Famous People with Name Hannu

Hannu Kapanen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Kapanen: is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.

Hannu Toivonen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Toivonen: is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Peoria Rivermen in the American Hockey League.

Hannu Virta            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Virta: is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was named the best defenceman in the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga) four times, and was a five-time all-star.

Hannu Tihinen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Tihinen: is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League. Tihinen started his career with KePs in the lower divisions before moving to Veikkausliiga club HJK for the 1997 season. He won both the Finnish championship and Finnish

Hannu Turunen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Hannu Turunen: is a former Finnish footballer. Turunen played for Koparit and KuPS during his club career, also making 66 appearances for the Finland national football team, scoring 3 goals.

Marko Juhani Yli-Hannuksela            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Marko Juhani Yli-Hannuksela: is a former Finnish wrestler from Ilmajoki. His most notable accomplishments are his two Olympic medals and a world championship in greco-roman wrestling. After failing to qualify for 2008 Olympic Games, he decided to retire in August 2008.

Mika Stefan Hannula            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Mika Stefan Hannula: is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.

Alexander Murray Hannum            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Murray Hannum: was a professional basketball player and Hall-of-Fame coach.Hannum is mostly known for coaching the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia 76ers of 1966-67 to the NBA championship, ending the eight-year title streak of the Boston Celtics. He had also coached the Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks team to the 1958 NBA Championship over the Celtics in the NBA Finals, thus making him the first of only three head coaches in NBA history to win championships with two different teams (the other two are Phil Jackson and Pat Riley). The aforementioned seasons were the only two in Celtics center Bill Russell's 13-year career in which he did not win an NBA championship. In 1964, Hannum was named NBA Coach of the Year while with the San Francisco Warriors.