List of Finns - Soldiers

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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