Famous People with Name Kinnear

Norman Boyd Kinnear            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Norman Boyd Kinnear: was a Scottish zoologist.Kinnear was the son of an Edinburgh architect and came from the same family as Sir William Jardine. While studying at Trinity College, Glenalmond, he worked as a voluntary assistant at the Royal Scottish Museum from 1905 to 1907. After a recommendation by William Eagle Clarke, he was Curator of the museum of the Bombay Natural History Society from November 1907 to 1919, as well as assistant editor of the Bombay Natural History Society Journal. In 1913 he married Gwendolen Beatrice Millard, whose family lived in India and was closely involved with the BNHS. (Walter Samuel Millard) In 1920 he became an assistant in the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum, becoming Keeper of Zoology in 1945, and Director of the Museum in August 1947. He retired on April 30, 1950 and was knighted in June of that year.

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.