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Revision as of 14:05, 1 January 2019 by Rorswiki (talk | contribs) (→Finnish Karelians)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This list of Karelians lists both people from Republic of Karelia, Finnish Karelians and other people of Karelian ancestry.
People from Republic of Karelia
Ethnic Karelians
- Karl Rautio, composer
Other
- Boris Akbulatov, artist
Finnish Karelians
- Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish president from 1994 to 2000, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2008
- Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish president from 1925 to 1931
- Johannes Virolainen, a Finnish politician, Counselor of State
- Riitta Uosukainen, a Finnish politician, Counselor of State
- Max Jakobson, a Finnish diplomat
- Teuvo Aura, a Finnish politician, born in Ruskeala
- Lauri Törni, born in Viipuri, Törni was a soldier and winner of the Mannerheim Cross during the Continuation War, who later served with the German and American armies. Later known as Larry Thorne
- Martti Talvela, a Finnish operatic bass
- Aulis Sallinen, a Finnish composer
- Väinö Raitio, a Finnish composer
- Erkki Melartin, a Finnish composer
- Olavi Paavolainen, a Finnish writer
- Tarja Turunen, a Finnish singer-song writer
- Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
- Aaro Pajari
- Kimi Räikkönen
- Ari Vatanen
Other ethnic Karelians
- Pamela Anderson – Canadian-American actress and model
- Leo Komarov – Finno-Russian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
References
- http://www.tarjaturunen.com/en/bio/ "a green-eyed Karelian girl from a village of five hundred inhabitants."