Notable People From Vaasa
- Olli Ahvenniemi – Basketball player
- Fanny Churberg (1845–1892) – Painter
- Annika Eklund – Singer
- Seppo Evwaraye – Professional American football player
- Marika Fingerroos (born 1979) – Yellow press favourite
- Rabbe Grönblom – Businessman
- Kai Hahto - Metal Drummer/drum teacher
- Kenneth Haglund (*?) – author of computer programme YAWC
- Jarl Hemmer – Author
- Edvin Hevonkoski – Sculptor
- Mikaela Ingberg – Javelin thrower
- Fritz Jakobsson – Painter
- Vesa 'Vesku' Jokinen – Musician
- Mikael Jungner – MD of Yleisradio
- Heli Koivula-Kruger – Athlete
- Susanna 'Suski' Korvala – Singer
- Björn Kurtén – Paleontologist, author
- Joachim Kurtén – Businessman, politician
- Toivo Kuula – Composer
- Artturi Leinonen – Newspaperman, politician, author
- August Alexander Levón – Industrialist, businessman
- Nandor Mikola – Painter
- Jorma Ojaharju – Author
- Oskar Osala – ice hockey player
- Sari Krooks – ice hockey player
- Pekka Puska – Doctor, expert on public health
- Viljo Revell – Architect, works included Toronto City Hall in Canada.
- Seppo Sanaksenaho - Mayor of Vaasa 1997-2001, Deputy Mayor from 1979-1996
- Carl Axel Setterberg – Architect, creator of the new Vaasa
- Pekka Strang – Actor
- Jacob Tegengren – Poet
- Frithjof Tikanoja – Businessman
- Jani Toivola – Actor, television host (Finnish Idols 2007, The Voice TV)
- Allu Tuppurainen – Actor, creator of Rölli
- Jenny Wilhelms – Musician
- Carl Gustaf Wolff – Businessman
- Mathilda Wrede – "Friend of the inmates"
- Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (Georg Zacharias Forsman) – Politician, professor, fennoman
- Sari Haapaniemi – Painter
- Juha Tammenpää - Artist
- Jani Liimatainen - Guitar player
- Daco Junior – Musician
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