List of Famous people born in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Saara Aalto

Saara Sofia Aalto
First Name Saara
Born on May 2, 1987 (age 36)

Saara Sofia Aalto is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and voice actress. In 2012 she came second in the first season of The Voice of Finland.

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Pekka Rinne

Pekka Rinne is a Finnish professional hockey goaltender for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted by the Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Rinne became their starting goaltender during the 2008–09 season and quickly established himself as one of the NHL's best goaltenders. He was a Vezina Trophy finalist as the NHL's top regular season goaltender in 2011, 2012 and 2015 before winning the award in 2018.

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Armi Kuusela

First Name Armi
Born on August 20, 1934 (age 89)

Armi Helena Kuusela is a Finnish-American charity worker, model and beauty queen. In 1952, she won the Finnish national beauty contest Suomen Neito and was presented with a trip to the United States to participate in the first-ever Miss Universe pageant, becoming its first titleholder.

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Joonas Donskoi

Joonas Donskoi is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Iivo Niskanen

Iivo Henrik Niskanen
First Name Iivo
Born on January 12, 1992 (age 32)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Iivo Henrik Niskanen is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011. He is a two-time Olympic champion.

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Tuomas Sammelvuo

First Name Tuomas
Born on February 16, 1976 (age 48)
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Tuomas Sammelvuo is a Finnish volleyball coach and a former professional player. In 2019 Sammelvuo signed a two-years contracts with the Volleyball Federation of Russia to serve as a head coach of the Russian national team until 2020.

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Anneli Sauli

Anneli Helena Savolainen
First Name Anneli
Born on August 6, 1932
Died on March 15, 2022 (aged 89)

Anneli Sauli is a Finnish film actress. She has appeared in 42 films since 1953. She starred in the film Miriam, which was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. She was born in Pyhäjoki, Finland to a Finnish Romani father, Valdemar Schwartz, and a Finnish mother, Salli Maria Heikkilä. From the late 1950s to the early 1960s she lived and worked in West Germany using the name Ann Savo.

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Paula Vesala

Paula Anneli Kivivuori
First Name Paula
Last Name Vesala
Born on December 10, 1981 (age 42)

Paula Julia Vesala is a Finnish singer-songwriter, actress, and playwright. She was one of two singers and main lyricist in the pop rock duo PMMP along with Mira Luoti. Her solo career began in 2015 under the stage name "Vesala". She has composed songs for other well-known Finnish artists such as Vesa-Matti Loiri, Jenni Vartiainen, and Antti Tuisku.

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Johanna Kurkela

First Name Johanna
Born on April 25, 1985 (age 38)

Johanna Kurkela is a Finnish singer. Her first published work was a duet Tahdon tanssia kanssasi with Tomi Metsäketo in 2004. Kurkela released her first album Hetki hiljaa in 2005. She got a lot of publicity in the Finnish Preselection final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, presenting the song Olet uneni kaunein. Kurkela ended up sixth in the preselection final. A few weeks later she published her second album Marmoritaivas. She also contributed vocals to two tracks on Sonata Arctica's album The Days of Grays. Her 2010 album Hyvästi, Dolores Haze has sold over 20,000 copies.

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Ari Helenius

First Name Ari
Last Name Helenius
Born on September 3, 1944 (age 79)

Ari Helenius is a Finnish emeritus professor of biochemistry who is known for his research in virology.

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