List of Finns
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This is a list of people from Finland, i.e. of noted Finns:
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Actors
- Ida Aalberg
- Aino Ackte
- Irina Björklund
- Peter Franzen
- Anna-Leena Härkönen
- Hannes Häyrinen
- Ansa Ikonen
- Mikko Kivinen
- Jörn Donner
- Vesa-Matti Loiri
- Kati Outinen
- Tauno Palo
- Pertti "Spede" Pasanen
- Matti Pellonpää
- Lasse Pöysti
- Esko Roine
- Pentti Siimes
- Markku Toikka
- Ritva Valkama
Architects
Artists
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila – photographer, video artist (1959 – )
- Albert Edelfelt – painter (1854 – 1905)
- Magnus Enckell – painter (1870 – 1925)
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela – painter (1865 – 1931)
- Jorma Gallen-Kallela – painter (1898 – 1939)
- Pekka Halonen – painter (1865 – 1933)
- Eila Hiltunen – sculptor (1922 – 2003)
- Eero Järnefelt – painter (1863 – 1937)
- Rudolf Koivu – illustrator (1890 – 1946)
- Kalervo Palsa – painter (1947 – 1987)
- Tero Laaksonen – painter (1953 – )
- Laila Pullinen – sculptor (1933 – )
- Osmo Rauhala – painter (1957 – )
- Juho Rissanen – painter (1873 – 1950)
- Helene Schjerfbeck – painter (1862 – 1946)
- Hugo Simberg – painter (1873 – 1917)
- Kaj Stenvall – painter (1951 – )
- Reidar Särestöniemi – painter (1925 – 1981)
Business people
- Aatos Erkko – the richest man in Finland
- Harry Harkimo – a businessman in ice hockey business
- Fredrik Idestam – industrialist, founder of Nokia
- Kari Kairamo – ex-CEO of Nokia
- Pentti Kouri - economist, investor
- Jorma Ollila – CEO of Nokia
- Karl Stockmann – Founder of the Stockmann department store
- Rudolf Walden - founder of United Paper Mills (1878 - 1946)
- Björn Wahlroos – CEO of Sampo bank
Composers and conductors
- Kalevi Aho
- B.H. Crusell
- Magnus Lindberg
- Aarre Merikanto
- Oskar Merikanto
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Jean Sibelius
- Pekka Simojoki
- Kaija Saariaho
- Aulis Sallinen
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
Computer pioneers
- Jarkko Oikarinen – creator of IRC
- Linus Torvalds – Initial creator of Linux kernel
- Tatu Ylönen – creator of SSH
Designers
- Eva Brummer
- Kaj Franck
- Timo Sarpaneva – glass designer
- Tapio Wirkkala – designer, sculptor
Filmmakers
- Renny Harlin
- Risto Jarva
- Matti Kassila
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Ere Kokkonen
- Edvin Laine
- Visa Mäkinen
- Risto Orko
- Spede Pasanen
Musicians
- Pepe Ahlqvist
- Ismo Alanko – rock musician
- Mikko Alatalo – pop & folk rock musician
- Paavo Berglund – conductor
- Darude – pop musician
- Mikko Frank – conductor
- Ralf Gothoni – pianist
- Monica Groop – mezzosoprano
- Hector
- Tuomas Holopainen
- Jorma Hynninen – opera singer
- Soile Isokoski – soprano
- Konsta Jylhä – folk musician
- Maria Kalaniemi
- Viktor Klimenko
- Sakari Kukko
- Sanna Kurki-Suonio – folk music singer
- Toivo Kärki
- Juice Leskinen – rock musician
- Georg Malmstén
- Ragni Malmstén
- Karita Mattila – soprano
- Liisa Matveinen
- Andy McCoy – rock musician
- Michael Monroe – rock musician
- Olli Mustonen – pianist
- Sakari Oramo – conductor
- Ulla Pirttijärvi
- Pekka Pohjola
- Kimmo Pohjonen
- Iiro Rantala
- Minna Raskinen
- Tapio Rautavaara
- Tapani Rinne
- Jaakko Ryhänen – opera singer
- Jarmo Saari
- Matti Salminen – opera singer (bass)
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste – conductor
- Aki Sirkesalo – singer
- John Storgårds – conductor
- Jimi Tenor – acid jazz musician
- Henry Theel
- Jukka Tolonen
- Tellu Turkka
- Tarja Turunen
- Juha Watt Vainio
- Ville Valo – rock musician
- Jenny Wilhelms – folk music singer
- Olavi Virta
- Osmo Vänskä – conductor
- Miica Voutuleinen-Gregg - rock violinist
- Alexi Laiho
- Janne Warman
- Roope Latvala
Politicians
See also: Prime Minister of Finland, President of Finland
- Esko Aho – prime minister 1991-1995
- Martti Ahtisaari – UN diplomat, president 1994-2000
- Karl-August Fagerholm, politican
- Tarja Halonen – first female president, 2000-
- Satu Hassi – minister
