Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper who currently plays for English Premier League club Bolton Wanderer

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper who currently plays for English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the Finnish national team.

Is a Finnish ski jumper. He is the older brother of the more successful Matti Hautamäki.

Is a Finnish ski jumper. He is the older brother of the more successful Matti Hautamäki.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

Is a Finnish politician of the National Coalition Party and mayor of Helsinki since 2005.He has a B.

Is a Finnish politician of the National Coalition Party and mayor of Helsinki since 2005.He has a B.Sc and M.Sc from the Helsinki School of Economics and MBA from INSEAD in France. He speaks Finnish, Swedish, English, and French fluently. Pajunen was a me

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the Natio

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).Jokinen was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round, 192nd overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Jokinen spent his four seasons before his NHL debut playing for Kärpät of the SM-liiga, the top Finnish league.In his rookie year in the 2005–06 NHL season, Jokinen gained a great reputation in the NHL as one of the best shootout specialists in the league, until being stopped by Evgeni Nabokov.[1][2] He was a remarkable nine-for-nine in shootouts before his first unsuccessful attempt.[2] He can be seen pulling some unique dekes, such as the one handed slide in goal - also known as "The Paralyzer" - in shootouts.

Is a Finnish Slavic linguist, blogger and a politician who has become famous for his texts that crit

Is a Finnish Slavic linguist, blogger and a politician who has become famous for his texts that criticize Finland's policy of immigration and multiculturalism. According to Finnish newspaper Aamulehti he is the best known political blogger in Finland.

Is a Finnish football player. He is a midfielder, but has also played in central defence. Since 2004

Is a Finnish football player. He is a midfielder, but has also played in central defence. Since 2004 Kujala has represented Tampere United, which plays in the Finnish premier league, Veikkausliiga. Kujala made his debut for United in 2000, and spent four

On Finnish footballer, who plays as defender. He currently represents Tampere United in the Finnish

On Finnish footballer, who plays as defender. He currently represents Tampere United in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga. At the premier level he has also represented FC Ilves, the predecessor of Tampere United. He has played in a total of 236 m

. Lampi has appeared in many films and TV shows, including V2 - jäätynyt enkeli (2007), Matti (200

. Lampi has appeared in many films and TV shows, including V2 - jäätynyt enkeli (2007), Matti (2006), Pelikaanimies (2004), Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001), Ansa ja Oiva and Ruusun aika. It is believed that Lampi started his recording career in the band Bodyg

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

Is a Finnish player of football (soccer). Mäkelä is a goalkeeper, and represents Tampere United of

Is a Finnish player of football (soccer). Mäkelä is a goalkeeper, and represents Tampere United of Finnish premier league Veikkausliiga.

A former NHL goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers. He currently plays for HC CSKA

A former NHL goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers. He currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).Jussi and his wife, Sanna, have two children.Markkanen is a professional ice hockey goaltender who has played extensively in various European professional leagues as well as the NHL. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, 133rd overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, as an over-aged entrant.Markkanen has spent his entire NHL career in Edmonton, except for a single season stint with the New York Rangers. During the 2004û05 NHL lockout, Markkanen played in the Russian Super League, where he posted a dominant 31û9û9 record. On July 2007 Jokerit informed that they had made a one-year contract with Markkanen for the next sm-liiga season

Is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for FC Inter Turku in the Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for FC Inter Turku in the Veikkausliiga.

Was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was

Was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was also a classically trained pianist and violinist. Originally Pohjola rose to fame as the bass player of the Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam, but he soon departed on a solo career, initially releasing Frank Zappa -influenced progressive rock albums. As his career progressed Pohjola developed a more novel musical style that could best be described as fusion jazz. In addition to Wigwam and his solo albums, Pohjola also played with Made in Sweden, The Group and the bands of Jukka Tolonen and Mike Oldfield.

Is a Finnish 400 metre hurdler.He competed at the European Championships in 2002 and at the World Ch

Is a Finnish 400 metre hurdler.He competed at the European Championships in 2002 and at the World Championships in 2009 without reaching the final.

Is a professional ice hockey player. He plays defense for KalPa in the SM-liiga. He is the younger b

Is a professional ice hockey player. He plays defense for KalPa in the SM-liiga. He is the younger brother of Kimmo Timonen.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Honka.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Honka.

Is a Finnish road racing cyclist. He started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a profe

Is a Finnish road racing cyclist. He started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with FDJ. After a long breakaway on stage 2 of the 2009 Tour de France he donned the Polka Dot Jersey for king of the mountains. He kept the jersey until stage 6, when Stéphane Augé took it.

Is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays for Tampere United, which plays in Veikkausliiga, the p

Is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays for Tampere United, which plays in Veikkausliiga, the premier division of football in Finland. On his debut season Karvonen played in 12 games Veikkausliiga at the age of 16. He also played 3 Finnish Cup games

Is a Helsinki-born Estonian[1] Swedish-language journalist, author, and former Member of Parliament.

Is a Helsinki-born Estonian[1] Swedish-language journalist, author, and former Member of Parliament.[1] Zilliacus was a MP for the Swedish People's Party[2] from Helsinki from 1975 to 1986 and a member of the Helsinki City Council from 1968 to 1984.

Is a Finnish actor. Lehtinen has a minor role in the 2002 movie Menolippu Mombasaan. Starting in 200

Is a Finnish actor. Lehtinen has a minor role in the 2002 movie Menolippu Mombasaan. Starting in 2003, she has appeared in Finnish television series Salatut elämät, playing the character Katri Sievinen. In Salatut elämät, she portrays a sexy twenty-year-old woman that works in an enterprise called "Snow Team". In the series, she has family problems. Her younger sisters Annika, who is now dead, and Heli are constantly having problems

Is a Finnish football defender who currently plays in defence for the Veikkausliiga side FC Haka in

Is a Finnish football defender who currently plays in defence for the Veikkausliiga side FC Haka in Finland. Kangaskorpi is the current captain of FC Haka. He has also coached the clubs A-juniors in 2008.

Is a Finnish ice hockey player for the Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga. He plays as a forward, and shoot

Is a Finnish ice hockey player for the Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga. He plays as a forward, and shoots right. He was selected in fifth round, 149th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.