Howard Finkel

Biography

Howard Finkel was born on June 7, 1950, in Newark, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. He debuted as a ring announcer at Madison Square Garden on January 17, 1977, and became the World Wide Wrestling Federation's lead ring announcer by 1979. Finkel held the distinction of being WWE's longest-serving employee for 40 years, until his passing in 2020, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.