Famous People with Name Onn

Onn Bin Ja'afar            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Onn Bin Ja'afar: was a Malay politician and a Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Johore in Malaysia, then Malaya. He was the founder of United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and was also responsible for the social economic welfare of the Malays by setting up the Rural Industrial Development Authority (RIDA). His son was Tun Hussein Onn, the third Prime Minister of Malaysia and his grandson is Hishammuddin Hussein, currently the Minister of Home Affairs in the Malaysian Cabinet.

Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn: is a Malaysian politician and the former Minister of Human Resources in the Malaysian federal cabinet. He is also one of the four vice-presidents of the Malaysian Chinese Association, a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Tõnu Õnnepalu            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Tõnu Õnnepalu: is an Estonian poet and author. Õnnepalu studied biology at the University of Tartu from 1980 to 1985. He began his writing career as a poet in 1985 and has published three collections of his works.

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: was a Dutch physicist. His scientific career was spent exploring extremely cold refrigeration techniques and the associated phenomena.

Delio Onnis            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Delio Onnis: a retired Argentine football forward. He was nicknamed "el Tano" (the Italian) in Argentina.He is still today the French championship highest scorer, scoring 299 goals from 1972 to 1986 for Stade de Reims, AS Monaco FC, Tours FC and Sporting Toulon Var.he however, has Argentine citizenship and began his career in Argentina. He was the star striker in the successful team of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata that finished third in 1970, known as "La Barredora" ("The Sweeper"). He joined Stade de Reims in 1971, which was a far less successful team than the one of fifteen years earlier and they struggled in Division 1. He then played for AS Monaco FC for seven years