Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a Finnish football player. He started his career with Finnish football club Pallo-Iirot, then mov

Is a Finnish football player. He started his career with Finnish football club Pallo-Iirot, then moved to FC Haka and spent most of his career at Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi but from December 2007 played for Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia. Aalto returned t

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. H

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. He played for HIFK, SaiPa, and Quebec Nordiques. He is the grandfather of Devin Jarvi, world famous silent-movie actor.

Is a Finnish jazz pianist. He has studied piano in the jazz department of Sibelius Academy and class

Is a Finnish jazz pianist. He has studied piano in the jazz department of Sibelius Academy and classical piano in Manhattan School of Music. He is one of the best known Finnish jazz pianists, both in Finland and abroad. He's a pianist and composer of Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz trio. In addition to jazz, he has composed some classical pieces - most notably, the Concerto for Piano and Concerto in G??A?.

The leader of the Finnish right-wing radical Lapua Movement.Kosola was an active recruiter of Finnis

The leader of the Finnish right-wing radical Lapua Movement.Kosola was an active recruiter of Finnish Jäger troops to Germany from autumn 1915, and was incarcerated in 1916. He was imprisoned in Helsinki, then at the Shpalernaya prison in St. Petersburg a

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for MYPA.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for MYPA.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He is the older brother of Valtteri Filppula.Filppula

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He is the older brother of Valtteri Filppula.Filppula started his pro career in Kiekko-Vantaa, in the Finnish lower leagues, and after two years with JYP, he spent a season with Jokerit, and then returned to J

Is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman who currently represents HIFK of the Finnish top flight, the SM-L

Is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman who currently represents HIFK of the Finnish top flight, the SM-Liiga. In 2006-07 he played 10 matches for the A-junior (top youth level in Finland) side and an additional 21 matches for the B-juniors. In 2007-08 he made

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents Tampere United, which plays in Veikkausliiga, the premier di

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents Tampere United, which plays in Veikkausliiga, the premier division of football in Finland. His current contract with the team covers seasons 2009 and 2010. He is also a member of Finland national under-19 football t

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for KuPS and have formerly played also in FF Jaro and

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for KuPS and have formerly played also in FF Jaro and FC KooTeePee.

Is a member of the Finnish Parliament. He was born in Lokalahti, now a part of Uusikaupunki in Finla

Is a member of the Finnish Parliament. He was born in Lokalahti, now a part of Uusikaupunki in Finland Proper. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2008.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey Leag

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.Heikkinen agreed to terms with the New York Rangers on May 20, 2009. He appeared in his first career NHL game on December 5, 2009, a 2-1 Rangers win aga

Is a former Finnish boxer.Koski turned pro in 1958 and fought all of his fights in Europe. After win

Is a former Finnish boxer.Koski turned pro in 1958 and fought all of his fights in Europe. After winning his first six fights, he was KO'd by Ulli Nitzschke in 1960 in Germany. He the fought two bouts with Lars Olof Norling, and retired in 1962.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ässät and TP

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ässät and TPS.

Is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays in the SM-Liiga. Now was played in TPS and J

Is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays in the SM-Liiga. Now was played in TPS and Jokerit, but his current team is Kärpät Oulu.

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in four Summe

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968.[1]After his Olympic career concluded, Nummisto appeared in the Finals of the World's Strongest Man competition 5 times between 1986 and 1992, including a personal best 3rd place showing in 1990.[2] Ilkka was also a 3 time Finland's Strongest Man.[3]

A former professional ice hockey player who spent parts of 11 seasons in the NHL from 1981–1992, s

A former professional ice hockey player who spent parts of 11 seasons in the NHL from 1981–1992, scoring 204 goals and 426 points with the Philadelphia Flyers, the Minnesota North Stars, and the Los Angeles Kings.Sinisalo retired from hockey in 1996 with his last team, the Kiekko-Espoo from SM-Liiga. Originally a junior product of HIFK. He is currently a scout for the Flyers.

Is a Finnish composer of popular opera and father of Jaakko Kuusisto. He was the general manager of

Is a Finnish composer of popular opera and father of Jaakko Kuusisto. He was the general manager of the Finnish National Opera.

Was a Finnish athlete, winner of the 10000 m at the 1936 Summer Olympics.Salminen became one of the

Was a Finnish athlete, winner of the 10000 m at the 1936 Summer Olympics.Salminen became one of the best long distance runners in the 1930s when he began his international athletics career in 1934 by winning the 10000 m and taking bronze in 5000 m at the first European Championships in Turin, thus becoming a main favorite at the Olympic 10000 m run.At the Berlin Olympics, Salminen, at first took the sixth place at the 5000 m final. On the next day, Salminen won against Arvo Askola and Volmari Iso-Hollo, two other Finns, in the 10000 m final, winning only by 0.2 seconds.

Is a Finnish actor. His career has been mainly based on television.Saarelainen began acting in 1970

Is a Finnish actor. His career has been mainly based on television.Saarelainen began acting in 1970 appearing in a number of TV series. His career has mainly been based on Finnish television although in the early to mid 1980s he starred in a number of Finnish films most famously as the bumbling lead character in the 1983 James Bond spoof Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit.

Was a Finnish actor, film director and screenwriter. Unho was employed by Suomi-Filmi for most of hi

Was a Finnish actor, film director and screenwriter. Unho was employed by Suomi-Filmi for most of his filmmaking career.Unho was born in Uusikaupunki in 1906. He started his film career as an actor in the 1925 film Pohjalaisia and also played roles in Meren kasvojen edessä (1926) and Kajastus (1930) during his early career. He worked as a theatre manager and journalist until 1938 when he was hired by Suomi-Filmi, a company he would stay with for the remainder of his career.[1]

Was a Finnish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summe

Was a Finnish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he was elimin

Was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 3000 metre steeplechase competition as well as of the 5000 metres event.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Reipas Lahti,

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Reipas Lahti, Jokerit, and Kiekkoreipas Lahti.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Ykkönen side FC Viikingit based in

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Ykkönen side FC Viikingit based in Helsinki in Finland.

A Finnish singer. Her style is pop and suomirock. She currently lives in Heinola.All of the songs on

A Finnish singer. Her style is pop and suomirock. She currently lives in Heinola.All of the songs on Irina's debut album were written by Toni Wirtanen of Apulanta except for the cover song Katujen kuningatar ("Queen of the Streets"). For some of the lyric