. Timewise,the Fenian cycle is the third,between the Ulster and Kings' cycles. The cycle also contains stories about other famous Fianna members,including Diarmuid,Caílte,Oisín's son Oscar,and Fionn's rival Goll mac Morna.
Finns or Finnish people are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland.
The Ingrians,sometimes called Ingrian Finns,are the Finnish population of Ingria,descending from Lutheran Finnish immigrants introduced into the area in the 17th century,when Finland and Ingria were both parts of the Swedish Empire. In the forced deportations before and after World War II,and during the genocide of Ingrian Finns,most of them were relocated to other parts of the Soviet Union,or killed. Today the Ingrian Finns constitute the largest part of the Finnish population of the Russian Federation. According to some records,some 25,000 Ingrian Finns have returned or still reside in the region of Saint Petersburg.
Finn Harps Football Club are an Irish football club that play in the First Division of the League of Ireland,as of 2023. The club was founded in 1954 and elected to the league in 1969. However,it was technically founded on 30 November 1953. They hail from Ballybofey,County Donegal and play their home matches at Finn Park in Ballybofey. The club's colours are blue and white,and they go by the nickname Harps. The main successes of the club include winning an FAI Cup in 1973–74 and the First Division title in 2004. They also contested the 1999 FAI Cup Final(s),a second replay of which ended in a narrow defeat,the first replay having been lost to a draw with 30 seconds left to play.
James Finn Jr. is a former American football fullback. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears as the final pick of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania.
Steven Thomas Finn is an English cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler,who also bats right-handed. At the age of 16,he became Middlesex County Cricket Club's youngest-ever debutant in first-class cricket. He made his England Test debut in 2010 against Bangladesh. He lives in Brighton. In 2019 he became a commentator for Test Match Special.
Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). He is 12 or 13 years old during the former and a year older at the time of the latter. Huck also narrates Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer,Detective,two shorter sequels to the first two books.
Finn Christopher Hudson is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character was portrayed by Cory Monteith and first appeared on television when Glee premiered its pilot episode on Fox on May 19,2009. Finn was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy,Brad Falchuk,and Ian Brennan. Glee follows the trials of the New Directions glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in the town of Lima,Ohio. Finn is initially the quarterback of his high school football team. A selfish,unkind,popular jock at the top of the school's social hierarchy,when he finds himself forced to join the school's glee club,he discovers that he loves it,although he risks alienation from his friends by remaining a member. His storylines see him struggle with his decision to stay in the club,which is at the bottom of the social ladder,while he maintains his popular reputation and the respect of the other jocks. The character has dealt with his attraction to both head cheerleader Quinn Fabray and glee club star singer Rachel Berry,the series' female lead. Following Monteith's death on July 13,2013,it was announced that Finn's own death would occur in the third episode of the fifth season,titled "The Quarterback".
Finn Mertens,also known as Finn the Human,is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists in the American animated television series Adventure Time created by Pendleton Ward. He also appeared in the spin-off series Adventure Time:Distant Lands. He is voiced by Jeremy Shada in most appearances. The character made his debut in the original pilot,where he is named Pen and voiced by Zack Shada,Jeremy's older brother. Jonathan Frakes voices Finn as an adult in some appearances.
Finn is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. The character first appeared in the 2015 film The Force Awakens as a First Order stormtrooper who,shocked by the Order's cruelty in his first combat mission,flees and joins forces with Rey and later the Resistance. He is portrayed by English actor John Boyega,who reprised the role in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. Boyega's performance and the character have received praise. For his performance in The Force Awakens,Boyega won the BAFTA Rising Star Award and was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor.
Finn Wolfhard is a Canadian actor and musician. He gained recognition for playing Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–present). His film roles include Richie Tozier in the film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel It (2017) and its sequel It:Chapter Two (2019),Boris Pavlikovsky in the drama film The Goldfinch (2019),the voice of Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family (2019),and Trevor in the supernatural film Ghostbusters:Afterlife (2021). Wolfhard made his directorial debut with the comedy short film Night Shifts (2020).