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Answer» What is Phineas mean? Phineas () is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Phineas, an Anglicized name for the priest Phinehas in the Hebrew BibleKing Phineas, the first king of the Beta Israel in EthiopiaPhineas Banning (1830–1885), American businessman and entrepreneurP. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman and businessmanPhineas Bowles (died 1722), British Army major-generalPhineas Bowles (1690–1749), British Army lieutenant-general and Member of Parliament; son of the abovePhineas F. Bresee (1838–1915), American founder of the Church of the NazarenePhineas Bruce (1762–1809), American politicianPhineas Clanton (1843–1906), American Old West cattle rustler and brother of outlaws Billy and Ike ClantonPhineas Davis (1792–1835), American clockmaker and inventor who designed and built the first practical American coal-burning locomotivePhineas Fisher, an unidentified hacktivistPhineas Fletcher (1582–1650), Scottish-English poetPhineas Gage (1823–1860), American railroad construction foreman whose personality was changed by an accident that destroyed part of his brainPhineas Hitchcock (1831–1881), American politicianPhineas Hodson (died 1646), Anglican clergyman and Chancellor of York from 1611 to 1646Phineas Jones (1819–1884), American politicianPhineas Jenks (1781–1851), American doctor and politicianPhineas C. Lounsbury (1841–1925), American politician and 53rd Governor of ConnecticutPhineas W. Leland (1798–1870), American physician, journalist and politicianPhineas Lovett (1745–1828), farmer, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia (now part of Canada)Phineas Lyman (1716–1774), colonial American soldierPhineas Newborn, Jr. (1931–1989), American jazz pianistPhineas Paist (1873–1937), American architectPhineas Pett (1570–1647), English shipwrightPhineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802–1866), American religious teacher, philosopher, magnetizer, mesmerist, healer, inventor and writerPhineas Riall (1775–1850), British general and Governor of GrenadaPhineas Ryrie (1829–1892), Scottish tea merchant in Hong KongPhineas J. Stone (1810–1891), American politicianPhineas L. Tracy (1786–1876), American politicianPhineas White (1770–1847), American lawyer and politicianPhineas Young (1799–1879), Mormon pioneer and missionary, older brother of Brigham Young reference
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