Famous People with Name Janne

Janne Mikael Blomqvist            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Janne Mikael Blomqvist: is a retired freestyle sprint swimmer from Finland. Blomqvist competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. His best result was a 12th place with the men's 4×100 metres rreestyle relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Jani Sievinen, Antti Kasvio, and Kalle Varonen.

Janne Hänninen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Janne Hänninen: is a former Finnish speedskater who specialised on the shorter distances 500 m, 1000 m, and 1500 m. His personal bests on these distances are 35.00 (1 December 2001), 1:08.45 (16 February 2002), and 1:46.04 (19 February 2002). He participated in three Oly

Janne Johannes Puurtinen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Janne Johannes Puurtinen: the current keyboard-player in the Finnish rock band, HIM. He was born 17 October 1974, in Helsinki. Burton comes from a family of ballerinas. He tried himself, but it "wasn't really anything for him." He began playing keyboards when he was around 5 years old. His mother motivated him to keep playing by making a hand puppet called "Riku the Piano Dog." If Burton didn't play, Riku the Piano Dog would starve. [1] Burton made his second debut as a temporary member of the band at the concert arranged at the Semifinal Club on 12 January 2001

Janne Mikael Happonen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Janne Mikael Happonen: a Finnish ski jumper. He represents Puijon Hiihtoseura as his ski club.

Janne Lahtela            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Janne Lahtela: a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team. He also is a key founder and sponsor for the IDOne ski company based out of Japan.Lahtela won a gold medal in the moguls final of 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Four years earlier he had taken a silver medal in front of his cousin Sami Mustonen, who took bronze. He has also won the moguls skiing World Cup five times and became a World Champion in 1999.

Capitaine Jean-François Jannekeyn            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Capitaine Jean-François Jannekeyn: was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He also competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics as a fencer.