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This is a list of historical and living Finns (including ethnic Finns and people of full or partial Finnish ancestry) who are famous or notable. Finland is a Nordic country located between Sweden, Norway and Russia.
Finland: 4.1 billion Kone: 1516 Heikki Kyöstilä Finland: 2 billion Planmeca: 1575 Mika Anttonen Finland: 1.9 billion St1: 1725 Ilkka Herlin Finland: 1.7 billion Kone 1804 Ilona Herlin Finland: 1.6 billion Kone 2020 Antti Aarnio-Wihuri Finland: 1.4 billion Wihuri Group: 2133 Heikki Herlin Finland: 1.3 billion Kone
Tarja Halonen (born 1943), President of Finland (2000–2012) Johan Helo (1889–1966), lawyer & politician; Abdirahim Hussein Mohamed (born 1978), Finnish-Somalian media personality & politician; Yrjö Leino (1897–1961), communist politician, Minister of the Interior (1946–1948) Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951), statesman and ...
Petteri Koponen (born 1988) – basketball player, first Finnish first round pick in NBA draft; Lauri Markkanen (born 1997) – basketball player, currently with the NBA's Chicago Bulls
He became famous as Saku Salin in the Finnish television soap opera Salatut elämät (1999–2002). According to a calculation published by Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat, Pääkkönen is "the most profitable film actor in Finland" [9] for having starred in numerous box office hits during his career. [10]
At the finals on 31 January Signmark placed second behind Waldo's People with 41.2% of the votes. [8] The original Signmark group split up in May 2009, after which Signmark signed a record deal with Warner Music as a solo artist. He became the first deaf person to sign a recording contract with an international record company.
The famous Portuguese soccer star proves that sports can inspire people to rally behind great talent. Ronaldo started his football career early in Lisbon youth leagues. In 2003, he was drafted by ...
Eero Saarinen (1910–1961), architect and product designer of the 20th century, famous for his simple, sweeping, arching structural curves [5] Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early 20th century [6] Haddon Sundblom, artist; Wallace Wood, comics artist (EC Comics, Mad Magazine ...