Soldiers
- Aksel Airo – general (1898 – 1985)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth – general (1905 – 2004)
- Axel Heinrichs – general (1890 – 1965)
- Simo Häyhä – first lieutenant, sharpshooter 505 confirmed sniper kills (1905 – 2002)
- Eino Ilmari Juutilainen – pilot, twice knight of Mannerheim cross
- Jorma Karhunen – pilot, aviation writer
- Jussi Kekkonen – major, younger brother of president Urho Kekkonen (1910 – 1962)
- Ruben Lagus – major general (1896 – 1956)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim – marshal of Finland (1867 – 1951)
- Vilho Petter Nenonen – general (1883 – 1960)
- Karl Lennart Oesch – lieutenant general (1892 – 1978)
- Mika Peltonen – Brigadier General (2005 –)
- Jorma Sarvanto – fighter pilot, World War II ace
- Ensio Siilasvuo – general (1922 – 2001)
- Hjalmar Siilasvuo – general (1892 – 1947)
- Georg Magnus Sprengtporten – general (1740 – 1819)
- Torsten Stålhandske – commander of Hakkapelites (1594 – 1644)
- Paavo Susitaival – lieutenant colonel (1896 – 1993)
- Lauri Sutela – general
- Paavo Talvela – general (1897 – 1973)
- Lauri Törni (Alias Larry Throne) – captain (1919 – 1965)
- Rudolf Walden – general (1878 – 1946)
- Kurt Martti Wallenius – major general (1893 – 1984)
- Hans Wind – pilot, twice knight of Mannerheim cross
- Harald Öhquist – lieutenant general (1891 – 1971)
- Hugo Österman – lieutenant general (1892 – 1975)
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Famous quotes containing the word soldiers:
“By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
“Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)