'''Phineas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɪ|n|i|ə|s}}) is a masculine given name, an Anglicized name for the priest Phinehas in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to:
==People== * 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 - a parody of Phileas Fogg, a in ''Around the World in 80 Days'' * 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
==See also==
* Finneas, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor * Phineas Priesthood, Christian identity movement
* Phinehas (disambiguation) * Phineus (disambiguation) * Philip
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