Juha is a masculine given name of Finnish origin derived from

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 '' Y ...

(or

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

in English language contexts). Notable people with the name include: *

Juha Alén Juha Alén (born October 25, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the SM-liiga for Ilves, Espoo Blues Lukko and Lukko and also played in the American Hockey League for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, the Swedish H ...

, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Gustafsson, Finnish ice hockey player *

Juha Hakola Juha Pekka Hakola (born 27 October 1987) is a Finnish professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Grankulla IFK in the Kakkonen. Club career Hakola played two seasons for FC Flora Tallinn. Hakola ...

, Finnish association footballer * Juha Harju, Finnish singer * Juha Haukkala, Finnish freestyle skier *

Juha Hautamäki Juha Hautamäki (born 8 June 1982) is a Finnish former motorcycle speedway rider, who is four times champions of Finland. Career Hautamäki is a four times national champion of Finland after winning the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship ...

, Finnish speedway rider *

Juha Helppi } Juha Helppi (born 4 March 1977) is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki. Career Juha was originally a croupier. He worked as a dealer for RAY in Finland but never dealt poker. He made a name for himself in the first World Poker ...

, Finnish poker player *

Juha Hernesniemi (18 October 1947 – 25 June 2023) was a Finnish neurosurgeon and professor emeritus of the neurosurgery department in Helsinki. was born in on 18 October 1947. He had a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases that are surgically amena ...

, Finnish neurosurgeon and professor *

Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi (born 25 March 1960 in Kymi) is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the silver medal in men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won two silver medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships. He ...

, Finnish sport shooter * Juha Hurme, Finnish playwright, director and writer * Juha Ikonen, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Isolehto, Finnish high jumper *

Juha Janhunen Juha Antero Janhunen (born 12 February 1952) is a Finnish linguist whose wide interests include Uralic and Mongolic languages. Since 1994, he has been Professor in East Asian studies at the University of Helsinki. He has done fieldwork on Samo ...

, Finnish linguist * Juha Jokela, Finnish playwright and scriptwriter *

Juha Järvenpää Juha Järvenpää (born May 11, 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for Dornbirn Bulldogs in Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Juha Kankkunen Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen (; born 2 April 1959) is a Finnish former rally driver. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1983 to 2002. He won 23 world rallies and four drivers' world championship titles, which we ...

, Finnish former rally driver *

Juha Kaunismäki Juha Pekka Kaunismäki (born 6 May 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish-born Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently plays with Stavanger Oilers of the Norway's elite GET-ligaen. Career Kaunismäki began playing in Finlan ...

, Finnish-born Norwegian ice hockey defenseman * Juha Kilpiä, Finnish diplomat and former military officer *

Juha Kivi Juha Kivi (born 26 January 1964 in Orivesi) is a retired Finnish long jumper. He became Finnish champion in 1989 and 1993. His personal best jump was 8.02 metres, achieved in August 1989 in Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regio ...

, Finnish long jumper *

Juha Kylmänen Juha Kylmänen (born 20 January 1981) is a Finnish singer who is the lead vocalist of gothic metal bands For My Pain... and Reflexion. Discography Studio albums * '' A Virgin and a Whore'' (2001, with Eternal Tears of Sorrow) * ''Fallen'' ...

, Finnish singer *

Juha Lallukka Juha Lallukka (born 27 October 1979 in Kouvola) is a Finnish cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2018. He finished 34th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lallukka's best fi ...

, Finnish cross-country skier *

Juha Laukkanen Juha Lauri Laukkanen (born 6 January 1969 in Pielavesi) is a retired male javelin thrower from Finland. His personal best throw is 88.22 metres, achieved in June 1992 in Kuortane. Remarkably, two of Laukkanen's throws have resulted in injuries to ...

, Finnish javelin thrower *

Juha Leimu Juha Leimu (born January 30, 1983, in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Playing career Leimu made his SM-liiga debut in 2009–10 when he was offered an eight-game trial period with Tappara having spent t ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Juha Leiviskä Juha Ilmari Leiviskä (17 March 1936 – 9 November 2023) was a Finnish architect and designer. He was especially known for his churches and other sacral buildings. Life and career The son of engineer Toivo Ilmari Leiviskä and teacher Sonj ...

, Finnish architect *

Juha Leskinen Twilightning was a Finnish power metal band from Imatra, which formed in 1998. They disbanded in June 2009. Biography Twilightning formed in 1998, consisting of guitarists Tommi Sartanen and Ville Wallenius, bassist Jussi Kainulainen, and drumme ...

, Finnish band member of Twilightning *

Juha Lind Juha Petteri Lind (born 2 January 1974 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Lind started his career with Jokerit his hometown team. He was drafted 178th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1992 NH ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Juha Malinen Juha Malinen (born 16 July 1958) is a Finnish association football, football coach with a total of 20 seasons at the highest level. Malinen most recently managed Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat, KTP. Managerial career Malinen wa ...

