Famous People with Name Kinnear

Dominic Kinnear            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Dominic Kinnear: is a Scottish-born American former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. As a player, he began his professional career with Scottish club St. Johnstone, and went on to play for several teams in the United States and Mexico, including the San Jose Hawks, San Jose Clash, Tampa Bay Mutiny and Necaxa. In 2001, first-time head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes, Frank Yallop, named Dominic Kinnear as his assistant coach. Together, they helped coach the Earthquakes to the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003.

Joseph 'Joe' David Kinnear            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Joseph 'Joe' David Kinnear: was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s. Kinnear, who was used by Melbourne mostly as a half back, came to the club from Brunswick in the VFA. He spent six seasons at Melbourne and played his last game in their losing Preliminary Final side of 1937. Kinnear later worked at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as it's scoreboard manager. A talented sportsman, Kinnear played two first-class cricket matches against Tasmania in late December 1931. His debut, at Hobart, began on Christmas Day and he bowled 12 wicket-less overs and scored 13 in his only innings for the match. His son Colin coached the Sydney Swans from 1989 to 1990. Joe Kinnear also had a brother William who was involved in sport, having played a first-class match for Victoria and three VFL games with Essendon.

Roy Muir Kinnear            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Roy Muir Kinnear: was a Scottish dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 30s, who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for British Lions, and Scotland, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for

Mary Elizabeth Kinnear            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Elizabeth Kinnear: was a Canadian senator.Born in Wainfleet, Ontario, she was president of the National Federation of Liberal Women from 1959 to 1963. She was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Lester Pearson in 1967 representing the senatorial division of Welland, Ontario. A Liberal, she retired in 1973 on her 75th birthday.

William Boyd Kinnear            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Boyd Kinnear: was a lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1830 to 1834. In 1833, Kinnear was named a judge in the vice admiralty court and he was named to the province's Legislative Council in 1839. In 1846, he was named solicitor general for the province. He later served on a commission charged with the revision of the province's statutes and reviewing judicial procedures. A change in government in 1854 meant the end of his tenure as solicitor general and he returned to Saint John where he served as clerk of the peace and probate judge. Kinnear also served as a member of the senate for the University of New Brunswick.