list of finns

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

Actors

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
Eero Jrnefelt – 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 Srestniemi – 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)
Bjrn Wahlroos – CEO of Sampo bank

Composers and conductors

Computer pioneers

Jarkko Oikarinen – creator of IRC
Linus Torvalds – Initial creator of Linux kernel
Tatu Ylnen – creator of SSH

Designers

Eva Brummer
Kaj Franck
Timo Sarpaneva – glass designer
Tapio Wirkkala – designer, sculptor

Filmmakers

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 Jylh – folk musician
Maria Kalaniemi
Viktor Klimenko
Sakari Kukko
Sanna Kurki-Suonio – folk music singer
Toivo Krki
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 Pirttijrvi
Pekka Pohjola
Kimmo Pohjonen
Iiro Rantala
Minna Raskinen
Tapio Rautavaara
Tapani Rinne
Jaakko Ryhnen – opera singer
Jarmo Saari
Matti Salminen – opera singer (bass)
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Jukka-Pekka Saraste – conductor
Aki Sirkesalo – singer
John Storgrds – conductor
Henry Theel
Jukka Tolonen
Tellu Turkka
Tarja Turunen
Juha Watt Vainio
Ville Valo – rock musician
Jenny Wilhelms – folk music singer
Olavi Virta
Osmo Vnsk – conductor
Miica Voutuleinen-Gregg - rock violinist

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 Itl – minister
Anneli Jtteenmki – prime minister 2003
Kysti 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 Niinist
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 Sillanp
Taisto Sinisalo – communist politician
Johan Vilhelm Snellman – writer and senator
Osmo Soininvaara – minister
Kalevi Sorsa – prime minister
Kaarlo Juho Sthlberg – president 1919-1925
Ulf Sundqvist
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud – regent and president 1931-1937
Vin 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 Hyry – 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 Lindelf (1870-1946) – mathematician, researcher of function theory and topology
Lorenz Lindelf (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 Visl (1935-) – mathematician
Kalle Visl (1893-1968) – mathematician
Vilho Visl (1889-1969) – mathematician, inventor of meteorological instruments
Yrj Visl (1891-1971) – astronomer, meteorologist
Edvard Westermarck – philosopher, sociologist
Georg Henrik von Wright – philosopher
Arvo Ylpp – pediatrician