Famous People with Name Mikko

Mikko Franck            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Mikko Franck: a Finnish conductor. He began to play the violin at the age of 5. By age 7, he reportedly preferred orchestral scores to all other reading matter. His first favorite score was Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 (the Pathétique) which he used to conduct while listening to a recording on earphones.[citation needed] He continued violin studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, beginning in 1992.In 1995, Franck took an opportunity from the Junior Department at the Sibelius Academy, which was celebrating its anniversary, to conduct an orchestra offered to any student who wished to do so. After this occurred, Jorma Panula immediately enlisted him as a private student. Franck entered Panula's conducting class at the Sibelius Academy in the fall of 1996. He has said of Panula:

Mikko Viljami Lindström            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Mikko Viljami Lindström: the lead guitarist of the Finnish rock band, HIM. Lindström is commonly called by his nickname, Linde.Linde also has a younger brother named Jude, who was born four years after Linde. Linde was an introverted boy notable only for his bobbed blond hair and glasses. He developed a passion for music at an early age. Lindström's father has always been an avid music fan and especially loves Elvis Presley. Lindström was given his first guitar, an acoustic mini Landola, for Christmas at the age of 10. Himself and keyboardist Burton are the only current members of HIM who do not have a heartagram tattoo. He has a daughter named Olivia, born 6 March 2003, with his common law wife, Mariam "Manna" Jäntti. Linde skipped playing Top of the Pops to be there when his daughter was born; thus, Valo appeared singing and playing a Gibson Flying V. [1] [2]

Mikko Sakari Koivu            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Mikko Sakari Koivu: a Finnish professional ice hockey forward plays centre and is team captain of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the younger brother of Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu.After playing in the Finnish junior leagues, Koivu began playing for TPS of the SM-liiga as a seventeen-year-old in 2000–01. He was selected 6th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild and continued to play with TPS Turku for three more seasons.

Mikko Lehtonen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Mikko Lehtonen: a Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien.Mikko Lehtonen appeared in his first National Hockey League game on October 7, 2006 with the Nashville Predators against the Minnesota Wild, and registered his first NHL goal in that game.He was traded on February 27, 2007 to the Buffalo Sabres for a fourth-round pick in the 2007 draft.[1]

Mikko Ronkainen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Mikko Ronkainen: a freestyle skier from Finland. He is a two-time World Champion (2001 and 2003) and won the moguls World Cup during the 2000-2001 season. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Ronkainen won a silver medal.