Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Ilves.Korhonen began his career in Finland'

Is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Ilves.Korhonen began his career in Finland's SM-liiga, spending two season with TuTo Turku where he served as backup to Timo Lehkonen and Jukka Tammi in respective seasons. He moved to Ilves where h

Is a Finnish snowboarder. He competed for Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the halfpipe, finis

Is a Finnish snowboarder. He competed for Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the halfpipe, finishing 11th. Malin won the bronze medal at a 2008-09 World Cup event at Stoneham Mountain Resort in the halfpipe. Malin is also a constant competitor at eve

Is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of the first goaltenders in the NHL from

Is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of the first goaltenders in the NHL from Finland. He is also the goalie who ended Wayne Gretzky's 51-game point streak in 1983–84

Is a Finnish football midfielder, who recently played for Scottish Premier League club Inverness Cal

Is a Finnish football midfielder, who recently played for Scottish Premier League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He has represented Finland at Under-21 level.

Is a Finnish former figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was a six time gold medalist at

Is a Finnish former figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was a six time gold medalist at the Finnish Figure Skating Championships. He coaches at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.

Is a Finnish athlete, who specialises in the 100m sprint. His trainer is Asser Pettinen.

Is a Finnish athlete, who specialises in the 100m sprint. His trainer is Asser Pettinen.

Is a professional Finnish ice hockey player. He is currently a defenceman for Ilves in the SM-liiga.

Is a professional Finnish ice hockey player. He is currently a defenceman for Ilves in the SM-liiga.

Is the founding member of the Finnish Viking/folk metal band Ensiferum. Markus founded the band in 1

Is the founding member of the Finnish Viking/folk metal band Ensiferum. Markus founded the band in 1995 and is the sole original member to have lasted the distance to Ensiferum's present incarnation. His role in the band is guitarist and primary songwriter. He has always contributed backing vocals and since the departure of Jari Mäenpää in 2004 has taken up a greater role behind the microphone, sharing the clean vocal parts with new bass player Sami Hinkka, with Mäenpää's replacement Petri Lindroos handling the harsh vocals.

Is a Finnish shipbuilder, best known as the founder of Masa-Yards (now Aker Finnyards), after the ba

Is a Finnish shipbuilder, best known as the founder of Masa-Yards (now Aker Finnyards), after the bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine Ltd.. From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the Finnish Parliament.

Was a Finnish composer and musicologist, primarily remembered as the founder, in 1882, of the Helsin

Was a Finnish composer and musicologist, primarily remembered as the founder, in 1882, of the Helsinki Music Institute, now known as the Sibelius Academy.Wegelius studied in Leipzig, Vienna and Munich. He had intended to pursue a career as a composer, and wrote handful of orchestral works and a significant number of chamber and vocal works. He was a particular admirer of Wagner but wrote predominantly in the Romantic style. After founding the Institute he had little time for composing, and appears to have concentrated exclusively on teaching. The most famous graduate of Wegelius' Institute was Jean Sibelius.

Was a long-distance runner from Finland.

Was a long-distance runner from Finland.

Was a Finnish cross country skier and biathlete.He won the 50 km cross-country skiing event at Holme

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.

Was a Finnish folk musician and composer.[1] Pokela was an expert with the kantele, Finland's nation

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]

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

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara and TPS in Finland and Iserlohner EC in Germany.

Is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the

Is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1980 and 1984.

Is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for HIFK in the SM-liiga.

Is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for HIFK in the SM-liiga.

Is a Finnish actor and singer.Suosalo began his career in 1986 appearing on a mini TV series. He beg

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.

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympic

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1976 and 1980. He was nicknamed "Kalle" during his career. He is the brother-in-law of Finnish sprint athlete Helinä Laihorinne-Marjamaa.

Is a Finnish politician and member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance. He was fir

Is a Finnish politician and member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance. He was first elected to the parliament in 1991 and as the chairperson of his party in 2006. Korhonen served as the Minister of Regional and Municipal affairs under P

Is an internationally successful Finnish football manager.Kuusela enjoyed a moderately successful ca

Is an internationally successful Finnish football manager.Kuusela enjoyed a moderately successful career as a player in Finland. As a coach he won the Finnish championship in 1981 and 1990 with HJK Helsinki. He was the head coach of the Finnish national t

Was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 10 km a

Was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He finished 5th in the 18 km event in those same games.

Is a retired Finnish film and stage actor.Pennanen began acting relatively late in life in his late

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.

Was a Finnish operatic bass.Born in Hiitola, Finland, he studied in Lahti and Stockholm, and made hi

Was a Finnish operatic bass.Born in Hiitola, Finland, he studied in Lahti and Stockholm, and made his operatic debut in Helsinki in 1960 as Sparafucile. At 6 ft 7 in (201 cm), he was the tallest singer of his century. He was especially acclaimed as the hero in Boris Godunov and as Pimen from the same work, as Paavo Ruotsalainen in Viimeiset Kiusaukset, as a Wagner singer (King Marke, Hunding, Fasolt, Fafner and Titurel), as Sarastro and as Prince Gremin. As his final record he left, terribly thinned out by illness, a warm and heartfelt version of Schubert's Winterreise.

Was a Finnish architect renowned for the design of so-called "Puu-Käpylä" [Wood-Käpylä], the Gar

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.

Is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays for Ilves Tampere of the SM-liiga.

Is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays for Ilves Tampere of the SM-liiga.