List of Famous people born in Finland

Adolf Valentin "Adi" Lindfors was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1912, where we became injured and had to withdraw, and 1920 Olympics, where he won a gold medal, aged 41.

Jaakko Salovaara, better known by his stage name JS16, is a Finnish musician, DJ and record producer. He is best known for his work with Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MC's, producing their most successful song "Freestyler", and for his work with Finnish DJ and producer Darude, as well as other solo productions and remixes. He released his debut studio album, Stomping System in 1998. Presently, he is part of the DJ duo Dallas Superstars with Heikki L, and owns the dance music record label 16 Inch Records.

Sakari Ilmanen was a Finnish figure skater. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Kaarlo Castrén was a Finnish politician and Prime Minister of Finland. He represented the National Progressive Party.

Reino Ragnar Lehto served as caretaker Prime Minister of Finland from 1963 to 1964. He then served as governor of Uusimaa province from 1964 until his death on 13 July 1966. Lehto was a lawyer by profession.

Axel Hampus Dalström, born 22 March 1829, died 19 March 1882, was a Finnish architect. He was the director of the National Board of Public Building from 1869 to 1882. Dalström is best known for the Old Student House in Helsinki as well as for seven Lighthouses he designed in the 1870s.

Pekka Elias Ervast was a Finnish writer.

Mikael Agricola was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, including Finland, which was a Swedish territory at the time. He is often called the "father of literary Finnish".

Aaro Olavi Pajari was a Major General in the Finnish Army. During World War II, he became one of the four double recipients of the Mannerheim Cross 2nd Class.