Famous People with Name Martti

Martti Pennanen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Martti Pennanen: is a retired Finnish film and stage actor.Pennanen began acting relatively late in life in his late 40s in 1970 and has made many appearances in Finnish film throughout the 1970s and 1980s, appearing in many films such as the 1983 James Bond spoof Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit where he acted alongside actors Ilmari Saarelainen and Tenho Sauren. However after 1990 he has appeared only on television in Finland retiring in 1999 at the age of 76.

Martti Juhani Suosalo            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Martti Juhani Suosalo: is a Finnish actor and singer.Suosalo began his career in 1986 appearing on a mini TV series. He began to work as a regular actor on Finnish television but also appeared in several films in the early 1990s such as the 1994 film Aapo alongside actors such as Taisto Reimaluoto, Ulla Koivuranta and Kai Lehtinen.

Martti Välikangas            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Martti Välikangas: was a Finnish architect renowned for the design of so-called "Puu-Käpylä" [Wood-Käpylä], the Garden City housing area in Käpylä near Helsinki, designed in the Nordic Classicism style.Välikangas studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, qualifying as an architect in 1917. In 1921 he left on a study tour of Italy (as well as visiting the other Nordic countries, Germany, France and north Africa), a common practice at that time for architects in the Nordic countries who were turning away from National Romanticism.

Martti Eliel Pokela            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Martti Eliel Pokela: was a Finnish folk musician and composer.[1] Pokela was an expert with the kantele, Finland's national musical instrument.[1]Pokela and his wife, Marjatta Pokela, were widely credited with ushering in a revival in interest in Finnish folk music beginning in the 1950s.[1] Their daughter, Eveliina Pokela, began performing with them in the 1960s.[1]

Martti Eemil Lappalainen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Martti Eemil Lappalainen: was a Finnish cross country skier and biathlete.He won the 50 km cross-country skiing event at Holmenkollen ski festival in 1928. As a result of this victory, he became the second non-Norwegian winner of any event run up to that point, behind fellow Finn Anton Collin, who won the 50 km event in 1922.

Tauno Marttinen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Tauno Marttinen: was a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music.Marttinen was named a professor by the president Urho Kekkonen in 1972. The composer lived in Turenki until his death. The only world-wide Foundation "Tauno Marttisen Kunniaksi" (Foundation in honouring Tauno Marttinen) is situated in The Netherlands, with Leeuwarden as residence.

Jyri Marttinen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Jyri Marttinen: is a defenceman for the Skellefteå AIK hockey team in the Swedish Elitserien league.