# Phineas

Phineas (/ˈfɪniəs/) is a masculine given name, an Anglicized name for the priest Phinehas in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to:

## People

* King Phineas, the first king of the Beta Israel in Ethiopia
* Phineas Banning (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 (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, 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 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