List of Famous people born in Central Finland

Toivo Ilmari Hannikainen was a Finnish composer.

Jarmo Mäkinen is a Finnish actor.

Tuure Valdemar Lehén was a prominent Finnish communist and later Finnish-Soviet politician as well as a philosopher, journalist and historian.

Sanna Laura Voutilainen is a Finnish pop singer.

Reijo Mauri Matias Pekkarinen is a Finnish politician. He is the Centre Party of Finland deputy and secretary, and former Minister of Economic Affairs in the Finnish government. He is known by the nickname "The Parliament Terrier".

Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party, and in the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen. On June 9, 2020, he became the Minister of Finance.

Jouko Launonen is a Finnish speed skater. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland three times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979 and 1982–1987. At the time of his death he still held the record for most days of incumbency as prime minister. He was also a long-time leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Jukka Hiltunen is a Finnish actor.