List of Famous people with last name Sillanpaa

Jari Sillanpää

Jari Veikko Sillanpää

First Name Jari

Born on August 16, 1965 (age 59)

Born in Sweden, Dalarna County

Jari Veikko Sillanpää is a Finnish-Swedish singer. With over 820,000 records sold, he is the fifth-best-selling music artist and second-best-selling solo artist in Finland.

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Frans Eemil Sillanpää

First Name Frans

Born on September 16, 1888

Died on June 3, 1964 (aged 75)

Born in Pirkanmaa

Frans Eemil Sillanpää was one of the most famous Finnish writers and in 1939 became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature". His best-known novels include The Maid Silja from 1931.

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