List of Famous people born in Uusimaa, Finland

Albert Edelfelt

Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt
First Name Albert
Last Name Edelfelt
Born on July 21, 1854
Died on August 18, 1905 (aged 51)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa, Porvoo

Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art. He lived in the Grand Duchy of Finland and made Finnish culture visible abroad, before Finland gained full independence.

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Rami Räikkönen

First Name Rami
Last Name Räikkönen
Born on December 14, 1977 (age 48)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa
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Elias Lönnrot

First Name Elias
Last Name Lönnrot
Born on April 9, 1802
Died on March 19, 1884 (aged 81)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa, Lohja

Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, Kalevala, (1835, enlarged 1849), from short ballads and lyric poems gathered from the Finnish oral tradition during several expeditions in Finland, Russian Karelia, the Kola Peninsula and Baltic countries.

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Ernst Leonard Lindelöf

First Name Ernst
Last Name Lindelöf
Born on March 7, 1870
Died on June 4, 1946 (aged 76)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Ernst Leonard Lindelöf was a Finnish mathematician, who made contributions in real analysis, complex analysis and topology. Lindelöf spaces are named after him. He was the son of Lorenz Leonard Lindelöf and brother of the philologist Uno Lorenz Lindelöf.

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Janne Wirman

First Name Janne
Born on April 26, 1979 (age 47)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Janne Viljami "Warman" Wirman is a Finnish musician; he is the former keyboardist for the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom from 1997–2019 and currently collaborating with Warmen.

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Edith Erastoff

First Name Edith
Last Name Erastoff
Died on August 28, 1945
Born in Finland, Uusimaa
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Marja Väisälä

First Name Marja
Born on May 9, 1916
Died on December 21, 2011 (aged 95)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Marja Ilmatar Väisälä was a Finnish teacher of mathematics and natural sciences, who in 1950 founded a private school in Swakopmund in what is now Namibia, where she taught the children of Finnish missionaries. She also discovered two asteroids, 1718 Namibia and 2437 Amnestia, at the Turku Observatory in 1942.

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Hector

Heikki Veikko Harma
Born on April 20, 1947 (age 79)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Heikki Veikko Harma is a Finnish singer-songwriter who has also distinguished himself as a translator of song lyrics, but has written popular lyrics of his own too. To the public he's better known by the name Hector, which he has used since the release of his 1965 debut single "Palkkasoturi", a Finnish translation of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier". His 1974 album Hectorock I became the fastest selling record in Finnish history, selling 50,000 units within a few months. Hector was at the height of his popularity in the first half of the 1970s, but his steady string of recordings provided occasional hits well into the 1990s. In the 2000s, he made strong comeback to popularity with his album Ei selityksiä. That album became one of his most successful albums. In 2007 he made a farewell tour on big arenas, but has performed occasionally after that too. In 2011 he made a massive comeback tour and released a new album Hauras (Fragile) in 2014, ten years after his previous album.

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Marcus Nikkanen

First Name Marcus
Last Name Nikkanen
Born on January 26, 1904
Died on March 28, 1985 (aged 81)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Marcus Rafael Nikkanen was a Finnish figure skater. He was the 1930 European bronze medalist and the 1933 World bronze medalist. He represented Finland at the 1928 Winter Olympics, at the 1932 Winter Olympics, and the 1936 Winter Olympics. He placed sixth in 1928, fourth in 1932, and seventh in 1936.

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Kristina Carlson

First Name Kristina
Born on July 31, 1949 (age 76)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Kristina Carlson, also known by her pen name Mari Lampinen, is a Finnish novelist, poet and writer.

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