List of Famous people born in Central Finland

Jani Soininen

First Name Jani

Last Name Soininen

Born on November 12, 1972 (age 53)

Born in Central Finland

Height 171 cm | 5'7

Jani Markus Soininen is a Finnish former ski jumper.

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Lauri Ihalainen

First Name Lauri

Last Name Ihalainen

Born on May 14, 1947 (age 79)

Born in Central Finland

Lauri Armas Ihalainen is a Finnish trade union leader and politician who served as the Minister of Labour between 2011 and 2015.

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Ali Aaltonen

Aleksi Aaltonen

First Name Ali

Last Name Aaltonen

Born on January 1, 1884

Died on July 31, 1918 (aged 34)

Born in Central Finland

Aleksi "Ali" Aaltonen was a Finnish journalist and former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army, who served as the first commander-in-chief of the Finnish Red Guards from November 1917 to the end of January 1918. He was executed after the Finnish Civil War in May 1918.

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Urho Castrén

First Name Urho

Born on December 30, 1886

Died on March 8, 1965 (aged 78)

Born in Central Finland

Urho Jonas Castrén was a judge, serving for 27 years as the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland. During the constitutional crisis of 1944, Castrén, representing the National Coalition Party, became Prime Minister of Finland for a brief period.

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Heikki Liimatainen

First Name Heikki

Born on March 14, 1894

Died on December 24, 1980 (aged 86)

Born in Central Finland

Height 164 cm | 5'5

Heikki Liimatainen was a Finnish male athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team.

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