Famous People with Name Hannu

Hannu Juhani Kamppuri            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Juhani Kamppuri: but is probably best known in North America for being one of the first Finnish goaltenders to compete in the National Hockey League, where he played 13 games for the New Jersey Devils. He also appeared in net for the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association, as well as various minor league teams.

Hannu Olavi Mikkola            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Olavi Mikkola: a retired world champion rally driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times.Mikkola's rally career spanned 31 years, starting with a Volvo PV 544 in 1963, but his most successful period was during the 1970s and 1980s. The 1970s saw Mikkola a frontrunner in many international events, usually in a Ford Escort, and 1979 he made a serious challenge at the World Rally Championship title, ultimately finishing runner-up only one point behind champion Björn Waldegård.

Hannu Kalevi Manninen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Kalevi Manninen: a retired Finnish nordic combined athlete. Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal. Three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the age of 23. He has five other Nordic skiing World Championships medals, earning three golds (4 x 5 km team: 1999, 2007 and 7.5 km sprint: 2007) and two bronzes (4 x 5 km team: 2001, 2003). He has two other Olympic team medals as well (silver: 1998, bronze: 2006).

Hannu Haarala            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Haarala: is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Honka.

Hannu Patronen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Patronen: is a Finnish footballer who is best known as a central defender despite his history as a defensive midfielder. He made 47 caps for his Finnish club side FC Honka before agreeing on a move to Swedish Premier Division outfit Helsingborgs IF on July 12, 2008

Marko Juhani Yli-Hannuksela            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Marko Juhani Yli-Hannuksela: is a former Finnish wrestler from Ilmajoki. His most notable accomplishments are his two Olympic medals and a world championship in greco-roman wrestling. After failing to qualify for 2008 Olympic Games, he decided to retire in August 2008.

Mika Stefan Hannula            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Mika Stefan Hannula: is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.

Alexander Murray Hannum            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Murray Hannum: was a professional basketball player and Hall-of-Fame coach.Hannum is mostly known for coaching the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia 76ers of 1966-67 to the NBA championship, ending the eight-year title streak of the Boston Celtics. He had also coached the Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks team to the 1958 NBA Championship over the Celtics in the NBA Finals, thus making him the first of only three head coaches in NBA history to win championships with two different teams (the other two are Phil Jackson and Pat Riley). The aforementioned seasons were the only two in Celtics center Bill Russell's 13-year career in which he did not win an NBA championship. In 1964, Hannum was named NBA Coach of the Year while with the San Francisco Warriors.