Famous People with Name Minna

Minna Canth            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Minna Canth: was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations. Her play "The Pastor's Family" is her best known. In her time, she became a controversial figure, due to the asynchrony between her ideas and those of her time, and in part due to her strong advocacy for her point of view.

Minna Vehmasto            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Minna Vehmasto: is a retired Finnish high jumper.She finished twelfth at the 1983 World Championships. She became Finnish champion in 1980, 1981 and 1983.

Minna Jørgensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Minna Jørgensen: was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 28 films between 1939 and 1964.

Minna Aaltonen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Minna Aaltonen: is a Finnish actress who has played Marianne in London's Burning, Ingrid Coates in Dream Team and she has appeared in Kotikatu, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe and Lexx and also features on beer ads in Ireland.[1] She also appeared in a small part as a newsreader in James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.[1] She hosted Gladiaattorit (Finnish Gladiators) in 1994.

Minna Turunen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Minna Turunen: is a Finnish actress. Turunen has graduated from the line of actor work of Theatre Institute of Higher Education in year 1994. Minna Turunen has 17-year-old son Roope. Turunen she salatut elämät pictures year 2006, but television year 2007.

Maria Minna            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maria Minna: is a Canadian politician who represented the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party from 1993 to 2011.Minna sought the Liberal nomination for the riding of York West in 1984. She lost to Sergio Marchi.She also tried to get nominated in the riding of York North in 1988 but lost to Maurizio Bevilacqua. The York North nomination fight turned ugly amidst claims of delegate stacking and improper procedures. Minna later appealed the nomination but withdrew the complaint claiming that the appeal process was tainted.

Greg Minnaar            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Greg Minnaar: is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling. Greg first started to get noticed as a world class downhill racer at the age of 17, in 1999, racing select World Cups (including one in his home country of South Africa,