Conny is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Conny Andersson (footballer)
Conny Andersson (born 8 April 1945) is a Swedish former Association football, footballer.
Andersson was known as the "Butcher of Hardeberga". When he transferred from IFK Malmö to Malmö FF in 1971 he became Sweden's most expensive football tr ...
(born 1945), Swedish former footballer
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Conny Andersson (racing driver) (born 1939), Swedish former racing driver
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Conny Johansson (born 1971), Swedish former football goalkeeper
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Conny Karlsson (footballer)
Conny Karlsson (born 21 November 1953) is a Swedish football manager who lastly coached the women's team of Stattena IF.
Career
Born in Oskarshamn, he played for local club IFK Oskarshamn before moving to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg, where h ...
(born 1953), Swedish football manager and former player
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Conny Karlsson (shot putter) (born 1975), Finnish shot putter
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Conny Månsson (born 1980), Swedish football goalkeeper
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Conny Nimmersjö (born 1967), Swedish musician
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Conny Öhman (1950–2010), Swedish politician
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Conny Rosén (born 1971), Swedish former football goalkeeper
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Conny Strömberg (born 1975), Swedish ice hockey player
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Conny Torstensson
Jan Conny Torstensson (born 28 August 1949) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He represented Åtvidabergs FF, Bayern Munich, and FC Zürich during a career that spanned between 1967 and 1980. A f ...
(born 1949), Swedish former footballer
Women
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Conny Aerts (born 1966), Belgian astrophysicist
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Conny van Bentum (born 1965), Dutch former swimmer
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Conny Helder (born 1958), Dutch healthcare manager, Minister for Long-term Care and Sport since 2022
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Conny Perrin (born 1990), Swiss tennis player
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Conny Pohlers (born 1978), German former footballer
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Conny Schmalfuss (born 1975), German diver
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Conny Waßmuth
Conny Waßmuth (also spelled Wassmuth; born 4 April 1983 in Halle an der Saale) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Waßmuth also won eigh ...
(born 1983), German sprint canoer
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Conny Bauer (born 1943), German trombone player
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Conny Doyle (1862–1931), Irish-born Major League Baseball player
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Conrad Heidkamp (1905–1994), German footballer
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Conny Mus
Coenraad Willem "Conny" Mus (21 October 1950 – 20 August 2010) was a Dutch journalist, known as a correspondent for ''RTL Nieuws'' in Israel and the Middle East.
Biography
Conny Mus was born in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. After elementary s ...
(1950–2010), Dutch journalist
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Conny Palm
Conrad "Conny" Rudolf Agaton Palm (May 31, 1907 – December 27, 1951) was a Swedish electrical engineer and statistician, known for several contributions to teletraffic engineering and queueing theory. Rolf B. HaugenThe life and work of Conny Pa ...
(1907–1951), Swedish electrical engineer and statistician
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Konrad "Conny" Plank (1940–1987) was a German record producer, musician, and sound engineer for
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk (, ) is a Germany, German Electronic music, electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk was among the first successful a ...
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Conny van Rietschoten
Cornelis "Conny" van Rietschoten (23 March 1926 – 17 December 2013) was a Dutch yacht skipper who was the only skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race twice.
Background
Born in Rotterdam, Van Rietschoten had been sailing since he ...
(1926–2013), Dutch yacht skipper
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Conrad Schnitzler
Conrad "Conny" Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician associated with West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement. A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tang ...
(1937–2011), German experimental musician
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Conny Varela
José Manuel "Conny" Varela Fernández (born February 13, 1954) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 1997 representing District ...
(born 1954), Puerto Rican politician
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Conny Veit
Wolf Conrad "Conny" Veit (born 6 May 1949) was a German musician, singer, composer and painter, best known for his appearances in Gila and Popol Vuh. His main instrument was the guitar. His name was misspelled "Conny Veidt" in Gila's first album ...
(born 1949), German musician, singer, composer and painter
Women
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Conny Nxumalo
Constance Glerah "Conny" Nxumalo (18 February 1967 – 22 August 2020) was a South African social worker and government official, sometimes referred to as "South Africa's Chief Social Worker".
Early life
Constance Glerah Nxumalo was born in ...
(1967–2020), South African social worker and government official
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Conny Bloom
Conny Bloom is the stage name for Ulf Conny Blomqvist, (born 23 November 1964 in Stockholm) who is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman for the funk metal band, Electric Boys. Bloom also served a stint as a gui ...
, Swedish guitarist and songwriter Ulf Conny Blomqvist, (born 1964)
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Conny Méndez (1898–1979), Venezuelan composer, singer, writer, caricaturist, actress and metaphysicist
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Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer Jacoba Adriana Hollestelle (1937–2002)
* Conny, stage name of
Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), German actress
Surname
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John Canoe
John Canoe, also known as January Conny, (died circa 1725) was the European name given to an Akan warrior from Axim, Ghana.
He was a chief of the Ahanta people in the early 18th century, who established a stronghold in the defunct Fort Frederi ...
(died c. 1725), also known as January Conny, European name given to an Ahanta chief from Axim, Ghana
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Robert Conny (1646?–1713), English physician
See also
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Socker-Conny, a comic book character created by
Joakim Pirinen
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Connie (disambiguation)
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Unisex given names