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Suomi (surname)
Suomi is a surname literally meaning "Finland/Finnish" in Finnish language. Notable people with this surname include: * Al Suomi (1913–2014), American ice hockey player *Damion Suomi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *Eemeli Suomi Eemeli Suomi (born 4 December 1995) is a Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for Ilves of the Finnish Liiga. In the 2019-20 season, Suomi's 26 goals scored tied for third in Liiga with Lauri Pajuniemi, behind just Julius Nättinen an ... (born 1995), Finnish ice hockey player * Heidi Suomi (born 1975), Finnish sprinter * John Suomi (born 1980), Canadian baseball player * Stephen Suomi, American psychologist * Verner E. Suomi (1915–1995), Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist {{surname, Suomi Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Suomi
Albert William Suomi (October 29, 1913 – September 23, 2014) was an American NHL player, who played with the Chicago Black Hawks for the 1936–37 NHL season. Although he did not aspire to play at a professional level, Suomi nevertheless spent his young life playing hockey and was eventually scouted while playing with friends. Suomi began his career playing for the Chicago Baby Ruth team in 1934, a marketing ploy started by the company that produced the candy of the same name. In 1936, he joined a minor league team in Detroit, Michigan and, based on his experiences with the Chicago Baby Ruth team, was deemed too professional to be eligible for the 1936 United States Olympic ice hockey team. Suomi's sole season with the National Hockey League came as a result of another marketing ploy, this time on the part of the Chicago Black Hawks. Having benched all of his Canadian players, the manager declared his intent to field a team composed entirely of American players. Suomi was select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damion Suomi
Damion Suomi is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He currently resides in Cocoa Beach, Florida Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,539 at the 2018 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The first non-native .... Music career Suomi began singing in church as a child and later took up the guitar after his parents' divorce as a means to feel more connected to his father, who also played guitar. Suomi attended Bible college for a year before choosing to take a new direction with his life: "They give the students this great experience, but then I realized later that I was having the same experiences at concerts and bars, where there's this collective conscious, you're surrounded by the people you love, everyone's singing songs, and something just clicks. It's completely the same feeling." Beginning songwriting in his early twenties, Suom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eemeli Suomi
Eemeli Suomi (born 4 December 1995) is a Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for Ilves of the Finnish Liiga. In the 2019-20 season, Suomi's 26 goals scored tied for third in Liiga with Lauri Pajuniemi, behind just Julius Nättinen and Justin Danforth Justin Danforth (born March 15, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who can also play as a winger. He currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the ECHL Rookie of the Year in 2018 .... References External links * 1995 births Living people Ilves players Finnish ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Tampere {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Suomi
Heidi Suomi (born 2 January 1975) is a Finnish sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References 1975 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Finnish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Finland Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters Finnish Athletics Championships winners {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Suomi
John Richard Suomi (born October 5, 1980) is a Canadian former professional baseball player. Career Suomi attended University College of the Cariboo. The Oakland Athletics selected Suomi in the 22nd round of the 2000 MLB draft. He played in the minor league system of the Athletics through 2004, missed 2005 because of injury and then played in the organizations of the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals. International career Suomi played for the Canadian national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike .... References External links 1980 births Living people Arizona League Athletics players Baseball catchers Baseball players from Toronto Canadian expatriate baseball players in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Suomi
Stephen J. Suomi is chief of the Laboratory of Comparative Ethology at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in Bethesda, Maryland. He is also a research professor at the University of Virginia, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University. He is involved with the Experience-based Brain & Biological Development Program, launched in 2003 by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research."Profile for Stephen Suomi" Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Suomi was elected as a Fellow of the for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verner E
Verner may refer to: * Verner (name), a given name and a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Verner, Ontario, a town in Canada * Verner's law, historical sound change in the Proto-Germanic language * Verner Motor, a Czech aircraft engine manufacturer **Verner JCV 360, a Czech aircraft engine design **Verner VM 133 The Verner VM 133 is a family of Czech two cylinder, horizontally opposed, four stroke aircraft engines, designed and built by Verner Motor of Šumperk.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'' ..., a Czech aircraft engine design See also * Werner (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |