List of Famous people born in Uusikaupunki, Finland

Martti Simojoki

Martti Ilmari Simelius

First Name Martti

Born on September 17, 1908

Died on April 25, 1999 (aged 90)

Born in Finland, Finland Proper

Martti Ilmari Simojoki, previously Simelius was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1964 and 1978. Simojoki became the first bishop of the Diocese of Helsinki that was established in 1959.

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Robert Ekman

First Name Robert

Last Name Ekman

Born on August 13, 1808

Died on February 19, 1873 (aged 64)

Born in Finland, Finland Proper

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, a.k.a. R. W. Ekman, was a significant teacher and painter of the Finnish romantic portraits and early national romanticism.

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Bernhard Crusell

First Name Bernhard

Last Name Crusell

Born on October 15, 1775

Died on July 28, 1838 (aged 62)

Born in Finland, Finland Proper

Bernhard Henrik Crusell was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer and indeed, — the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius".

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Aimo Cajander

First Name Aimo

Last Name Cajander

Born on April 4, 1879

Died on January 21, 1943 (aged 63)

Born in Finland, Finland Proper

Aimo Kaarlo Cajander was the Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War.

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