Famous People with Name Venne

Venne "Verner" Järvinen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Venne "Verner" Järvinen: was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.He competed for Finland in the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in the discus throw - Greek style where he won the gold medal. In the same games he won the bronze medal in the discus. Then two years later at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the discus throw - Greek style where he won the bronze medal.

Adriaen Pietersz Van De Venne            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adriaen Pietersz Van De Venne: was a versatile Dutch Baroque painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires and a versifier.

Pierrette Venne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pierrette Venne: was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2003. By career, she worked in law. Venne was elected in the Saint-Hubert electoral district under the Progressive Conservative party in the 1988 general election. The riding was recently created from a restructuring of two former ridings. She was re-elected in Saint-Hubert in the 1993 general election, and was also re-elected in 1997 and 2000 when the riding was renamed Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert. Her term of office would cover the 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th Canadian Parliaments. She left the Conservatives to join the Bloc Québécois party on 12 August 1991. On 7 February 2003 she was ejected from the Bloc after she made critical comments about party leader Gilles Duceppe. Venne remained in Parliament until the end of her term after which she left politics.

Hans Venneker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Hans Venneker: a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a goalkeeper, a right defender and forward. Venneker made his debut at Feijenoord and also played for NEC Nijmegen, Sparta Rotterdam and AS Montferrand.

Christian Hansen Vennemoe            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Christian Hansen Vennemoe: was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1868, representing the constituency of Akershus Amt. He worked as a banker and farmer there. He was re-elected in 1871 and 1874.

Pio Vennettilli            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Pio Vennettilli: is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.