- Heidi Hautala
- Harri Holkeri – prime minister and UN diplomat
- Ville Itälä – minister
- Anneli Jäätteenmäki – prime minister 2003
- Kyösti Kallio – president 1937-1940
- Ilkka Kanerva
- Urho Kekkonen – president 1956-1981
- Mauno Koivisto – president 1982-1994
- Hertta Kuusinen – communist politician
- Otto Ville Kuusinen – communist head of Terijoki Government
- Axel Lille- founder of the Swedish People's Party
- Paavo Lipponen – prime minister 1995-2003
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim – commander-in-chief, regent, president 1944-1946
- Martti Miettunen – prime minister 1961-1962 and 1975-1977
- Sauli Niinistö
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi – president 1946-1956
- Lauri Kristian Relander – president 1925-1931
- Risto Ryti – president 1940-1944
- Elisabeth Rehn, politician
- Aarne Saarinen – communist politician
- Kimmo Sasi
- Miina Sillanpää
- Taisto Sinisalo – communist politician
- Johan Vilhelm Snellman – writer and senator
- Osmo Soininvaara – minister
- Kalevi Sorsa – prime minister
- Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg – president 1919-1925
- Ulf Sundqvist
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud – regent and president 1931-1937
- Väinö Tanner – prime minister 1926-1927
- Oskari Tokoi
- Erkki Tuomioja – minister
- Martti Turunen – Japanese Diet member of Finnish origin 2001-
- Rudolf Walden - defence minister (1918,1941 - 1944)
- Matti Vanhanen – prime minister 2003-
- Johannes Virolainen – Prime Minister in 1964-196
- Hella Wuolijoki
Scientists
- Lars Valerian Ahlfors (1907-1996) – mathematician, Fields Medalist 1936
- Kari Enqvist – cosmologist
- Ragnar Granit – medicine, Nobelist
- Hilma Granqvist – anthropologist
- Pekka Himanen – philosopher, technologist
- Jaakko Hintikka – philosopher
- Matti Häyry – philosopher
- Eino Kaila – philosopher
- Oiva Ketonen – philosopher
- Pehr Kalm – botanist
- Rafael Karsten – anthropologist
- Teuvo Kohonen – neurocomputing pioneer
- Olli Lehto (1925-) – mathematician
- Anto Leikola – biologist, historian, science writer
- Anders Lexell (1740-1784) – mathematician, astronomer
- Ernst Lindelöf (1870-1946) – mathematician, researcher of function theory and topology
- Lorenz Lindelöf (1827-1908) – mathematician, researcher of variational calculus
- Olli Lounasmaa (1930-2002) – physicist, researcher of low-temperature physics
- Hjalmar Mellin (1854-1933) – mathematician
- Pekka Myrberg (1892-1976) – mathematician
- Edvard Neovius (1851-1917) – mathematician, senator
- Rolf Nevanlinna (1895-1980) – mathematician
- Anders Johan Lexell, – mathematician
- Ilkka Niiniluoto – philosopher
- Leena Palotie – gene scientist
- Esa Saarinen – philosopher
- Raimo Tuomela – philosopher
- Esko Valtaoja – astronomer
- Artturi Ilmari Virtanen – chemist, Nobelist
- Jussi Väisälä (1935-) – mathematician
- Kalle Väisälä (1893-1968) – mathematician
- Vilho Väisälä (1889-1969) – mathematician, inventor of meteorological instruments
- Yrjö Väisälä (1891-1971) – astronomer, meteorologist
- Edvard Westermarck – philosopher, sociologist
- Georg Henrik von Wright – philosopher
- Arvo Ylppö – pediatrician
Soldiers
- Aksel Airo – general (1898 – 1985)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth – general (1905 – 2004)
- Axel Heinrichs – general (1890 – 1965)
- Simo Häyhä – first lieutenant,sharpshooter (1906-2002)
- Ruben Lagus – major general (1896 – 1956)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim – marshal of Finland (1867 – 1951)
- Vilho Petter Nenonen – general (1883 – 1960)
- Karl Lennart Oesch – lieutenant general (1892 – 1978)
- Ensio Siilasvuo – general (1922 – 2001)
- Hjalmar Siilasvuo – general (1892 – 1947)
- Georg Magnus Sprengtporten – general (1740–1819)
- Torsten Stålhandske – commander of Hakkapelites (1594–1644)
- Paavo Susitaival – lieutenant colonel (1896 – 1993)
- Lauri Sutela – general
- Paavo Talvela – general (1897 – 1973)
- Lauri Törni – captain (1919 – 1965)
- Rudolf Walden - general (1878 - 1946)
