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Kurki is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Matti Kurki, legendary Finnish chieftain; Mikael Kurki (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player;
Kurki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzgowo, within Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Dzierzgowo , 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Mława , and 110 km (68 mi) north of Warsaw .
Kurki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Magnuszew, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-east of Magnuszew , 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Kozienice , and 57 km (35 mi) south-east of Warsaw .
Arvid Kurck (also known as Arvid Kurki; 1464 in Vesilahti – 22 July 1522 in Öregrund) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku from 1510 to 1522. [1] He was a member of the Finnish noble family Kurki of Laukko. Kurck is considered to be the last truly Catholic bishop of Finland before his successors started to hesitantly promote the Reformation.
The medieval Kurki family held the manor of Laukko from least the 14th century to the beginning of the 19th century. A seal of a member of this family is known from the early 15th century. It depicts a common crane, kurki in Finnish. However, the coat of arms of the family, dating from the 15th century, depicts a sword with three stars.
Kurki may also refer to: Places. Kurki, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) Kurki, Kozienice County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
Jim Mitchell died at his ranch in Sonoma County, California on July 12, 2007, from an apparent heart attack. The funeral in Jim's boyhood town of Antioch, California on July 19 was attended by around 300 people, including Mayor Willie Brown, former District Attorney Terence Hallinan, and many O'Farrell ecdysiasts. He was buried next to his brother.
Kurki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Działdowo, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Działdowo and 69 km (43 mi) south of the regional capital Olsztyn .