Fintan is an Irish given name. Notable persons and characters with this name include:
Fintan mac Bóchra, a figure in Irish mythology
Fintan of Clonenagh, a 6th- and 7th-century Irish saint
Saint Fintan Munnu, a 7th-century Irish saint, a disciple of Saint Columba
James Fintan Lalor, (1807–1849) an Irish revolutionary,
Fintan Mundwiler, a 19th-century Swiss Benedictine
Fintan Kilbride (1927–2006), an Irish priest
Fintan McAllister, an Irish cricketer
Fintan Connolly, an Irish film-maker
Fintan Coogan, Snr (1910–1985), an Irish politician
Fintan Coogan, Jnr, an Irish politician
Fintan Cullen, an Irish writer and academic
Fintan Ryan, a British scriptwriter
Fintan Walsh, an Irish gaelic football player
Salmon of Wisdom, an immortal creature in Irish mythology
