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Kangas (surname)
Kangas is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arttu Kangas (born 1993), Finnish athlete * Jeanne Kangas (1940-2023), American lawyer and politician * Jenni Kangas (born 1992), Finnish track and field athlete * Joona Kangas (born 1997), Finnish freestyle skier * Juhani Kangas (born 1998), Finnish professional footballer * Karl Kangas (1886–1966), Finnish wrestler * Kevin Kangas, American film maker * Orvokki Kangas (1921–2000), Finnish politician * Paul Kangas Paul Henry Kangas (April 14, 1937 – February 28, 2017) was the Miami-based co-anchor of the PBS television program ''Nightly Business Report'', a role he held from 1979, when the show was a local PBS program in Miami, through December 31, 2009. ... (1937–2017), American journalist * Steve Kangas (1961–1999), American journalist {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arttu Kangas
Arttu Kangas (born 13 July 1993) is a Finnish athlete specialising in the shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's .... He represented his country at three outdoor and two indoor European Championships without qualifying for the final. His personal bests in the event are 20.30 metres outdoors (Raseborg 2016) and 20.18 metres indoors (Jyväskylä 2017). International competitions References 1993 births Living people Finnish male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Finnish Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Kangas
Jeanne Steele Kangas (August 1940 – January 10, 2023) was an American lawyer and political figure. She was the interim Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party in 2011 and the first woman elected to the Board of Selectmen in Boxborough, Massachusetts. Early life and education Kangas was born in 1940 to Avery Walker Steele and Anne Louise Kirby Steele Atwood. She had a twin sister, Joanne, and two other sisters and a brother. She graduated from Simmons College in 1975 and Suffolk University Law School in 1983. She entered private practice with the firm Arnold & Kangas centered on family law where she worked until 2017. She married Waino Kangas in 1960 and the couple had four children. Politics Kangas worked on the finance committee of the town of Boxborough and ran unsuccessfully twice for State Representative—a position previously held by her father—as a Republican in 1970 and 1972. Kangas was appointed to the Governor's Council on the Status of Women in 1972 and began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenni Kangas
Jenni Pirita Susanna Kangas (born 3 July 1992) is a Finnish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. In 2016, she finished ninth at the European Championships. In 2017, she won bronze at the Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ..., throwing a personal best 60.98 m. She is coached by her father, retired javelin thrower Hannu Kangas. International competitions Personal bests References External links * 1992 births Living people Finnish female javelin throwers Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Finland Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joona Kangas
Joona Kangas (born 28 April 1997) is a Finnish freestyle skier. He competed in the 2015 and 2017 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, and in the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi .... References External links * * * * 1997 births Living people Finnish male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Finland Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics {{Finland-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juhani Kangas
Juhani Kangas (born 27 April 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for RoPS, as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o .... References 1998 births Living people Finnish men's footballers FC Santa Claus players Rovaniemen Palloseura players Veikkausliiga players Kakkonen players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Finland-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Kangas
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Kangas
Kevin Kangas is an American film maker. He is a screenwriter and director of horror films and films about serial killers. Many of his films have been shot in his home state of Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to .... Filmography Writer * ''Red Fish Blue Fish'' (2011) (in production) (writer) * ''Garden of Hedon'' (2011) (co-writer) * ''Bounty'' (2010) (screenplay) * '' Fear of Clowns 2'' (2007) (writer) * '' Fear of Clowns'' (2004) (writer) * '' Hunting Humans'' (2002) (writer) * '' Terrortory'' (writer, segment: ) Producer * '' Terrortory'' (producer, segment: ) * ''Bounty'' (2010) (producer) * ''Fear of Clowns 2'' (2007) (executive producer) * ''Fear of Clowns'' (2004) (producer) * ''Hunting Humans'' (2002) (producer) Director * '' Terrortory'' (2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orvokki Kangas
Ilmi Orvokki Kangas ( Koski; 25 September 1921 – 18 July 2000) was a Finnish politician. She represented Vaasa in the Parliament of Finland from 1970 to 1983 as a member of the Centre Party. From September 1976 to May 1977, she was Finland's second minister of social affairs and health, appointed by Prime Minister Martti Miettunen. Biography Ilmi Orvokki Koski was born on 25 September 1921 in Lohtaja, Finland. Both of her parents were farmers. After briefly studying at the Finnish Youth Institute, a folk high school, she dropped out of school to work at youth associations in Central Ostrobothnia from 1939 to 1943. During World War II, she worked in Vaasa Province as the public education secretary for , an organization that provided aid to civilians. In 1945, Koski became a study secretary at youth associations in South Ostrobothnia, and in 1948 she became the travel secretary of the women's branch of the Agrarian League (now the Centre Party). In 1950, she married farmer Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kangas
Paul Henry Kangas (April 14, 1937 – February 28, 2017) was the Miami-based co-anchor of the PBS television program '' Nightly Business Report'', a role he held from 1979, when the show was a local PBS program in Miami, through December 31, 2009. He was known for signing off each NBR broadcast with "I'm Paul Kangas, wishing all of you the best of good buys" (a pun on "the best of goodbyes"). Career After graduating from the University of Michigan, Kangas entered the United States Coast Guard in the early 1960s and served aboard the USCG Cutter ''Mackinaw''. Later, he served as aide to the admiral in command of the Organization of the United States Coast Guard#Regional responsibilities, 9th Coast Guard District in Cleveland, Ohio. Kangas completed his Coast Guard service in 1963 as a Lieutenant (junior grade). Kangas earned his broker's license after studying at the New York University Stern School of Business. While a stock broker, Kangas began his career as a broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |