Viipuri Province - Notable People

Notable People

  • Martti Ahtisaari (born 1937 in Viipuri), 10th President of Finland, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  • Erik Bruun (born 1926, Viipuri), Finnish graphic designer
  • Laila Hietamies (born 1938, Viipuri), Finnish writer
  • Gustav Hägglund (born 1938 in Viipuri), Finnish general
  • Max Jakobson (born 1923 in Viipuri), Finnish diplomat
  • Armas Järnefelt (1869, Vyborg – 1958, Stockholm), Finnish composer and conductor
  • Gustaf Komppa (1867, Viipuri – 1949), Finnish chemist
  • Julius Krohn (1835, Viborg - 1888), Fennoman
  • Edwin Linkomies (1894, Viborg – 1963, Helsinki), Prime Minister of Finland
  • Veijo Meri (born 1928, Viipuri), Finnish writer
  • Ernst Mielck (born 1877, Viborg – 1899), Finnish composer
  • Masa Niemi (1914, Viborg – 1960, Tampere), Finnish comedian
  • Algoth Niska (1888, Viborg – 1954), Finnish adventurer
  • Juho Niukkanen (1888, Kirvu – 1954, Helsinki), Finnish minister
  • Karl Lennart Oesch (1892, Pyhäjärvi – 1978, Helsinki), Finnish general
  • Lauri Kristian Relander (1883, Kurkijoki – 1942, Helsinki), 2nd President of Finland
  • Usko Santavuori (1922, Viipuri – 2003, Espoo), Finnish radio reporter
  • Lauri Törni (1919, Viipuri – 1965, Vietnam), Finnish and American military officer
  • Uno Ullberg (1879, Viipuri –1944, Helsinki), Finnish architect
  • Johannes Virolainen (1914, near Viipuri - 2000), Prime Minister of Finland

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