Phineas () is a masculine

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, an Anglicized name for the priest Phinehas in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to:

People

Phineas Banning Phineas Banning (August 19, 1830 – March 8, 1885) was an American businessperson, businessman, financier and entrepreneur. Known as "The Father of the Port of Los Angeles," he was one of the founders of the town of Wilmington, Los Angeles, Ca ...

(1830–1885), American businessman and entrepreneur * P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman and businessman * Phineas Bowles (died 1722), British Army major-general * Phineas Bowles (1690–1749), British Army lieutenant-general and Member of Parliament; son of the above * Phineas F. Bresee (1838–1915), American founder of the Church of the Nazarene * Phineas Bruce (1762–1809), American politician * Phineas Clanton (1843–1906), American Old West cattle rustler and brother of outlaws Billy and Ike Clanton *

Phineas Davis Phineas Davis (January 27, 1792 – September 27, 1835) was a well-known clockmaker and inventor who designed and built the first practical American coal-burning railroad locomotive. Early life and career Davis was born in Warner, New Hampshi ...

(1792–1835), American clockmaker and inventor who designed and built the first practical American coal-burning locomotive * Phineas Fisher, an unidentified hacktivist * Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650), Scottish-English poet * Phineas Gage (1823–1860), American railroad construction foreman whose personality was changed by a brain injury * Phineas Hitchcock (1831–1881), American politician * Phineas Hodson (died 1646), Anglican clergyman and Chancellor of York from 1611 to 1646 * Phineas Jones (1819–1884), American politician * Phineas Jenks (1781–1851), American doctor and politician * Phineas C. Lounsbury (1841–1925), American politician and 53rd Governor of Connecticut * Phineas W. Leland (1798–1870), American physician, journalist and politician * Phineas Lovett (1745–1828), farmer, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia (now part of Canada) * Phineas Lyman (1716–1774), colonial American soldier * Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1931–1989), American jazz pianist * Phineas Paist (1873–1937), American architect * Phineas Pett (1570–1647), English shipwright * Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802–1866), American religious teacher, philosopher, magnetizer, mesmerist, healer, inventor and writer * Phineas Riall (1775–1850), British general and Governor of Grenada * Phineas Ryrie (1829–1892), Scottish tea merchant in Hong Kong * Phineas J. Stone (1810–1891), American politician * Phineas L. Tracy (1786–1876), American politician * Phineas White (1770–1847), American lawyer and politician * Phineas Young (1799–1879), Mormon pioneer and missionary, older brother of Brigham Young

Fictional characters

* Phineas Flynn, in ''

Phineas and Ferb ''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...

'', an American animated television series * Phineas Nigellus Black, from the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels * Phineas Bogg, a main character in '' Voyagers!'', an American television series * Phineas T. Bluster, in '' The Howdy Doody Show'', an American children's television show * Phineas Finn, in Anthony Trollope's novels '' Phineas Finn'' and ''Phineas Redux'' * Phineas T. Freak, in '' The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'', an underground comic * Phineas Phreak, a nickname of Luther Stickell's in '' Mission: Impossible'' * Phineas Horton, a Marvel Comics character * Phineas Mason, the Tinkerer, a Marvel Comics character * Phineas Sharp, a villain in ''Darkwing Duck'', an American animated television series * Phineas Welles, a mad scientist in '' The Outer Worlds'', an action role-playing game * Phineas J. Whoopee, a know-it-all in '' Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'', an American animated television series * Phineas, in ''Allies in Power Rangers: Mystic Force'' * Phineas or Fyneas, in the 1959 novel '' A Separate Peace'' * Dr. Phineas Mogg, in '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'', a 2003 animated series

People

Fictional characters

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