Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories o

Made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot (1986), Lancia (1987 and 1991) and Toyota (1993) cars to four World Rally Championship driver's tit

Is a Finnish football defender who currently plays for Hamarkameratene in the Norwegian Premier Leag

Is a Finnish football defender who currently plays for Hamarkameratene in the Norwegian Premier League. He joined the team from FC Haka ahead of the 2006 season. Pasoja has also played for KPT-85 og FC Jazz, and has 151 matches and 19 goals in the Veikkau

Is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays for Heracles Almelo in Eredivisie in The Netherlands

Is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays for Heracles Almelo in Eredivisie in The Netherlands.In 2007 he also went on trial with RCD Espanyol. On December 30 it was announced that Hakola signed a 1.5 year contract with Heracles Almelo in the Erediv

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World Champion. He participated on the Finnish winning team

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World Champion. He participated on the Finnish winning team in the 2001 World Orienteering Championships.[1] He also has a silver medal from the 1999 Short Distance, and silver medals from the 1997 and 1999 Team Events.[1]

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Tampere United in the Finnish premier division Veikk

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Tampere United in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga. He has also played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Haka between moved to Tampere United[1] in January 2009.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Karhut Pori an

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Karhut Pori and HIFK.

Is former Finnish footballer who is currently managing director of VPS.

Is former Finnish footballer who is currently managing director of VPS.

Is a professional Ice hockey Left Winger currently playing for Bolzano-Bozen Foxes in italian Serie

Is a professional Ice hockey Left Winger currently playing for Bolzano-Bozen Foxes in italian Serie A.

Is a Finnish enduro rider. He is a 12-time World Enduro Champion (including the overall world champi

Is a Finnish enduro rider. He is a 12-time World Enduro Champion (including the overall world championship titles from 2000 to 2004) and has also won the German championship (1998) and the Spanish championship (2000-2002). In motocross, he won the Finnish

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper. Soukiala currently plays for Tampere United in the Finnish Veikkau

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper. Soukiala currently plays for Tampere United in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He has also represented FC Hämeenlinna on a senior level.

A Finnish educational researcher, and public intellectual. He holds Professorship in Adult Education

A Finnish educational researcher, and public intellectual. He holds Professorship in Adult Education at the University of Tampere in his hometown. Previously he has worked as Professor of Education at the University of Lapland in 1997-2004, and Professor of Adult Education at the University of Joensuu in 2004-2006. He is also Adjunct Professor in Music Education (Sibelius Academy, Finland), and in media education (see: media literacy) (University of Tampere, Finland).

Was a former hammer thrower from Finland who won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The sam

Was a former hammer thrower from Finland who won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The same year he achieved his personal best throw, 81.52 metres.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

Is a former Finnish athlete. He is the winner of the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter gold medals at the

Is a former Finnish athlete. He is the winner of the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter gold medals at the 1971 European Championships held in Helsinki. He was the eldest of the successful Finnish runners Lasse Virén, Pekka Vasala, Tapio Kantanen, Martti Vainio

Is a Finnish retired ice dancer. He competed with Jessica Huot. They teamed up in 1999 and are the 2

Is a Finnish retired ice dancer. He competed with Jessica Huot. They teamed up in 1999 and are the 2002-2004 Finnish national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU championship was 18th at the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships.

Is a former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the fifth round,

Is a former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the fifth round, 91st overall, of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

Is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 2002. His lone World Cup victory was in a team flying

Is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 2002. His lone World Cup victory was in a team flying hill event in Germany in February 2009.

Is a Finnish musician. He is currently in the band Charon as a vocalist and songwriter and in the ba

Is a Finnish musician. He is currently in the band Charon as a vocalist and songwriter and in the band Harmaja as a vocalist, guitar player and songwriter and also in the band Northern Kings as a vocalist.[1] He also provided vocals for the first release from the band Poisonblack, which featured members from several other Finnish rock bands.

Is a Finnish film director and producer known for his UFO documentaries. His most notable documentar

Is a Finnish film director and producer known for his UFO documentaries. His most notable documentary is Mankind's Last Exodus, released in 1998 and sold in over 120 countries.

Was a Finnish actor. His first film role was in year 1950 in the film Maija löytää sävelen (Finn

Was a Finnish actor. His first film role was in year 1950 in the film Maija löytää sävelen (Finnish: Maija Finds a Tone). Kumpulainen became to known in 1950s in the Pekka ja Pätkä movies, (Finnish: Pekka and Pätkä), where he acted minor roles. He appeared also in many soldier farces in 1950s and 1960s. Kumpulainen was married with actress Mirjam Kumpulainen. Kumpulainen did all in all 85 film roles during years 1950-1991. Kumpulainen had also very high office in the administration- and organization jobs of Yleisradio.

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

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for KalPa, Ilves, HJK, and TPS.

Was a Finnish author and journalist.He started as a realist and his first novel Rautatie (Railroad),

Was a Finnish author and journalist.He started as a realist and his first novel Rautatie (Railroad), which is considered one of his main works, is from this period. Later he moved towards neoromanticism with novels Panu and Kevät ja takatalvi as well as Juha. The last one is one of his most famous works and has been adapted to opera by Arne Merikanto, and to film four times, most recently in 1999 by Aki Kaurismäki.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was one of Finland's best ice hockey goalkeepers. He played in the famous team Ilves in 1964.

Was one of Finland's best ice hockey goalkeepers. He played in the famous team Ilves in 1964.

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he was disqu

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event. Four years later in Rome, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 4 x 500 m event.