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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.
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 ...
Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918–1919). Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1939–1945). The only Field Marshal and Marshal of Finland. Decreed as president in 1944 by an exception law. Resigned in 1946 because of poor health. Finland's only non-partisan president and the only president to die outside Finland. 7.
This is a list of Finnish supercentenarians (people from Finland who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The oldest person ever from Finland was Maria Rothovius, who died in 2000, aged 112 years 259 days. [1] All Finnish supercentenarians were born at a time when Finland was an autonomous state of the Russian Empire.
Mannerheim's 75th birthday, 4 June 1942, was a national celebration. The government granted him the unique title of Marshal of Finland (Suomen Marsalkka in Finnish, Marskalk av Finland in Swedish). So far he is the only person to receive the title.
Tarja Kaarina Halonen (pronounced [ˈtɑrjɑ (ˈkɑːrinɑ) ˈhɑlonen] ⓘ, born 24 December 1943) is a Finnish politician who served as the 11th president of Finland, and the first and to date only woman to hold the position, from 2000 to 2012.
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 ...
Sanna Mirella Marin (Finnish: [ˈsɑnːɑ ˈmirelːɑ ˈmɑriːn]; [1] born 16 November 1985) is a Finnish former politician who served as prime minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 and as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) from 2020 to 2023.