Famous People with Name Matti

Matti Caspi            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Matti Caspi: is an Israeli composer, musician, singer and lyricist. Born in 1949, he is regarded as one of Israel’s topmost musicians.He formed a trio with two of his friends, Gadi Oron and Ya’akov Noy, called The Three Fat Men. With this trio Caspi came out with his first big hit, Ani Met (I am dying).

Matti Kärki            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Matti Kärki: is a Swedish singer who is best known for his work with Dismember. Before he joined Dismember in 1991, he was the singer in the legendary Swedish band Carnage (1989-1990). Kärki's first band he fronted was Therion in 1989. He also appears on the Autopsy-inspired Murder Squad since 1993. Furthermore, he was part of the experimental band Carbonized from 1988 to 1990. Kärki appeared as a guest-singer of Entombed and sang "But Life Goes On" on the Entombed show in Sala 24 June 1990.

Matti Kassila            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Matti Kassila: a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 60s. He is most famous for the series of four Inspector Palmu movies, based on the character created by Mika Waltari. During his long career, he has won seven Jussi awards and received numerous other commendations.

Matti Salminen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Matti Salminen: a Finnish bass singer who has sung in all of the most important opera houses of the world, including the Metropolitan and Bayreuth Festival. He has a contract at the Zurich opera and he also frequently performs in his native Finland. Most of all he has been admired in such Wagner roles as Gurnemanz and Titurel (Parsifal), King Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Fasolt and Fafner (Das Rheingold / Siegfried), Hunding (Die Walküre), and Hagen (Götterdämmerung). Other important roles are Philip II (Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) and title roles of The Horseman by Aulis Sallinen and Rasputin by Einojuhani Rautavaara.

Matti Häyry            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Matti Häyry: Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy of Law at the University of Manchester. He studied philosophy and ethics in Helsinki, Finland, and he is Adjunct Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki.