Famous People with Name Kinney

Kathy Kinney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kathy Kinney: Kinney was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to Marian and Harold Kinney, an automobile dealer. She grew up in an Irish American family and attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In 1976, at the age of 23, Kinney moved from the small college town of Stevens Point, Wisconsin to New York City, where she found work as a secretary at WCBS-TV. Her boss enjoyed hunting, and sometimes she would chat with him in his office about his hunting trips. She might quip "So, did you kill anything this week?" She used this experience to inspire her for the role of Mimi. During this time period at WCBS she was also working nights at various New York comedy clubs improving her improvisational comedy skills. This eventually led to a job teaching improv classes. One such class had in its attendance a director by the name of Bill Sherwood.

Tamara McKinney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tamara McKinney: Born in Lexington, Kentucky, the diminutive (162 cm/5 ft 4 in; 52 kg/115 lb) McKinney grew up in Squaw Valley, California, the youngest of seven children. She won four medals in the World Championships; bronze medals in the combined (1985, 1987) and slalo

Harry E. Kinney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry E. Kinney: was Mayor of Albuquerque for two terms, from 1974—77 and 1981—1985, as well as Chairman of the City Commission from 1971—1973. Before entering politics, he worked as an engineer; after his retirement from public life, he was a substitute teacher in the Al

John Fitch Kinney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Fitch Kinney: was a prominent American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa, twice as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah and one term as the Territory of Utah's Delegate in the House of R

Robert Crouch Kinney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Crouch Kinney: was an American businessman and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Illinois, he helped found Muscatine, Iowa, before crossing the Oregon Trail and settling in what became Oregon. In Oregon he was a prominent businessman in the mill