| Lauri Heino | |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Somero, Finland |
| Death Place: | Somero, Finland |
| Allegiance: | Finland |
| Branch: | Finnish Army |
| Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Unit: | Finnish Armoured Division |
| Battles: | Continuation War |
| Awards: | Knight of the Mannerheim Cross |
Lauri A. Heino (24 August 1918 in Somero – 3 February 2001) was a Finnish soldier, awarded the Mannerheim Cross (2nd class) on 11 November 1943. At the time, he held the rank of sergeant and was serving as a tank driver in the 3rd Company, I Armoured Battalion of the Finnish Armoured Brigade.[1]
Heino was the first foreign soldier to capture an intact Soviet T-34 tank and drive it.