List of Famous people named Pekka

Similar names: Pick, Pik, Peque, Peck, Peachy. Here are some famous Pekkas:

Pekka Lagerblom

First Name Pekka
Born on October 19, 1982 (age 41)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Pekka Lagerblom is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Notably, he won the German double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal with Werder Bremen in 2004.

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Pekka Rinne

Pekka Rinne is a Finnish professional hockey goaltender for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted by the Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Rinne became their starting goaltender during the 2008–09 season and quickly established himself as one of the NHL's best goaltenders. He was a Vezina Trophy finalist as the NHL's top regular season goaltender in 2011, 2012 and 2015 before winning the award in 2018.

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Pekka Juhani Hannikainen

First Name Pekka
Born on December 9, 1854
Died on September 13, 1924 (aged 69)

Pekka Juhani "P. J." Hannikainen was a Finnish composer and the head of the musical branch of the prominent Hannikainen family. His uncle was the writer and journalist Pietari Hannikainen.

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Pekka Halonen

First Name Pekka
Born on September 23, 1865
Died on December 1, 1933 (aged 68)

Pekka Halonen was a painter of Finnish landscapes and people in the national romantic style. His favorite subjects were the Finnish landscape and its people which he depicted in his Realist style.

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Pekka Koskela

Pekka Juhani Koskela
First Name Pekka
Born on November 29, 1982 (age 41)

Pekka Koskela is a Finnish speed skater, specialising on the sprint distances 500 m and 1000 m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000 m with the time 1:07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on the 500 m with the time 35.89. Since that time he has established himself as one of the best speed skating sprinters in the world. He won his first medal, a bronze, on the 1000 m in the 2005 World Single Distance Championships. Koskela was number 10 in the 500 m of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Pekka Haavisto

Pekka Olavi Haavisto
First Name Pekka
Born on March 23, 1958 (age 66)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Pekka Olavi Haavisto is a Finnish politician of the Green League who has been serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2019.

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Pekka Lyyski

Pekka Lyyski is a Finnish former football coach.

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Pekka Heino

First Name Pekka
Born on January 6, 1976 (age 48)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Pekka Ansio Heino is a Finnish singer. He is currently the lead vocalist in AOR band Brother Firetribe, where he plays alongside Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen of Nightwish. Prior to this, he played in melodic metal band Leverage and a Finnish rock band called Cashmir, last one with fellow Brother Firetribe member Tomppa Nikulainen.

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Pekka Loiri

First Name Pekka
Born on March 30, 1946 (age 77)
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Pekka Vasala

First Name Pekka
Born on April 17, 1948 (age 75)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Pekka Antero Vasala is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

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