List of Famous people born in Finland
Tapio Wilska
Tapio Wilska is the main vocalist of the heavy metal band Sethian. He is also the ex-lead vocalist for the band Finntroll and is the current vocalist of Canadian band Obscene Eulogy. He gets his inspiration from bands like Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Dead Kennedys, Venom, Thin Lizzy and The Pixies.
Aki Hakala
Jari Kainulainen
Jari Kainulainen is a Finnish bass guitarist. He is in particular known for having been the bass player of the power metal band Stratovarius from 1993 until 2005. Kainulainen is currently the bassist of Masterplan, having joined 2012.
Kalle Koljonen
Kalle Koljonen is a Finnish badminton player. In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel. In 2015, he became the runner up of Slovenia International and won Hungarian International. In 2016, he became the runner-up of Bulgarian International.
Paavo Lötjönen
Paavo Lötjönen is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Paavo comes from a family where both of his parents were professional musicians. At the age of 6, he took a cello and decided that would be the instrument he would play all his life, like fellow band members Perttu Kivilaakso and Eicca Toppinen he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Jaana Pelkonen
Jaana Pelkonen is a Finnish member of parliament and former television hostess.
Krista Kiuru
Krista Katriina Kiuru is a Finnish politician. She served as Minister of Housing and Communications and Minister of Education and Communications in Jyrki Katainen's and Alexander Stubb's cabinets. Since June 2019, she has served as the Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services in the Rinne Cabinet and the subsequent Marin Cabinet.
Verner Eklöf
Verner Edmund Eklöf was a Finnish sportsman active in the 1920s.
Johan Ehn
Johan Ehn is a politician in the Åland Islands. He was a member of Moderates of Åland political party, and its leader from 2011. In 2013 the party merged with Non-aligned Coalition to become Moderate Coalition for Åland and Ehn as its leader. After the 2015 Ålandic legislative election Johan Ehn became the new Speaker of the Parliament of Åland. From 2011-2015 he was in the Government in the position of Minister of Education and Culture.
Uma Aaltonen
Ulla-Maija "Uma" Aaltonen was a Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician.