List of Famous people born in Finland
Åke Henriksson Tott
Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640) was a Finnish soldier and politician. His estates included Ekolsund in Sweden, Sjundeby in Finland, Polchow in Swedish Pomerania and Lihula in Swedish Livonia.
Katri Helena
Katri Helena Kalaoja is a Finnish singer.
Margaretha von Bahr
Margaretha von Bahr was a Finnish ballet dancer, choreographer and pedagog. She has been described as a leading ballet star of the post-war era in Finland.
Saku Koivu
Saku Antero Koivu is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga. Koivu served as the Canadiens' captain for ten of his 14 years with the club, which makes him the longest captaincy tenure in team history, tied with Jean Béliveau. Koivu was the first European player to captain the Montreal Canadiens.
Jani Volanen
Jani Kristian Volanen is a Finnish actor/writer/director. He has appeared in more than fifty TV- and movie-productions and thirty professional theater productions since 1986. Volanen has also created and directed many comedy-shows for Finnish television. Volanen often plays characters with personality disorders.
Lasse Mårtenson
Lars Anders Fredrik "Lasse" Mårtenson was a Finnish singer, composer, actor, and theater conductor.
Kai Donner
Kai (Karl) Reinhold Donner was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Nenets people (Samoyeds) in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924. He was, among other things, a pioneer of modern anthropological fieldwork methods, though his work is little known in the English-speaking world.
Robert Ivanov
Robert Ivanov is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Polish club Warta Poznań, as a defender.
Matti Pellonpää
Matti Pellonpää was a Finnish actor and a musician. He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismäki's and Mika Kaurismäki's films; particularly being a regular in Aki's films, appearing in 18 of them.