List of Famous people born in Satakunta, Finland
Sebastian Aho
Sebastian Antero Aho is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Aho formerly played with Oulun Kärpät in the Finnish Liiga. Aho made his professional debut with Oulun Kärpät during the 2013–14 season. Drafted 35th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, he made his NHL debut during the 2016–17 season with the Hurricanes.
Olli Lindholm
Olli Lindholm was a Finnish singer and guitarist. He was the lead singer of the renowned Finnish band Yö since the early 1980s with a string of hits and albums. In addition, he worked on a solo basis with his own four albums released on various labels including Maailma on kaunis in 2010 that peaked at number one on The Official Finnish Chart Suomen virallinen lista.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a Finnish professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "KK" by Canadiens fans, he was drafted third overall by the Canadiens in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Jenni Haukio
Jenni Elina Haukio is a Finnish poet and the spouse of the president of Finland since 1 March 2012. She is the second wife of the current president of Finland, Sauli Niinistö.
Esko Elstelä
Esko Elstelä was a Finnish screenwriter and film director. His 1964 film Onnelliset leikit was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
Aurora Karamzina
Eva Aurora Charlotta Karamzin, was a Finnish-Swede philanthropist. Her better-known names are Princess Aurora Demidova and Aurora Karamzin, titles that were acquired after her first and second marriages, respectively.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered very important for the Finnish national identity. He changed his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.
Eemil Nestor Setälä
Eemil Nestor Setälä, was a Finnish politician and once the Chairman of the Senate of Finland, from September 1917 to November 1917, when he was author of the Finnish Declaration of Independence.
Mari Rantasila
Ritva Leena Mari Rantasila is a Jussi Award-winning Finnish actress, director and singer.
Risto Ryti
Risto Heikki Ryti was the fifth president of Finland, from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the interwar period. He made a wide range of international contacts in the world of banking and within the framework of the League of Nations. Ryti served as prime minister during the Winter War and the Interim Peace. Later he served as president during the Continuation War. After the war, Ryti was the main defendant in the Finnish War-responsibility trials.