List of Famous people born in Uusimaa, Finland

Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004.

Åke Leonard Lindman was a Finnish director and actor.

Kai (Karl) Reinhold Donner was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Nenets people (Samoyeds) in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924. He was, among other things, a pioneer of modern anthropological fieldwork methods, though his work is little known in the English-speaking world.

Edvard Immanuel Hjelt was a Finnish chemist, politician and a member of the Senate of Finland. Hjelt studied chemistry in Finland and in Germany and became rector of the University of Helsinki in 1899. He opposed the increasing influence of Russia in the Grand Duchy of Finland and started his career in politics. Good connections to Germany created during his chemistry studies before and after his graduation made it possible for him to get military help during the Finnish Civil War. Hjelt organized the training of the Finnish Jäger troops in Germany.

Jani Kristian Volanen is a Finnish actor/writer/director. He has appeared in more than fifty TV- and movie-productions and thirty professional theater productions since 1986. Volanen has also created and directed many comedy-shows for Finnish television. Volanen often plays characters with personality disorders.

Ekaterina "Katja" Volkova is a Finnish former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is also Russian citizen, and a daughter of Russian parents.

Lars Anders Fredrik "Lasse" Mårtenson was a Finnish singer, composer, actor, and theater conductor.

Eva-Riitta Siitonen is a Finnish politician. She represents the National Coalition Party.

Robert Ivanov is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Polish club Warta Poznań, as a defender.

Margaretha von Bahr was a Finnish ballet dancer, choreographer and pedagog. She has been described as a leading ballet star of the post-war era in Finland.