Famous People with Name Petri

Petri Hiltunen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Petri Hiltunen: a Finnish cartoonist and illustrator. Hiltunen has produced work in a variety of genres, but is most notable for his fantasy and horror work. He has won the prestigious Puupäähattu award in 2002, which is regarded as the highest honour for finnish comic artists. He is also a well known figure in Finnish science fiction fandom and a regular panelist and guest of honour at conventions, such as Finncon.

Petri Ilari Walli            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Petri Ilari Walli: was the founder, vocalist, guitar-player, songwriter and producer of the Finnish psychedelic rock-band Kingston Wall.Petri (aka Pete) founded the band called Kingston Wall in 1987, and he was the spirit behind the whole band. They came out with three albums in 1992, 1993 and 1994, and broke up in December the same year as the last album was released. The break-up was Walli's idea, as he wanted Kingston Wall to be on a hiatus for an unspecified time. After the break-up Petri travelled to Goa, India, where he had been many times before with his friend Ior Bock. (There is not much written text about Petri's and Ior's friendship, so nobody knows exactly how good friends they were). He died by jumping off a church-roof in Töölö, Helsinki the following summer.[1] Walli was later buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery, only about one kilometer away from his place of death.

Petri Skriko            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Petri Skriko: a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player, best remembered for his seasons starring in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks in the late 1980s. He is currently a scout for the Washington Capitals.Skriko was a teenage phenom in Finland for his hometown club SaiPa Lappeenranta as he emerged as a star at the age of 18 and was named the SM-Liiga Rookie of the Year in 1981. That summer, he was drafted into the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks as the 157th pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Petri Haapimaa            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Petri Haapimaa: is a Finnish professional football defender who currently plays for PK-35 in Helsinki in Finland.

Petri Jalava            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Petri Jalava: is a Finnish football (soccer) central defender. He currently plays for PK-35.

Heather Petri            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Heather Petri: is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her position is attacker.

Michael Petri            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Michael Petri: is a German footballer who plays as a striker for FC Homburg. Petri has spent much of his career in the South-west region, but also played for VfL Osnabrück, for whom he made 25 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga.

August Petri            Origin/Culture/Country: German

August Petri: was a German Olympic fencer.

Carl Adam Petri            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carl Adam Petri: was a German mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Leipzig. Petri nets were invented in August 1939 by Carl Adam Petri – at the age of 13 – for the purpose of describing chemical processes.[2][citation needed] In 1941 his father told him ab

Michael Zachary Petri            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Zachary Petri: is an American rugby union scrum-half who plays for Newport Gwent Dragons. He joined the Dragons from Sale Sharks after a lack of game time for the Premiership side. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the s