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Hannes Hannes is a masculine given name and a diminutive of Johannes or Hannibal. Hannes may refer to: *Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) Swedish chemist and Nobel-prize winner * Hannes Aigner (born 1989), German slalom canoeist and Olympic medalist * Hannes ...

, a diminutive of

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

) is a Finnish first name. Notable people with the name include: *

Hannu Aravirta Hannu Aravirta (born 26 March 1953) is a Finnish ice hockey player and an ice hockey coach for the Finnish national men's team, SM-liiga and Elitserien. Career as player Aravirta was born in Savonlinna, and made his first professional appeara ...

(born 1953), Finnish ice hockey player and an ice hockey coach * Hannu Kaislama (born 1956), Finnish boxer *

Hannu Kamppuri Hannu Juhani Kamppuri (born 1 July 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Kamppuri was an accomplished SM-liiga goaltender, where he played from 1975 to 1990, and was one of the first Finnish goaltenders ...

(born 1957), former professional ice hockey goaltender *

Hannu Kapanen Hannu Mauri Antero Kapanen (born March 13, 1951, in Kontiolahti, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Jokerit and HIFK. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. Han ...

(born 1951), former Finnish ice hockey player *

Hannu Manninen Hannu Kalevi Manninen (born 17 April 1978 in Rovaniemi) is a 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 ...

(born 1978), Finnish Nordic combined athlete *

Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola (24 May 1942 − 25 February 2021) was a Finnish champion world 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. Career Mikkola's rally career s ...

(born 1942), retired world champion rally driver *

Hannu Patronen Hannu Patronen (born 23 May 1984) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a centre back. He has previously played as a defensive midfielder, and spent time with the Finnish side FC Honka, Swedish side Helsingborgs IF and Norwegian side Sogn ...

(born 1984), Finnish footballer *

Hannu Rajaniemi Hannu Rajaniemi (born 9 March 1978) is a Finnish American author of science fiction and fantasy, who writes in both English and Finnish. He lives in Oakland, California, and was a founding director of a commercial research organisation ThinkTan ...

(born 1978), Finnish

sci-fi Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universe ...

author *

Hannu Salama Hannu Sulo Salama (born 4 October 1936) is a Finnish author. Biography and work Hannu Salama was born in Kouvola, Kymenlaakso region in Southern Finland. He spent his childhood in the Pispala district of the city of Tampere, in a traditional ...

(born 1936), Finnish author *

Hannu Siitonen Hannu Juhani Siitonen (born 18 March 1949) is a retired Finnish javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predet ...

(born 1949), Finnish athlete *

Hannu Taipale Hannu Taipale (born 22 June 1940 in Veteli) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune statu ...

(born 1940), former Finnish cross country skier *

Hannu Takkula Hannu Aapa Takkula (born 20 November 1963) is a Finnish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. He is a member of the Centre Party of Finland, Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Eu ...

(born 1963), Finnish politician *

Hannu Tihinen Hannu Tihinen (born 1 July 1976) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He has worked since January 2014 as a sports director at the Football Association of Finland. He has played for clubs in Finland, Norway, E ...

(born 1976), Finnish footballer *

Hannu Toivonen Hannu Pekka Toivonen (; born 18 May 1984) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Current goaltending coach for the Toronto Marlies. He played with the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL), th ...

(born 1984), Finnish ice hockey goaltender *

Hannu Touru Hannu Touru (born 1952) is a Finnish football manager. In 1991, Touru was elected as the manager of the year by the Finnish Football Association. He still remains the highest achieving manager in the history of FF Jaro FF Jaro is a Finnish f ...

(born 1952), experienced football manager *

Hannu Virta Hannu Markus Virta (born March 22, 1963, in Turku, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was named the best defenceman in the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga) four times, and was a five-time all-star. He ...

(born 1963), retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman * Hannu Vitanen, fictional Finnish character from the webcomic ''A Redtail's dream.''

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{{given name Finnish masculine given names

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