Notable Knights of The Mannerheim Cross
- Aksel Airo, Lieutenant-General, Chief Quartermaster General (chief of operations at the GHQ) - (18 November 1944)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth, Colonel, infantry regiment commander - (4 December 1944)
- Erik Heinrichs, General of Infantry, army commander and Chief of General Staff - (31 December 1944)
- Vilho Petter Nenonen, General of Artillery, Inspector of Artillery - (8 January 1945)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - (7 October 1941)
- Ruben Lagus, Colonel, infantry brigade and division commander - (22 July 1941)
- Karl Lennart Oesch, Lieutenant-General, Commander of the Isthmus Forces - (26 June 1944)
- Paavo Talvela, Major-General, army corps commander - (3 August 1941)
- Lauri Törni, Lieutenant, infantry company commander - (9 July 1944)
- Rudolf Walden, General of Infantry, Minister of Defense - (2 December 1944)
- Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Lieutenant-General, army corps commander - (21 December 1944)
- Erkki Raappana, Colonel, division commander - (3 August 1941)
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