List of Finns - Definition

This is a list of people from Finland, i.e. of noted Finns:

Actors

• Ida Aalberg
• Aino Ackte
• Irina Björklund
• Peter Franzen
• Anna-Leena Härkönen
• Hannes Häyrinen
• Ansa Ikonen
• Mikko Kivinen
• Vesa-Matti Loiri
• Kati Outinen
• Tauno Palo
• Pertti "Spede" Pasanen
• Matti Pellonpää
• Lasse Pöysti
• Esko Roine
• Pentti Siimes
• Markku Toikka
• Ritva Valkama

Architects

• Alvar Aalto
• Eliel Saarinen
• Eero Saarinen

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
• Eero Järnefelt – painter (1863 – 1937)
• Rudolf Koivu – illustrator
• Kalervo Palsa – painter (1947 – 1987)
• Tero Laaksonen – painter (1953-)
• Laila Pullinen – sculptor (1933-)
• Osmo Rauhala – painter
• Juho Rissanen – painter (1873 – 1950)
• Helene Schjerfbeck – painter (1862 – 1946)
• Hugo Simberg – painter (1873 – 1917)
• Kaj Stenvall – painter
• Reidar Särestöniemi – painter

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

• Kalevi Aho
• Magnus Lindberg
• 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
• Johanna Iivanainen
• Konsta Jylhä – folk musician
• Maria Kalaniemi
• Viktor Klimenko
• Sakari Kukko
• Sanna Kurki-Suonio – folk music singer
• Toivo Kärki
• Juice Leskinen – rock musician
• Georg Malmsten
• Ragni Malmsten
• Karita Mattila – soprano
• Liisa Matveinen
• Aarne Merikanto
• Oskar Merikanto
• 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
• 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

Politicians

See also: Prime Minister of Finland, President of Finland

• Esko Aho – prime minister 1991-1995
• Martti Ahtisaari – UN diplomat, president 1994-2000
• 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
• 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
• Hjalmar Mellin (1854-1933) – mathematician
• Pekka Myrberg (1892-1976) – mathematician
• Edvard Neovius (1851-1917) – mathematician, senator
• Rolf Nevanlinna (1895-1980) – 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
• Edward 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 (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)

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
• Ari Vatanen – rally driver
• Lasse Virén – runner

Theologians, clergymen

• Bishop Henry
• Lauri Ingman
• Mikael Agricola
• 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
• Ilkka Kylävaara
• 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
• Zacharias Topelius – journalist, 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
• Erkki Hartikainen – president of Freethinker's Union
• Petri Hiltunen – graphic artist and cartoonist
• Toni Jerrmann – science fiction journalist
• 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
• 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 – artist, writer, musician
• 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)