Leppänen is a Finnish surname. It can be both a traditional surname and a new, acquired surname of

Virtanen type The Virtanen type Finnish surnames are the surnames that became popular in the 19th century in western Finland and that are formed by combining of a word related to nature (but not an animal) with the suffix ''wikt:-nen, -nen''. The name of the ty ...

derived from the word ''leppä''. Pirjo Mikkonen, Sirkka Paikkala, ''Sukunimet'', Otava, 2000. ISBN 951-1-14936-9. Notable people with the surname include: *

Antti Leppänen Antti Kalervo Leppänen (November 23, 1947 – August 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the SM-liiga. Born in Tampere, he played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hocke ...

(1947–2015), Finnish ice hockey player *

Glory Leppänen Glory Leppänen ( Renvall; 28 November 1901 — 26 October 1979) was a Finnish actress, theatre and film director, and writer. She was the first Finnish woman film director. Personal life Glory Renvall was born in Paris to a wealthy Finnish fa ...

(1901–1979), Finnish actress, director and writer * Kaisu Leppänen (1904–1993), Finnish actress *

Kari Leppänen Kari Tapio Leppänen (born September 1, 1945) is a Finnish comic strip artist who has worked on the Phantom comic since 1979. Leppänen's career started in the magazine ''Sarjis''. This was a magazine with only Finnish series. He wrote science fict ...

(born 1945), Finnish comic strip artist *

Reijo Leppänen Reijo Kalevi Leppänen (born 8 November 1951 in Turku, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hoc ...

(born 1951), Finnish ice hockey player *

Sulo Leppänen Sulo Leppänen (15 January 1916 – 12 March 2015) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an interna ...

(1916–2015), Finnish wrestler

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leppanen Finnish surnames of Virtanen type

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