Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Finnish footballer who plays for FC Honka in the Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who plays for FC Honka in the Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish professional football defender who plays for KSV Roeselare in the first division of Bel

Is a Finnish professional football defender who plays for KSV Roeselare in the first division of Belgium. He has played 16 caps for Finland.

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2003. He was best known for his doping ro

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2003. He was best known for his doping role in the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships doping scandal that would affect five other Finnish skiers for taking hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander. Immonen was part of the 4 x 10 km team that finished first, but would be disqualified for his blood doping and would receive a two year suspension from the FIS as a result. He also finished 10th in the 30 km event at those same championships.

The current keyboard-player in the Finnish rock band, HIM. He was born 17 October 1974, in Helsinki.

The current keyboard-player in the Finnish rock band, HIM. He was born 17 October 1974, in Helsinki. Burton comes from a family of ballerinas. He tried himself, but it "wasn't really anything for him." He began playing keyboards when he was around 5 years old. His mother motivated him to keep playing by making a hand puppet called "Riku the Piano Dog." If Burton didn't play, Riku the Piano Dog would starve. [1] Burton made his second debut as a temporary member of the band at the concert arranged at the Semifinal Club on 12 January 2001

Is a Finnish footballer who plays for BK Häcken in Sweden. Saarinen started his career as a promisi

Is a Finnish footballer who plays for BK Häcken in Sweden. Saarinen started his career as a promising attacking midfielder at HJK Helsinki, making his Veikkausliiga debut in 1993. In 1997 he moved to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg, but never made a breakthr

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Frölunda HC in the Elitserie

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Frölunda HC in the Elitserien. He was born in Västerås, Sweden but is of Finnish nationality and ethnicity.

Is a Finnish professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Veikkausliiga side FC Haka. Du

Is a Finnish professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Veikkausliiga side FC Haka. During years 1999-2008 he played for first division side MYPA. On 30th April 2010 he was selected as the Player of The Month in Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish snowboarder and harness racing driver. He competed for Finland at the 2006 Winter Olymp

Is a Finnish snowboarder and harness racing driver. He competed for Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics and Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Janne Korpi is a son of Pekka Korpi, one of the most famous harness racers in Finland. Janne himself has also

Is a Finnish television and film director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor.Directing sin

Is a Finnish television and film director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor.Directing since 1980 Kuusi has worked mostly on television in Finland although he has directed several feature films, short fictions and documentaries. His last film direction in 2006 was Saippuaprinssi working with actors such as Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola. After that he has concentrated to writing.

A Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history

A Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team. He also is a key founder and sponsor for the IDOne ski company based out of Japan.Lahtela won a gold medal in the moguls final of 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Four years earlier he had taken a silver medal in front of his cousin Sami Mustonen, who took bronze. He has also won the moguls skiing World Cup five times and became a World Champion in 1999.

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the

Is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, the Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Is a Finnish former professional footballer.In 1994 ex-Morton player Jimmy Pearson recommended Lindb

Is a Finnish former professional footballer.In 1994 ex-Morton player Jimmy Pearson recommended Lindberg to then Greenock Morton F.C. manager Allan McGraw. As a result Morton signed Lindberg at a cost of £250,000; a deal that included Lindberg's MyPa team

Is a Finnish cricketer. He has played for Finland since 2001. Appearing for the first time for the F

Is a Finnish cricketer. He has played for Finland since 2001. Appearing for the first time for the Finnish team at the 2001 ECC Trophy, Lumme also appeared for the team at the 2002 ECC Representative Festival and the 2004 ECC Championship. Most recently L

Is a retired freestyle sprint swimmer from Finland. Blomqvist competed for his native country at two

Is a retired freestyle sprint swimmer from Finland. Blomqvist competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. His best result was a 12th place with the men's 4×100 metres rreestyle relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Jani Sievinen, Antti Kasvio, and Kalle Varonen.

A Finnish ski jumper. He represents Puijon Hiihtoseura as his ski club.

A Finnish ski jumper. He represents Puijon Hiihtoseura as his ski club.

Is a footballer (defender) from Finland playing currently for FC Lahti. His former clubs were for ex

Is a footballer (defender) from Finland playing currently for FC Lahti. His former clubs were for example : FC Jokerit or KuPS.

A professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the second round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draf

A professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the second round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 36th overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers.Following three seasons playing with Jokerit in Helsinki, Finland, Niinimaa made his debut with the Flyers in the 1996û97 NHL season, posting 44 points and a +12 rating, and being named to the NHL All-Rookie Team.The following season Niinimaa was traded to the Edmonton Oilers, where he spent parts of six seasons. Earning himself an All-Star appearance in the 2000û01 NHL regular season. He was traded to the New York Islanders in 2003 and then was traded to the Montreal Canadiens.During the NHL lockout, Niinimaa returned to play in his native Finland. Niinimaa has twice represented Finland at the Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1998, and was on the national team when Finland won its only world championship gold medal.

Is a former Finnish professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and is 1.81 m t

Is a former Finnish professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and is 1.81 m tall and weighs 76 kg. He is a former member of the Finland national football team.

Is a professional ice hockey player who is best known from his long time in SM-liiga team Tappara fr

Is a professional ice hockey player who is best known from his long time in SM-liiga team Tappara from Tampere.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental H

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). After one season in North America, Pesonen opted to return to Europe and signed with Russian club Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hock

He is considered one of the best and most successful ski jumpers of all time. His achievements inclu

He is considered one of the best and most successful ski jumpers of all time. His achievements include individual World Championships in 1997 (normal hill) and 2005 (large hill), first place in the World Cup in 2003û2004 and 2004û2005, and first place in the Four Hills Tournament for a record-breaking five times, bettering the previous record of four by Jens Weissflog. Interestingly, Ahonen won the 1999 tournament without winning a single event, coming second on all four hills.Ahonen's other medals in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships include the individual normal hill (bronze: 2005), individual large hill (bronze: 2001), team normal hill (silver: 2001), and team large hill (gold: 1995, 1997, 2003; silver: 2001, 2005).

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for KuPS.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for KuPS.

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1997 World Orienteering Championships, Short dis

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1997 World Orienteering Championships, Short distance. World champion Relay 2001, silver medal 1995, 1997 and 1999. Married to Swiss orienteer Vroni König-Salmi.

Is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Known for his keyboard work in Tarot from the late 1980's, Tolsa

Is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Known for his keyboard work in Tarot from the late 1980's, Tolsa also takes part in the melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, which he joined in 2005 for their album Before the Bleeding Sun, as well as the industrial metal band Turmion Kätilöt (under the alias RunQ). Tolsa is also known to work as a composer for television. Janne Tolsa plays keyboards in Marenne Band and is one of the composers in the band's debut album The Past Prelude.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for RoPS. During his career Turpeeniemi has been play

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for RoPS. During his career Turpeeniemi has been playing in middlefield, right winger and right full back. Last years he has played defensive positions. In 2006 he had trials with English side Plymouth Argyle