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Conny is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:


Given name


Men

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Conny Andersson (footballer) Conny Andersson (born 8 April 1945) is a Swedish former footballer. Andersson was known as the "Butcher of Hardeberga". When he transferred from IFK Malmö to Malmö FF in 1971 he became Sweden's most expensive football transfer. Honours Club ...
(born 1945), Swedish former footballer * Conny Andersson (racing driver) (born 1939), Swedish former racing driver * Conny Johansson (born 1971), Swedish former football goalkeeper *
Conny Karlsson (footballer) Conny Karlsson (born 21 November 1953) is a Swedish football manager who lastly coached the women's team of Stattena IF. Career Born in Oskarshamn, he played for local club IFK Oskarshamn before moving to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg, where he ...
(born 1953), Swedish football manager and former player *
Conny Karlsson (shot putter) Conny Karlsson (born 30 December 1975 in Dragsfjärd, Finland) is a 195-cm tall former Finnish shot putter, who competed for Pargas IF. His personal best in the men's shot put currently stands at 20.78 m, which he put on 4 August 2001 in the ...
(born 1975), Finnish shot putter * Conny Månsson (born 1980), Swedish football goalkeeper * Conny Nimmersjö (born 1967), Swedish musician * Conny Öhman (1950–2010), Swedish politician * Conny Rosén (born 1971), Swedish former football goalkeeper * Conny Strömberg (born 1975), Swedish ice hockey player *
Conny Torstensson Jan Conny Torstensson (born 28 August 1949) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He represented Åtvidabergs FF, Bayern Munich, and FC Zürich during a career that spanned between 1967 and 1980. A f ...
(born 1949), Swedish former footballer


Women

* Conny Aerts (born 1966), Belgian astrophysicist *
Conny van Bentum Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 12 August 1965, in Barneveld) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Van Bentum competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980 ...
(born 1965), Dutch former swimmer * Conny Helder (born 1958), Dutch healthcare manager, Minister for Long-term Care and Sport since 2022 *
Conny Perrin Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. Perrin has won 13 singles titles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of pro ...
(born 1990), Swiss tennis player * Conny Pohlers (born 1978), German former footballer * Conny Schmalfuss (born 1975), German diver *
Conny Waßmuth Conny Waßmuth (also spelled Wassmuth; born 4 April 1983 in Halle an der Saale) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Waßmuth also won eight ...
(born 1983), German sprint canoer


Nickname


Men

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Conny Bauer Konrad "Conny" Bauer (born 4 July 1943) is a German free jazz trombonist. He is the brother of the trombonist Johannes Bauer. As a student at senior high school in Sonneberg between 1957 and 1961, he was enthusiastic about modern music and danc ...
(born 1943), German trombone player *
Conny Doyle Cornelius J. Doyle (1862–1931) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played in the Majors in 1883 and 1884 for the Philadelphia Quakers and Pittsburgh Alleghenys The following is a history of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseb ...
(1862–1931), Irish-born Major League Baseball player *
Conrad Heidkamp Conrad "Conny" Heidkamp (27 September 1905 – 6 March 1994) was a German footballer who played as a defender for Düsseldorfer SC 99 and Bayern Munich Between 1927 and 1930, he won 9 caps with the Germany national team, scoring one goal. He ...
(1905–1994), German footballer *
Conny Mus Coenraad Willem "Conny" Mus (21 October 1950 – 20 August 2010) was a Dutch journalist, known as a correspondent for ''RTL Nieuws'' in Israel and the Middle East. Biography Conny Mus was born in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. After elementary ...
(1950–2010), Dutch journalist *
Conny Palm Conrad "Conny" Palm (1907–1951) was a Swedish electrical engineer and statistician, known for several contributions to teletraffic engineering and queueing theory. Rolf B. HaugenThe life and work of Conny Palm – some personal comments and ex ...
(1907–1951), Swedish electrical engineer and statistician *
Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was invol ...
(1940–1987), German record producer and musician *
Conny van Rietschoten Cornelis "Conny" van Rietschoten (23 March 1926 – 17 December 2013) was a Dutch yacht skipper who was the only skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race twice. Background Born in Rotterdam, Van Rietschoten had been sailing since he w ...
(1926–2013), Dutch yacht skipper * Conrad Schnitzler (1937–2011), German experimental musician *
Conny Varela José Manuel "Conny" Varela Fernández (born February 13, 1954) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 1997 representing District 32 ...
(born 1954), Puerto Rican politician *
Conny Veit Wolf Conrad "Conny" Veit (born 5 June 1949) was a German musician, singer, composer and painter, best known for his appearances in Gila and Popol Vuh. His main instrument was the guitar. His name was misspelled "Conny Veidt" in Gila's first album ...
(born 1949), German musician, singer, composer and painter


Women

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Conny Nxumalo Constance Glerah "Conny" Nxumalo (18 February 1967 – 22 August 2020) was a South African social worker and government official, sometimes referred to as "South Africa's Chief Social Worker". Early life Constance Glerah Nxumalo was born in ...
(1967–2020), South African social worker and government official


Stage name

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Conny Bloom Conny Bloom is the stage name for Ulf Conny Blomqvist, (born 23 November 1964 in Stockholm) who is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman for the funk metal band, Electric Boys. Bloom also served a stint as a gui ...
, Swedish guitarist and songwriter Ulf Conny Blomqvist, (born 1964) *
Conny Méndez Juana María de la Concepción Méndez Guzmán, commonly referred as Conny Méndez (11 April 1898 – 26 November 1979) was a Venezuelan composer, singer, writer, caricaturist, actress and metaphysicist. Her parents were the poet Eugenio Mendez ...
(1898–1979), Venezuelan composer, singer, writer, caricaturist, actress and metaphysicist *
Conny Vandenbos Jacoba Adriana Hollestelle (16 January 1937 – 7 April 2002), known professionally as Conny Vandenbos, was a popular Dutch singer. She had her first radio hit in 1966 and continued to make hit recordings throughout the 1970s. She represented the ...
, Dutch singer Jacoba Adriana Hollestelle (1937–2002) * Conny, stage name of
Cornelia Froboess Cornelia Froboess (; born 28 October 1943) is a German actress and a teen idol of the 1950s and early 1960s. During that time, Froboess appeared in many West German and Austrian musical films, especially after the rock and roll wave had hit Germa ...
(born 1943), German actress


Surname

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John Canoe John Canoe, also known as January Conny, (died circa 1725) was the European name given to an Akan warrior from Axim, Ghana. He was a chief of the Ahanta people in the early 18th century, who established a stronghold in the defunct Fort Frederick ...
(died c. 1725), also known as January Conny, European name given to an Ahanta chief from Axim, Ghana * Robert Conny (1646?–1713), English physician


See also

* Socker-Conny, a comic book character created by Joakim Pirinen *
Conrad (disambiguation) Conrad may refer to: People * Conrad (name) Places United States * Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Iowa, a city * Conrad, Montana, a city * Conrad Glacier, Washingt ...
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Cornelia (disambiguation) Cornelia may refer to: People *Cornelia (name), a feminine given name *Cornelia (gens), a Roman family Places *425 Cornelia, the asteroid ''Cornelia'', a main-belt asteroid ;Italy *Cornelia (Rome Metro), an underground station on Rome Metro *Via ...
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