, Finnish football manager *

Juha Mannerkorpi Juha Mannerkorpi (1915, Ashtabula, Ohio - 1980) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize awarded to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named afte ...

, Finnish writer *

Juha Metsola Juha Antero Metsola (born February 24, 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for EHC Kloten of the National League (NL). Playing career Prior to the 2018–19 season, Metsola joined Salavat Yulaev Ufa as a fr ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Juha Metsäperä Juha Metsäperä (born 1979) is a Finnish pop singer and songwriter. He became known with his debut album ''Pienen hetken'' in 2006 and went on tour with his band through Finland, playing 150 gigs in a year. He has also participated in the songw ...

, Finnish singer and songwriter *

Juha Mieto Juha Iisakki Mieto (born 20 November 1949) is a Finland, Finnish former Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier, who was born in Kurikka. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won five medals, including a gold medal ...

, Finnish cross-country skier and politician *

Juha Pajuoja Juha-Pekka Pajuoja (born 31 March 1967, in Tampere) is a Finnish former ice hockey player and current coach. Pajuoja was the coach of the HC TPS in Liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish ...

, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer * Juha Pekka Alanen, Finnish record producer * Juha Peltola, Finnish orienteer * Juha Pentikäinen, Finnish university professor and folklorist * Juha Pirinen, Finnish footballer * Juha Pitkämäki, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Plosila, Finnish long jumper * Juha Rantasila, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Rehula, Finnish politician *

Juha Reini Juha Reini (born 19 March 1975) is a Finnish marketing director, sports executive and former professional footballer who played as a defender. Playing career A versatile defender, Reini started his professional career in Finland with Veikkausli ...

, Finnish footballer * Juha Riihijärvi, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Riippa, Finnish footballer * Juha Ruusuvuori, Finnish writer *

Juha Salminen Juha Salminen (born 27 September 1976 in Vantaa) is a Finland, Finnish former professional motorcycle enduro racer. He is a 13-time World Enduro Championship, World Enduro Champion (including the overall world championship titles from 2000 to 200 ...

, Finnish motorcycle racer * Juha Salo, Finnish rally driver * Juha Sihvola, Finnish historian and philosopher *

Juha Sipilä Juha Petri Sipilä (; born 25 April 1961) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2019. A relative newcomer to politics, he has a successful background in business. He was the leader of the Centre Party fr ...

, Finnish politician and 44th Prime Minister of Finland * Juha Soukiala, Finnish footballer *

Juha Suoranta Juha Suoranta (born 24 February 1966 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish social scientist, and public intellectual. He is currently professor in adult education at the University of Tampere. Previously he worked as professor of education at the Unive ...

, Finnish scientist *

Juha Tapio (born 5 February 1974) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and guitarist. His album (2003) sold gold and the album (2006) reached platinum. He is married to , and together they have two sons, and . won the Best Male Vocalist Emma-gaala, Emma ...

, Finnish musician *

Juha K. Tapio Juha K. Tapio (born October 17, 1957) is a Finnish writer and critic whose only novel, ''Frankensteinin muistikirja'' (Frankenstein's Notebook, 1996; no foreign translations thus far have been published) was awarded the Helsingin Sanomat Literary ...

, Finnish writer and critic *

Juha Tiainen Juha Tiainen (December 5, 1955 in Uukuniemi – April 27, 2003 in Lappeenranta) was a hammer thrower from Finland who won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and com ...

, Finnish athletics competitor *

Juha Toivonen Juha Toivonen (born June 10, 1987) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. His is currently an Unrestricted Free Agent who most recently played with Mikkelin Jukurit in the Finnish Mestis. Toivonen made his SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially cal ...

, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Tuomi, Finnish footballer * Juha Turunen, Finnish lawyer and convicted felon * Juha Uotila, Finnish ice hockey player *

Juha Väätäinen Juha Väätäinen (born 12 July 1941) is a Finnish former athlete. He is the winner of the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter gold medals at the 1971 European Championships, held in Helsinki. He was the eldest of the successful Finnish runners, the o ...

, Finnish athlete, teacher, painter and politician *

Juha Vainio Juha Harri "Junnu" Vainio, also known as Juha "Watt" Vainio (10 May 1938 in Kotka, Finland – 29 October 1990, Gryon, Switzerland) was a Finnish lyricist, singer, composer and teacher. With the lyrics or music to over 2,400 songs to his name, ...

, Finnish lyricist, singer, composer and teacher *

Juha Valjakkala Nikita Bergenström (formerly Juha Veikko Valjakkala, Aslak Valdemar Ahonen, and Nikita Joakim Fouganthine; 13 June 1965 – 27 February 2023) was a Finnish murderer convicted of the triple murder of a family in the northern Swedish community ...

, Finnish murderer * Juha Valkama, Finnish ice dancer * Juha Varto, Finnish philosopher * Juha Widing, Swedish ice hockey player *

Juha Ylönen Juha Petteri Ylönen (born February 13, 1972) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected by the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the fifth round, 91st overall, of the 1991 NHL entry draft. He played ...

, Finnish ice hockey player

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