Lauri Markkanen

Finnish basketball player (born 1997)

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Facts

25 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[7]
Date of birth: May 22, 1997
Place of birth: Vantaa
Country of citizenship: Finland^[6]
Occupation: basketball player
Educated at: University of Arizona
Father: Pekka Markkanen^[4]
Mother: Riikka Ellonen^[5]
Sibling: Eero Markkanen^[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Finnish^[17]
Birth name: Lauri Elias Markkanen^[19]
Country for sport: Finland^[20]
Drafted by: Minnesota Timberwolves^[12]
Family name: Markkanen^[13]
Given name: Lauri, Elias^[14]^[15]
Height: +213^[22]
League or competition: NCAA Division I men's basketball, National Basketball Association^[9]
Mass: +104^[23]
Member of sports team: Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz^[8]
Nickname: The Finnisher^[18]
Participant in: FIBA EuroBasket 2017^[16]
Position played on team / speciality: power forward^[10]
Sport: basketball^[11]

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Start of work period: 2014^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

en Lauri Elias Markkanen en The Finnisher en Lauri Markkanen ar لاورى ماركانين de Lauri Elias Markkanen el Λάουρι Μάρκανεν es Lauri Elias Markkanen he לאורי מארקנן hu Lauri Elias Markkanen it Lauri Elias Markkanen ja ラウリー・マルケネン ja ラウリ・マルカネン ko 라우리 마르카넨 pl Lauri Elias Markkanen pt Lauri Elias Markkanen ru Лаури Маркканен sv Lauri Elias Markkanen uk Лаурі Маркканен zh 劳里·马尔卡宁

🔖 Identifiers · 26

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Lauri Markkanen, Cavaliers vs Rockets on December 15, 2021 (cropped).jpg ↗
247Sports ID: 84990
Basketball Reference NBA G League player ID: m/markkla01d
Basketball Reference NBA player ID: m/markkla01
Basketball Reference international player ID: lauri-markkanen-1
DraftExpress ID: Lauri-Markkanen-73519
ESPN.com NBA player ID: 4066336
Eurobasket.com player ID: 271743
FIBA.basketball people ID: 196372
FIBA.com player ID (archived): 99774
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11b7h59cyw
HAND ID: 256E-A8A6-0F76-F50F-CEA4

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Instagram username: laurimarkkanen
InterSportStats athlete ID: 3000595603
KANTO ID: 000183409
NBA G League player ID: 1628374
NBA.com player ID: 1628374
Prabook ID: 2149956
Proballers ID: 63894
RealGM basketball player ID: 53967
Rivals.com ID: 2105
Scoresway basketball person ID (archived): 14720
Sports Reference college basketball player ID: lauri-markkanen-1
The Draft Review ID: 9219
Trading Card Database name ID: 160178
Yle topic ID: 18-161855

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🔗 Connections

Member of sports team 3

Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz

Given name 2

Elias, Lauri

Country for sport 1

Finland

Country of citizenship 1

Finland

Drafted by 1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Educated at 1

University of Arizona

Father 1

Pekka Markkanen

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Finnish

League or competition 1

National Basketball Association

Occupation 1

basketball player

Parent of 1

Pekka Markkanen

Participant in 1

FIBA EuroBasket 2017

Place of birth 1

Vantaa

Position played on team / speciality 1

power forward

Sex or gender 1

male

Sibling 1

Eero Markkanen

Siblings 1

Eero Markkanen

Sport 1

basketball

← Statistical leader 1

2016 FIBA U20 European Championship

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Summary

Lauri Markkanen was born on May 22, 1997^[1], in Vantaa^[2]. He has worked as a basketball player^[3].

FAQs

Where was Lauri Markkanen born?

Lauri Markkanen's place of birth was Vantaa^[2].

Who were Lauri Markkanen's parents?

Lauri Markkanen's father was Pekka Markkanen^[4]. Lauri Markkanen's mother was Riikka Ellonen^[5].

What did Lauri Markkanen do for work?

Lauri Markkanen worked as a basketball player^[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — place of birth (P19): Vantaa. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — father (P22): Pekka Markkanen. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — mother (P25): Riikka Ellonen. yle.fi. Retrieved 2020-04-11. yle.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — country of citizenship (P27): Finland. FIBA database. Retrieved 2025-06-05. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — member of sports team (P54): Utah Jazz. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — occupation (P106): basketball player. RealGM. Retrieved 2022-04-04. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — league or competition (P118): National Basketball Association. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — position played on team / speciality (P413): power forward. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — date of birth (P569): May 22, 1997. FIBA database. Retrieved 2025-06-05. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — sport (P641): basketball. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — drafted by (P647): Minnesota Timberwolves. Basketball Reference. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — family name (P734): Markkanen. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — given name (P735): Lauri. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — given name (P735): Elias. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — participant in (P1344): FIBA EuroBasket 2017. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Finnish. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — nickname (P1449): The Finnisher. theathletic.com. theathletic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — birth name (P1477): Lauri Elias Markkanen. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — country for sport (P1532): Finland. FIBA database. Retrieved 2025-06-05. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — start of work period (P2031): 2014. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — height (P2048): 213 cm. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — mass (P2067): 104 kg. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Lauri Markkanen — sibling (P3373): Eero Markkanen. wikidata.org.

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InterSportStats athlete ID → 3000595603

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Sport → basketball

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Educated at → University of Arizona

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