Notable Alumni, Faculty, and Staff
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- Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996), mathematician, one of two first to be awarded the Fields Medal in 1936
- Tancred Borenius (1885–1948), art historian and diplomat
- Anders Chydenius (1729–1803), priest, economist, politician
- Anders Donner (1854–1938), astronomer
- Gustav Elfving (1908–1984), mathematician and statistician, pioneer in the optimal design of experiments.
- Elin Kallio (1859–1927), considered the founder of the women’s gymnastic movement in Finland.
- Ragnar Granit (1900–1991) Nobel Laureate (Medicine, 1967)
- Hugo Gyldén (1841–1896), astronomer
- Tarja Halonen, lawyer (LL.M.), the former President of Finland, 2000-2012.
- Pekka Himanen (b. 1973), philosopher.
- Jaakko Hintikka, philosopher and logician
- Harri Holkeri (1937-2011), Prime minister of Finland 1987-1991
- Bengt R. Holmström, economist
- Jouko Jääskeläinen, politician
- Jukka Jernvall, (b. 1963), evolutionary developmental biologist
- Kari Karhunen, mathematician
- Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, President of Finland
- Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872), writer
- Björn Kurtén (1924–1988), palaeontologist
- Werner Krieglstein, a University of Chicago fellow and Fulbright Scholar, philosopher, author, and actor
- Jarl Lindeberg (1876–1932), mathematician
- Ernst Lindelöf (1870–1946), mathematician
- Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884), collector of Kalevala
- Rolf Nevanlinna (1895–1980), mathematician
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901), geologist, Arctic explorer
- Gustaf Nordenskiöld (1868–1895), donor of the Mesa Verde artifacts to the National Museum of Finland
- Jorma Ollila (b. 1950), Chairman of Nokia and Royal Dutch Shell (M.Pol.Sci.)
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi, President of Finland
- Lauri Kristian Relander, President of Finland
- Risto Ryti, President of Finland
- Esa Saarinen (b. 1953), philosopher
- Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), composer, pursued studies at Faculty of Law
- Juha Sihvola (1957-2012), philosopher and historian
- Frans Emil Sillanpää (1888–1964), Nobel Laureate (Literature, 1939)
- Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland
- Karl Fritiof Sundman (1873–1949), astronomer
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland
- Teivo Teivainen, professor of world politics
- Zacharias Topelius (1818–1898), writer and historian
- Linus Torvalds, (b. 1969), software engineer and developer of the Linux kernel
- Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895–1973), Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1945)
- Jussi V. Koivisto, economist and educator (M.A.)
- Bror-Erik Wallenius (b. 1943), sports commentator
- Mika Waltari (1908–1979), novelist
- Georg Henrik von Wright (1916–2003), philosopher, the President of the Academy of Finland
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