List of Famous people born in Finland

Aino Sibelius was the wife of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They lived most of their 65 years of married life at their home Ainola near Lake Tuusula, Järvenpää, Finland. They had six daughters: Eva (1893–1978), Ruth (1894–1976), Kirsti (1898–1900), Katarina (1903–1984), Margareta (1908–1988) and Heidi (1911–1982).

Ivar Theodor Böhling was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Esko Ensio ”Sir Emal” Karhunen was a Finnish basketball player and contributor.

Antti Herlin is a Finnish billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Finnish KONE Corporation. He is the son of Pekka Herlin, former chairman of KONE. He is the former chairman of the Confederation of Finnish Industries.

Marutei Tsurunen is a Finnish-born Japanese politician. He is the first foreign-born Japanese of European origin to serve as a member of the Diet of Japan. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, where he served as Director General of the International Department. He served in the House of Councillors from 2001 to 2013.

Esko Elstelä was a Finnish screenwriter and film director. His 1964 film Onnelliset leikit was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors is a Finnish-Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s.

Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm, better known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23 and Jerusalem Slim.

Theodor Kristian Avellan was a Finland-Swedish admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, noted for his role in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Although castigated by the Russian government for the defeat of Russia in that war, he subsequently served on the Board of Admiralty and was member of the State Council (1914).