Famous people from Finland

Cyanide (gamer)

Lauri Happonen better known by his alias Cyanide, was a Finnish professional League of Legends player who competed as a jungler. As a member of Fnatic, he won the Season 1 World Championship in 2011 at the age of 16. He remains the youngest player to ever win the title.

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Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected third overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2018 NHL entry draft. In October 2018, he became the first player born in the 2000s to play in one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, when he appeared on the Canadiens opening night roster. Kotkaniemi won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2026.

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Alexander Stubb

Finnish politician and the 13th President of Finland (2024–)

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Jari Litmanen

Finnish footballer

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, known colloquially as UPL, is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 54th overall, by the Sabres in the 2017 NHL entry draft.

Aatu Räty

Aatu Räty is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 52nd overall in the 2021 NHL entry draft by the New York Islanders.

Aki Kaurismäki

Finnish film director (born 1957)

Sami Hyypiä

Finnish footballer and manager

Glen Kamara

Glen Adjei Kamara is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers, on loan from Ligue 1 club Rennes, and the Finland national team.

Kasperi Kapanen

Samu Kasperi Kapanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He made his Liiga debut playing with KalPa during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season. Kapanen was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round, 22nd overall, of the 2014 NHL entry draft.

Jussi Jääskeläinen

Finnish footballer

Roope Hintz

Roope Hintz, nicknamed the "Ace of Spades", is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Arttu Hyry

Arttu Hyry is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Elias Markkanen is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Finland national team. Nicknamed "the Finnisher", he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen.

Gary Heffern

Gary Heffern was a Finnish and American punk rock musician and poet from San Diego, California.

Anton Lundell

Anton Lundell is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lundell was considered a top prospect for the 2020 NHL entry draft, where he was selected 12th overall by the Panthers. Lundell won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Panthers in 2024 and 2025.

Samu Haber

Finnish singer, guitarist and songwriter (born 1976)

Juha Sipilä

44th Prime Minister of Finland

Juuse Saros

Juuse Saros, nicknamed "Juice", is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Saros was selected by the Predators in the fourth round of the 2013 NHL entry draft.

Lasse Virén

Finnish long-distance runner

Antti Rinne

45th Prime Minister of Finland

Leevi Meriläinen

Leevi Meriläinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Meriläinen previously played with the Oulun Kärpät of the top-tier Finnish Liiga and at the major junior level with the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He was selected 71st overall in the third round of the 2020 NHL entry draft by the Ottawa Senators, for whom he made his North American professional debut in April 2023.

Mari Kiviniemi

Finnish politician

Olli Rehn

Finnish politician