Kangas is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arttu Kangas (born 1993), Finnish athlete
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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, Mass ...
(1940-2023), American lawyer and politician
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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 Univers ...
(born 1992), Finnish track and field athlete
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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 n ...
(born 1997), Finnish freestyle skier
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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 ...
(born 1998), Finnish professional footballer
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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 Austria ...
(1886–1966), Finnish wrestler
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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 ...
, American film maker
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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 ...
(1921–2000), Finnish politician
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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
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Steve Kangas
Steve Kangas (''Steven Robert Esh'', May 11, 1961 – February 8, 1999) was a journalist, political activist and chess teacher known for his website ''Liberalism Resurgent'' and highly political usenet postings. His stay in Berlin turned him from ...
(1961–1999), American journalist
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Finnish-language surnames