- Kurt Martti Wallenius – lieutenant general (1893 – 1984)
- Harald Öhquist – lieutenant general (1891 – 1971)
- Hugo Österman – lieutenant general (1892 – 1975)
- Hans Wind – pilot, twice knight of mannerheim cross
- Eino Ilmari Juutilainen – pilot,twice knight of mannerheim cross
- Jorma Karhunen – pilot,aviation writer
- Jorma Sarvanto – pilot
- Gustaf Erik Magnusson – father of finnish fighter tactics
Sportspersons
- Janne Ahonen - ski jumper
- Marcus Grönholm – rally driver
- Sami Hyypiä – football player
- Mika Häkkinen – racing driver
- Juha Kankkunen – rally driver
- Marko Kemppainen – skeet shooter
- Miikka Kiprusoff – ice hockey goalie
- Saku Koivu – ice hockey player
- Hannes Kolehmainen – runner
- Jari Kurri – ice hockey player
- Jari Litmanen – football player
- Jyrki Lumme – ice hockey player
- Juha Mieto – ski champion
- Mika Myllylä – ski champion
- Timo Mäkinen – rally driver
- Tommi Mäkinen – rally driver
- Paavo Nurmi – runner
- Matti Nykänen – ski jumper
- Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala – inventor of Finnish Baseball
- Tapio Rautavaara – javelinist and singer
- Ville Ritola – runner
- Keke Rosberg – racing driver
- Kimi Räikkönen – racing driver
- Juha Salminen – enduro driver
- Mika Salo – Formula One -driver
- Sami Salo – ice hockey player
- Teemu Selänne – ice hockey player
- Esa Tikkanen – ice hockey player
- Markku Uusipaavalniemi - curler
- Ari Vatanen – rally driver
- Lasse Virén – runner
- Arto Saari – pro skateboarder
- Antti Autti – snowboarder
Theologians, clergymen
- Bishop Henry
- Lauri Ingman
- Mikael Agricola
- Markku Koivisto
- Lars Levi Laestadius
- Jukka Paarma
- Paavo Ruotsalainen
- John Vikström
Writers
- Juhani Aho – first professional writer
- Gunnar Björling
- Minna Canth – first notable woman author
- Bo Carpelan
- Jörn Donner – author and politician
- Pentti Haanpää
- Aarne Haapakoski – pulp writer with pseudonym Outsider
- Paavo Haavikko
- Saima Harmaja - poet
- Laila Hietamies
- Veikko Huovinen
- Boris Hurtta - science fiction writer
- Antti Hyry
- Anna-Leena Härkönen
- Risto Isomäki – science fiction writer
- Tove Jansson – children's author of Moomin fame
- Eeva Joenpelto
- Volter Kilpi
- Aleksis Kivi – first significant author in Finnish
- Leena Krohn
- Rosa Liksom
- Väinö Linna
- Joel Lehtonen
- Kimmo Lehtonen – science fiction novelist
- Eino Leino
- Elias Lönnrot – Compiled the Kalevala
- Veijo Meri
- Arto Paasilinna
- Erno Paasilinna
- Olavi Paavolainen
- Kalle Päätalo
- Paavo Rintala
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg – National poet
- Pentti Saarikoski
- Esa Sariola
- Mauri Sariola – detective writer
- Frans Emil Sillanpää – Nobelist
- Johanna Sinisalo
- Marton Taiga
- Jari Tervo - also known from tv-series Have I Got News For You aka Uutisvuoto
- Zacharias Topelius – author and historian
- Jouko Turkka
- Antti Tuuri
- Klaus Vala
- Hella Wuolijoki
- Mika Waltari
- Maarit Verronen
Other notables
- Ior Bock – eccentric
- Donner family
- Karl Fazer – confectionery manufacturer
- Tony Halme – show wrestler, politician
- Petri Hiltunen – graphic artist and cartoonist
- Abel Kuikka-Koponen – trickster and conjurer
- Kari T. Leppänen – cartoonist
- Arvi Lind – newscaster
- Pentti Linkola – radical environmentalist
- Krista Mikkola – art gallerist
- Solmu Mäkinen – stage magician
- Väinö Myllyrinne
- Eugen Schauman, assassin who killed Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov
- Nikke Torvalds, journalist
- Ole Torvalds, (1916-1995), journalist
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld,– explorer
- Larin Paraske – poem singer
- Arndt Pekurinen – pacifist
- Krisse Salminen – comedian and talk show hostess
- Santa Claus
- Helvi Sipilä – UN diplomat
- Kari Suomalainen – painter and cartoonist
- Nils-Aslak Valkeapää – Sami activist
- Folke West – traveller
- Janina Frostell – model, sex symbol and singer
See also: List of Finland-Swedes, List of people by nationality
External links
- NHL Ice Hockey Players born in Finland (http://www.joyofhockey.com/BORN-FINindex.html)fi:Luettelo suomalaisista