Famous Finns
Music
Finnish National anthem (in Swedish, composed by Fredrik Pacius and lyrics by Johan Ludvig Runeberg)
Finnish National anthem (in Finnish)
Åland Islands regional anthem (in Swedish, composed by Johan Fridolf Hagfors and lyrics by John Grandell)
Finlandia (In Finnish, composed by Jean Sibelius and lyrics by V.A. Koskenniemi)
Bands and singers from Finland
HIM (Killing loneliness)
The Rasmus (In The Shadows)
Lordi (Would You Love a Monsterman)
Nightwish (Lapland)
69 Eyes (Lost Boys)
Amorphis (My Kantele)
Sturm und Drang (A Million Nights)
Anna Abreau (Music everywhere)
Kometfabriken (Snedsteg) in Swedish
Leningrad Cowboys (Those were the days)
Children of Bodom ( Transference)
Sonata Arctica (Paid in Full)
Composers and Conductors
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Jean Sibelius – composer
Movies
Aki Kaurismäki - film director
Renny Harlin - film director
Athletes and sports
Mika Häkkinen - Formula 1 driver
Kimi Räikkönen - Formula 1 driver
Lasse Virén - runner
JJ Lehto - driver
Keke Rosberg - Formula 1 driver
Marcus Grönholm – rally driver
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - cross-country skiier
Juha Mieto - cross-country skiier
Writers
Aleksis Kivi – first significant author in Finnish
Mika Waltari - author of "Sinuhe-the Egyptian"
Tove Jansson - children's author of the Moomin books
Johan Ludvig Runeberg – national poet
Jörn Donner – author and politician
Väinö Linna – author of "The Unknown Soldier"
Zacharias Topelius – author and historian
Artists
Alvar Aalto - architect and designer
Tapio Wirkkala - designer and sculptor
Akseli Gallen-Kallela – painter
Business people
Linus Torvalds - Linux
Michael Widenius - MySQL
Other
The Dudesons (Finland's version of Jackass)
