1. Mikaela Ingberg (1974)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg is a female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 64. 03 metres achieved in September 2000 in Berlin. She was nicknamed Mikke during...

2. Samu Torsti (1991)

Finnish Alpine Skier

Samu Torsti is an alpine skier from Finland. He competed for Finland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events.

3. Rikard Lindroos (1985)

Finnish Footballer

Rikard Lindroos is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga. Came from VIFK to the beginning of the 2009 season.

4. Juha Tapio (1974)

Finnish Singer

Juha Leevi Antero Tapio is a Finnish pop singer lyricist composer and guitarist. Tapio began with the first band to play rock in Ylistaro the age of 13. He was...

5. Setä Tamu (1975)

Finnish Rapper Record Producer

Mikko Tamminen better known by his stage name Setä Tamu is a Finnish rapper and record producer.

6. Aulikki Rautawaara (1906)

Finnish Soprano

Aulikki Rautawaara was a Finnish soprano. She was famous for her interpretation of works by Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius including some of the first recordings of Sibelius made outside...

7. Håkan Nyblom (1981)

Olympic Wrestler

Håkan Erik Nyblom is an amateur Danish Greco-Roman wrestler who played for the featherweight division. He is the twin brother of Anders Nyblom who also competed in the same category...

8. Anders Nyblom (1981)

Olympic Wrestler

Anders Nyblom is an amateur Danish Greco-Roman wrestler who played for the featherweight division. He is the twin brother of two-time Olympian Håkan Nyblom. Nyblom qualified for the 55-kg category...

9. Miika Koivisto (1990)

Finnish Ice Hockey Player

Miika Koivisto is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman. His is currently playing with KalPa in the Finnish SM-liiga. Koivisto made his SM-liiga debut playing with KalPa during the 2012–13 SM-liiga...

10. Oskar Osala (1987)

Ice Hockey Player

Oskar Osala is a Finnish professional ice hockey Left Wing currently playing with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

11. Eugen Ekman (1937)

Gymnast

Eugen Georg Oskar Ekman is a Finnish gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in pommel horse. He...

12. Risto Björlin (1944)

Olympic Wrestler

Risto Björlin was a Finnish wrestler. He was born in Vaasa. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1972. He also competed at the 1964 and 1968...

13. Gunilla Nyroos (1945)

Swedish Actor

Gunilla Birgitta Nyroos is a Swedish actress. Nyroos is married to Lennart Hjulström. Together they have the daughter Hannah Nyroos. She won the award for Best Actress at the 20th...

14. Ami Aspelund (1953)

Finish Singer

Ami Aspelund is a Finnish singer. She is the younger sister of singer Monica Aspelund.

15. Jukka Sauso (1982)

Footballer

Jukka Sauso is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Jönköpings Södra IF in Sweden. Sauso is a big and strong central defender but is often used as a last...

16. Monica Aspelund (1946)

Finnish Singer

Monica Aspelund is a Finnish singer. She is the older sister of Ami Aspelund.

17. Seppo Evwaraye (1982)

American Football Player

Seppo Evwaraye is a retired Finnish NFL offensive guard first signed by Carolina Panthers as a free agent in 2006 and also played for Minnesota Vikings as an international practice...

18. Ulla Koivuranta (1959)

Finnish Actor

Ulla Koivuranta is a Finnish actress. She played the role of Lempi in the 1994 film Aapo.

19. Erkki Niemi (1962)

Finnish High Jumper

Erkki Olavi Niemi is a retired high jumper from Finland. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics finishing in 9th place.

20. Ville Kolppanen (1992)

Finnish Ice Hockey Goaltender

Ville Kolppanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who played with Ilves in the SM-liiga during the 2010-11 season.

21. Susanna Alakoski (1962)

Writer

22. Pekka Puska (1945)

Finnish Physician

Pekka Puska is a Finnish professor and expert on public health and policy. Professor Puska has held the position of Director General of the National Institute for Health and Welfare...

23. Arto Blomsten (1965)

Swedish Ice Hockey Player

Arto Tapio Blomsten is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the twelfth round 239th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He...

24. Tony Asumaa (1968)

Finnish Football Referee

Tony Asumaa is a Finnish football referee. Asumaa became a FIFA referee in 2003. He refereed for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League and during the UEFA qualifying rounds for the...

25. Lars Erik Taxell (1913)

Finnish Legal Scholar And Politi

Lars Erik Taxell was a Finnish legal scholar and politician. He was the leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland in 1956-1966. He was also the Rector of the...

26. Tony Björk (1983)

Footballer

Tony Björk is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

27. Henri Scheweleff (1983)

Footballer

Henri Scheweleff is a retired Finnish football player who played as a midfielder. He has previously played for Vaasan Palloseura Örgryte IS and Tampere United of the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He...

28. Gustaf af Wetterstedt (1776)

Swedish Politician

Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt was a Swedish statesman. He served as the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1824 to 1837. In 1811 he was elected into the Swedish Academy...

29. Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830)

Finnish Politician

Baron Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a freiherr senator professor historian politician and the chairman of the Finnish Party after Johan Vilhelm Snellman. He was a central figure in the fennoman...

30. Ville Koskimaa (1983)

Footballer

Ville Koskimaa is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side VPS based in Vaasa in Finland.

31. Stefan Wallin (1967)

Finnish Politician

Stefan Erik Wallin is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. He was Finland's Minister of Defence in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet between 2011-2012. Wallin was born in Vaasa and studied at the Åbo...

32. Jani Toivola (1977)

Finnish Actor

Jani Petteri Toivola is a Finnish actor and dancer. He studied in HB Acting Studio New York in 1999–2002. He has performed in several dance works television series and plays....

33. Mikko Latvala (1980)

Finnish Pole Vaulter

Mikko Tapio Latvala is a Finnish pole vaulter. He won a silver medal for his category at the 2001 European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Amsterdam Netherlands with his best possible...

34. Eugen Wolff (Unknow)

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35. Vesa Jokinen (1970)

Finnish Singer

Vesa 'Vesku' Jokinen is the lead singer in Finnish punkrock bands Klamydia based in Vaasa on the Finnish west coast and in Kylähullut. He and his friends in the band...

36. Christian Sund (1978)

Footballer

Christian Sund is a Finnish football player currently playing for Vasa IFK.

37. Joacim Tuuri (1989)

Footballer

Joacim Tuuri is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

38. Ilona Harima (1911)

Finnish Artist

Ilona Harima was a Finnish artist whose paintings expressed deep oriental spirituality. Her style was strongly influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism but not similar to Asian art. Harima developed a...

39. Inga-Britt Wik (1930)

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40. Regina Lund (1967)

Swedish Actress And Singer

Regina Charlotta Theodora Lund is a Swedish actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress Sonja Lund.

41. Jarl Hemmer (1893)

Finnish Writer

Jarl Robert Hemmer was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author from Vaasa Finland where he was born into a wealthy family. His first collection of poems was called Rösterna and it was...

42. Timo Airaksinen (1947)

Professor Of Moral Philosophy

Timo Airaksinen is Professor of Moral Philosophy and head of department at the Department of Social and Moral Philosophy at Helsinki University. By longstanding tradition in the University of Helsinki...

43. Maija Saari (1986)

Footballer

Maija Karoliina Saari is a Finnish international footballer. She currently plays in the Swedish Damallsvenskan for AIK having previously represented Mallbackens IF and Umeå IK in Sweden Kolbotn in the...

44. Petri Vuorinen (1972)

Footballer Manager

Petri Vuorinen is a Finnish football manager currently managing VPS in Finnish Veikkausliiga.