Olavi

Olavi may refer to:

• Olavi Ahokas (born 1960), a Finnish artist from the city of Turku
• Olavi Ahonen (1923–2000), a Finnish film actor
• Olavi Alakulppi (1915–1990), a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1930s
• Olavi Hänninen (1920–1992), a Finnish designer
• Joose Olavi Hannula (1900–1944), a Finnish colonel and historian
• Olavi Järvinen (born 1947), the lead singer of avant-garde rock band Voracity Patch
• Olavi Kuronen (1923–1989), a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s
• Olavi Laiho (1907–1944), the last Finn to be executed in Finland
• Olavi Larkas (1913–1984), a Finnish Olympic fencer and modern pentathlete
• Olavi Litmanen (born 1945), a Finnish former international footballer
• Olavi Mäenpää (born 1950), a Finnish politician and chairman of Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, a far right political party
• Olavi Ojanperä (born 1921), a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s
• Olavi Paavolainen (1903–1964), a Finnish essayist, journalist, travel book writer, poet, and cosmopolitan
• Olavi Rove (1915–1966), a Finnish gymnast and Olympic Champion
• Olavi Sihvonen, a Finnish Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1940s
• Martti Olavi Siirala (1922–2008), a Finnish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and philosopher
• Olavi Suomalainen (born 1947), a former Finnish marathon runner
• Olavi Svanberg, a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion
• Olavi Uusivirta (born 1983), a Finnish rock/pop singer, songwriter and actor
• Olavi Virta (originally to 1926 Oskari Olavi Ilmen) (1915–1972), a Finnish singer, acclaimed as the king of Finnish tango
• Vaino Olavi Partanen, a member of the Canadian Forces and a recipient of the Cross of Valour

See also

• 2573 Hannu Olavi (1953 EN) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 10, 1953 by Alikoski, H. at Turku

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