Famous People with Name Finley

Finley Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Finley Hamilton: was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Vincent, Owsley County, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and Berea College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in London, Kentucky. Hamilton wa

Charles Oscar Finley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Oscar Finley: icknamed Charlie O or Charley O, was an American businessman who is best remembered for his tenure as the flamboyant owner of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team (tenure actually started when the team was still based in Kansas City).

John Park Finley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Park Finley: was an American meteorologist and Army Signal Service officer who was the first person to study tornadoes intensively. He also wrote the first known book on the subject as well as many other manuals and booklets, collected vast climatological data, setup a nationwide weather observer network, started one of the first private weather enterprises, and opened an early aviation weather school.[1][2][3][4]

William Lovell Finley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Lovell Finley: was an American wildlife photographer and conservationist from Southern California.[1] The William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge was named in his honor.In 1905, Finely and Herman T. Bohlman visited and photographed Lower Klamath Lake and Tule Lake. Their report in the November-December issue of Bird Lore helped prompt President Theodore Roosevelt to set the areas aside as federal bird reservations.[5] The same year, Finley was elected to the board of the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals (which later became the National Audubon Society), to fill the term vacated by Isaac N. Field.[5]

Jesse Johnson Finley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jesse Johnson Finley: was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida and the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. He was also a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He pursued an academic course. He served as captain of moun

Charles Finley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Finley: was a United States Representative from Kentucky and son of Hugh Franklin Finley. He was born in Williamsburg, Kentucky were he attended the common and subscription schools. Later, he attended Milligan College. He engaged in business as a coal operator, b