Hanna. Hanna, Alberta was named after the Canadian National Railways president, then, Mr. David Hanna. Hanna has been home to many famous and important people such as:Kevin Warwick and Lanny McDonald, Marjorie Willison, author and radio personality, a Rhodes Scholar, an engineer, Zach Weich, who worked on both the Avro Arrow and for NASA, and the rock band Nickelback.