List of Finns

Redirected from List of famous Finnish people This is a list of people from Finland:

Table of contents 1 Actors 2 Architects 3 Artists 4 Composers 5 Computer Pioneers 6 Filmmakers 7 Musicians 8 Politicians 9 Scientists 10 Soldiers 11 Sportspersons 12 Theologians, clergymen 13 Writers 14 Other notables 15 External links

Actors

• Anna-Leena Härkönen
• Vesa-Matti Loiri[?]
• Kati Outinen
• Tauno Palo
• Matti Pellonpää

Architects

• Alvar Aalto
• Eliel Saarinen[?]
• Eero Saarinen

Artists

• Albert Edelfelt -- painter (1854 - 1905)
• Magnus Enckell[?] -- painter (1870 - 1925)
• Akseli Gallen-Kallela -- painter (1865 - 1931)
• Pekka Halonen -- painter (1865 - 1933)
• Eero Järnefelt -- painter (1863 - 1937)
• Juho Rissanen[?] -- painter (1873 - 1950)
• Helene Schjerfbeck[?] -- painter (1862 - 1946)
• Hugo Simberg -- painter (1873 - 1917)

Composers

• Kalevi Aho[?]
• Einojuhani Rautavaara[?]
• Jean Sibelius

Computer Pioneers

• Jarkko Oikarinen - creator of IRC
• Linus Torvalds - creator of Linux

Filmmakers

• Renny Harlin[?]
• Aki Kaurismäki
• Edvin Laine[?]
• Spede Pasanen

Musicians

• Jorma Hynninen[?] - Opera singer
• Andy McCoy
• Olli Mustonen[?] - pianist
• Tapio Rautavaara
• Jaakko Ryhänen[?] - Opera singer
• Matti Salminen[?] - Opera singer
• Jukka-Pekka Saraste[?] - conductor
• Ville Valo

Politicians

• Esko Aho – ex-prime minister
• Martti Ahtisaari - UN diplomat, president 1994-2000
• Tarja Halonen - first female president, 2000-
• Anneli Jäätteenmäki - politician
• Kyösti Kallio – president 1937-1940
• Urho Kekkonen – president 1956-1981
• Mauno Koivisto – president 1982-1994
• Axel Lille
• Paavo Lipponen - prime minister
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim commander-in-chief, president 1944-1946
• Juho Kusti Paasikivi – president 1946-1956
• Lauri Kristian Relander – president 1925-1931
• Risto Ryti – president 1940-1944
• Johan Vilhelm Snellman
• Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg - president 1919-1925
• Pehr Evind Svinhufvud – president 1931-1937

Scientists

• Lars Valerian Ahlfors -- mathematician
• Ragnar Granit[?] -- medicine, Nobelist
• Rolf Nevanlinna -- mathematician
• Artturi Ilmari Virtanen –- chemist, Nobelist
• Yrjö Väisälä -- astronomer
• Edward Westermarck -- philosopher, sociologist
• Arvo Ylppö -- pediatrician
• Edward Westermarck -- sociologist

Soldiers

• Aksel Airo -- general (1898 - 1985)
• Adolf Ehrnrooth -- general (1905 - )
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim -- marshall of Finland (1867 - 1951)
• Ensio Siilasvuo[?] -- general (1922 - )
• Hjalmar Siilasvuo -- general (1892 - 1947)
• Georg Magnus Sprengtporten[?] -- general (1740 – 1819)
• Lauri Törni -- captain (1919 - 1965)

Sportspersons

• Kimi Raikkonen - racing driver
• Marcus Grönholm[?] - rally driver
• Mika Häkkinen - racing driver
• Juha Kankkunen[?] - rally driver
• Hannes Kolehmainen[?] – skiing athlete
• Jyrki Lumme[?] - ice hockey player
• Timo Mäkinen[?] - rally driver
• Tommi Mäkinen[?] - rally driver
• Paavo Nurmi - runner
• Tapio Rautavaara – javelinist and singer
• Ville Ritola – runner
• Keke Rosberg - racing driver
• Sami Salo[?] - ice hockey player
• Teemu Selanne[?] - ice hockey player
• Esa Tikkanen[?] - ice hockey player
• Ari Vatanen[?] - rally driver
• Lasse Virén[?] - runner

Theologians, clergymen

• Mikael Agricola

Writers

• Minna Canth[?] -- first notable woman author
• Anna-Leena Härkönen
• Tove Jansson -- children's author of Moomin fame
• Aleksis Kivi -- first significant author in Finnish
• Väinö Linna
• Eino Leino
• Elias Lönnrot -- Compiled the Kalevala
• Arto Paasilinna[?]
• Kalle Päätalo
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg -- National poet
• Frans Emil Sillanpää -- Nobelist
• Zacharias Topelius -- journalist, historian
• Mika Waltari

Other notables

• Karl Fazer[?] -- confectionery manufacturer
• Fredrik Idestam[?] -- industrialist, founder of Nokia
• Arndt Pekurinen -- pacifist

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)