Famous People with Name Konni

Konni Zilliacus            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Konni Zilliacus: was a left-wing Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Zilliacus was born on 13 September 1894 in Japan, where his parents, Finland-Swedish Konrad Viktor (Konni) Zilliacus (1855–1924), a prominent activist for a Finland independent of Russia, and A

Martti Erik (Erkki) Ala-Könni            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Martti Erik (Erkki) Ala-Könni: was a Finnish ethnomusicologist, researcher, and recorder of Finnish folklore. He received a doctorate degree in folk music in 1956 from the University of Helsinki with a dissertation "Die Polska-Tänze in Finnland (Suomalainen Polska - in Finnish)" and directed the Department of Folk Tradition (currently the Department of Music Anthropology) of the University of Tampere in 1965–1976. Ala-Könni accumulated a significant collection of traditional Finnish musical instruments, folk music, and hymns, and took more than 100,000 folklore related photograph slides and negatives.[1] Together with Martti Pokela he contributed to the revival of the Finnish traditional musical instrument Kantele when folk music began its resurgence in the 1960s.

Mike Konnick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mike Konnick: (born January 13, 1889 in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania - died July 9, 1971 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a major league baseball player and scout and a minor league manager.

Alf Konningen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Alf Konningen: was a Norwegian alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he finished eighth in the alpine skiing combined event.