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PRINT THIS MAP Tarja Halonen, President of Finland photo copyrighted by: Finnish Defense Forces Finland's Joulupukki - (Santa Claus) Travel the World through Poster Art! Matt Damon, actor of Finnish descent Travel the World through Poster Art! Jessica Lange, actress of Finnish descent Travel the World through Poster Art! PRINT THIS MAP Contact Us | Privacy Statement Copyrighted by Graphic Maps All rights reserved! All maps, graphics, flags and original descriptions created by Graphic Maps, a d/b/a of the Woolwine-Moen Group, unless otherwise noted and/or directly linked to the source, and use of same for any application whatsoever (with the exception of outline maps) requires written permission. We make no copyright claim on any statistical data on this page, nor on any non-original graphics, and/or pictures not produced by us. Certain statistical data is gathered from the CIA World Factbook, as well as numerous public domain reference materials. Every effort is made to be as accurate as possible when disseminating information on any worldwide destination. We are not responsible for unintentional data entry errors or omissions. If you would like to submit an addition, change or correction, or suggest a new link, please forward it to our map department and we will give it our immediate attention.

Famous Natives People listed below are either native to Finland, or of Finnish descent (born elsewhere) who have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their individual endeavors. Ida Aalberg actress Aino Aalto designer Alvar Aalto architect Paavo Aaltonen olympic medalist Wäinö Aaltonen sculptor, artist Aino Ackté actress Kalevi Aho composer Apocalyptica musical group Apulanta rock band Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin musician Paavo Berglund conductor Irina Björklund actress Linda Brava violinist Minna Canth author, activist Anders Chydenius author, politician Bernhard Henrik Crusell composer, clarinetist Matt Damon actor Darude music producer Jörn Donner filmmaker Albert Edelfelt artist Anna Falchi actress Mikael Forssell footballer Mikko Franck conductor Peter Franzén actor Akseli Gallen-Kallela artist George Gaynes actor Irwin Goodman singer Ralf Gothóni conductor, composer, pianist Ragnar Granit physiologist, nobel prize laureate Monica Groop opera singer Veikka Gustafsson mountaineer Paavo Haavikko publisher, poet, playwright Aki Hakala musician Mika Häkkinen race car driver Veikko Hakulinen olympic medalist Tarja Halonen first female president Renny Harlin film director, producer Heikki Hasu olympic medalist Mikko Heikkinen architect Eero Heinonen musician Edvin Henvonkoski artist, sculptor Marco Hietala singer, songwriter Eila Hiltunen sculptor Petri Hiltunen cartoonist, illustrator HIM music group Jaakko Hinitikka philosopher, logician, author Veikko Huhtanen olympic medalist Veikko Huovinen author Jorma Hynninen opera singer Sami Hyypiä footballer Fredrik Idestam founder nokia Volmari Iso-Hollo olympic medalist Soile Isokoski opera singer Tove Jansson author, artist, illustrator Eero Järnefelt artist Joulupukki Santa Claus Kata Kärkkäinen author, columnist Pertti Karppinen olympic medalist Aki Kaurismäki screenwriter, producer, director Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi olympic medalist Aleksis Kivi author (Finland's national author) Ere Kokkonen film director Joonas Kokkonen composer Hannes Kolehmainen olympic medalist Markku Komonen architect Leena Krohn author Mauri Kunnas illustrator, cartoonist Toivo Kuula conductor, composer Armi Kuusela first miss universe Edvin Laine film director Alexi Laiho musician Samppa Lajunen olympic medalist Jessica Lange actress Torsti Lehtinen author, philosopher Eero Lehtonen olympic medalist Joel Lehtonen author Kari Lehtonen hockey player Eino Leino poet, journalist Juha Leiviskä architect Leningrad Cowboys band Heikki Liimatainen olympic medalist Magnus Lindberg composer Yrjö Lindegren architect Ernst Leonard Lindelöf mathematician Vesa-Matti Loiri actor Väinö Linna author Elias Lönnrot author Lordi band Eero Mäntyranta olympic medalist Karita Mattila opera singer Olli Mustonen composer, pianist Jonni Myyrä olympic medalist Rolf Nevanlinna mathematician Toni Nieminen olympic medalist Nightwish music group Ari-Pekka Nikkola olympic medalist Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld arctic explorer Sara Nunes singer Maila Nurmi actress Paavo Nurmi olympic medalist Tuomari Nurmio singer, songwriter Sakari Oramo conductor Risto Orko film producer, director Kati Outinen actress Mikko Paananen (Migé) musician Arto Paasilinna author Erno Paasilinna author, journalist Kalle Päätalo author Olavi Paavolainen essayist, journalist, poet Kalle Palander olumpic skiing medalist Onni Palaste author Tauno Palo actor Jorma Panula conductor, composer Spede Pasanen director, producer Matti Pellonpää actor Lauri "Takho" Pihkala inventor finnish baseball Joni Pitkäne nhl hockey player Mika Pohjola pianist, composer Pekka Pohjola musician, composer Anne Marie Pohtamo miss universe Lauri Porra musician Lasse Pöysti actor Einojuhani Rautavaara composer Ville Ritola olympic medalist Keijo "Keke" Rosberg race car driver Johan Ludvig Runeberg poet (national poet of finland) Arto Saari professional skateboarder Kaija Saariaho composer Eero Saarinen architect Aulis Sallinen composer Matti Salminen opera singer Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor, composer Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor Reidar Särestöniemi artist Timo Sarpaneva designer Helene Schjerfbeck artist Leif Segerstam conductor, composer Jean Sibelius composer Frans Emil Sillanpää author, nobel prize laureate Hugo Simberg artist Johanna Sinisalo author Sonata Arctica music group Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg first president independent finland Mauritz Stiller screenwriter, film director John Storgårds conductor Kari Suomalainen political cartoonist Martti Talvela opera singer Jonna Tervomaa singer, songwriter The Rasmus band Clas Thunberg olympic medalist Märta Tikkanen author Zacharias Topelius author, historian Linus Torvalds engineer, developer Linux Tarja Turunen singer Karrie Utrio author Ville Valo singer, songwriter Osmo Vänskä conductor Värttinä band Lasse Virén olympic medalist Artturi Ilmari Virtanen chemist, nobel prize laureate Rudolf Walden founder united paper mills Mika Waltari author Tapio Wirkkala designer, sculptor Lauri Ylönen singer, songwriter Is someone missing from this list? 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