List of Famous people with last name Salmela

Hugo Salmela

First Name Hugo

Last Name Salmela

Born on June 13, 1884

Died on March 28, 1918 (aged 33)

Born in Russia, Leningrad Oblast

Hugo Salmela was one of the Red Guard military leaders in the 1918 Finnish Civil War. He was a saw-mill worker from the town of Kotka in Eastern Finland, without any military background. Salmela was also known as an enthusiastic amateur actor in the local worker's theatre. After the Red Guards were formed in the late 1917, Salmela became the leader of the Kymi Guard.

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