Famous People with Name Olavi

Olavi Virta            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Virta: was a Finnish singer, acclaimed as the king of Finnish tango.[1] Between 1939 and 1966 he recorded almost 600 songs, many of which are classics of Finnish popular music, and appeared in many films and theatrical productions. Of his most acclaimed tangos are Punatukkaiselle tytölleni, Ennen kuolemaa and Täysikuu, while standouts from his other popular music are Poika varjoisalta kujalta, Hopeinen kuu (Guarda Che Luna), Eva and Kultainen nuoruus. He was also the second tenor of the quartet Kipparikvartetti in the early 1950s. At the beginning of his career he received three gold records for the songs Ennen kuolemaa, Tulisuudelma and La Cumparsita. Olavi Virta's career was cut short by a scandalous arrest for drunken driving in 1962, after which the press mockingly called him "The Singing Meatball." Ten years later he succumbed to alcoholism, living his final years in poverty.

Olavi Paavolainen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Paavolainen: was a Finnish essayist, journalist, travel book writer, poet, and cosmopolitan. He often went under the pseudonym of Olavi Lauri. Paavolainen was the central figure of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Flame Bearers) and one of the most influential literary opinion leaders between the two World wars in Finland. He represented liberal and Europe oriented views of culture and had an eclectic eye for new ideas.In the late 1920s Paavolainen praised urban life, technology, and roaring cars in his works centering around modernism as the Italian Futurist poet F.T. Marinetti (1876-1944) had done two decades earlier. In the 1930s and 1940s he published a number of works that controversially criticised the members of the Nazi cabinet in Germany and later the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

Olavi "Olli" Huttunen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi "Olli" Huttunen: is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is currently the head coach of Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Haka and the goalkeeping coach of the Finnish national team.

Olavi Litmanen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Litmanen: is the father of the Finnish football player Jari Olavi Litmanen. He was also Finnish international footballer and played for Reipas all his career.

Olavi Mäenpää            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Mäenpää: is a Finnish politician and chairman of Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, a far right political party. He has been a member of the city council of Turku, his home city, since 1992.In the municipal election of 2004, Mäenpää received a total of 2,208 votes, more