Editing Helsinki (section)

=== Born after 1900 ===
[[File:Tarja Halonen 1c389 8827-2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tarja Halonen]], former president of Finland]]
[[File:Hirschovits Kim Blues 2013 1.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kim Hirschovits]], ice hockey player]]
[[File:Linus Torvalds.jpeg|thumb|upright|[[Linus Torvalds]], the [[Software engineering|software engineer]] best known for creating the popular [[Open source software|open-source]] [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]] [[Linux]]]]
[[File:Esa-Pekka at Apple store in Berlin.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Esa-Pekka Salonen]], conductor and composer]]
[[File:Sam Lake.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sam Lake]], the video game creative director known for the ''[[Max Payne]]'' games]]
* [[Aku Ahjolinna]] (born 1946), ballet dancer and choreographer
* [[Lars Ahlfors]] (1907–1996), mathematician, Fields medalist
* [[Laura Åkerlund]] (born 1987), opera stage director
* [[Ella Eronen]] (1900–1987), actress and poetic recite
* [[Helena Anhava]] (1925–2018), poet, author and translator
* [[Paavo Berglund]] (1929–2012), conductor
* [[Laci Boldemann]] (1921–1969), composer
* [[Irja Agnes Browallius]] (1901–1968), Swedish writer
* [[Bo Carpelan]] (1926–2011), Finland-Swedish writer, literary critic and translator
* [[Tarja Cronberg]] (born 1943), politician
* [[Jörn Donner]] (1933–2020), writer, film director and politician
* [[George Gaynes]] (1917–2016), American television and film actor
* [[Ragnar Granit]] (1900–1991), Finnish-Swedish neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate
* [[Mika Waltari]] (1908–1979), writer
* [[Elina Haavio-Mannila]] (born 1933), social scientist and professor 
* [[Tarja Halonen]] (born 1943), 11th President of Finland
* [[Reino Helismaa]] (1913–1965), writer, film actor and singer
* [[Kai Hietarinta]] (born 1932), businessman and ice hockey executive
* [[Kim Hirschovits]] (born 1982), ice hockey player
* [[Bengt Holmström]] (born 1949), Professor of Economics, Nobel laureate
* [[Shawn Huff]] (born 1984), basketball player
* [[Ville Husso]] (born 1995), ice hockey goaltender
* [[Kirsti Ilvessalo]] (1920–2019), textile artist
* [[Juha Jääskä]] (born 1998), ice hockey player
* [[Tove Jansson]] (1914–2001), Finland-Swedish writer, painter, illustrator, comic writer, graphic designer
* [[Kaapo Kähkönen]] (born 1996), ice hockey goaltender
* [[Aki Kaurismäki]] (born 1957), director, screenwriter and producer
* [[Emma Kimiläinen]] (born 1989), racing driver
* [[Kiti Kokkonen]] (born 1974), Finnish actress and writer
* [[Petteri Koponen]], basketball player
* [[Lennart Koskinen]] (born 1944), Swedish, Lutheran bishop
* [[Sam Lake]] (born 1970), writer and actor; the creative director at [[Remedy Entertainment]]
* [[Olli Lehto]] (1925–2020), mathematician
* [[Samuel Lehtonen]] (1921–2010), bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
* [[Juha Leiviskä]] (1936–2023), architect
* [[Magnus Lindberg]] (born 1958), composer and pianist
* [[Esa Lindell]] (born 1994), professional ice hockey player
* [[Lill Lindfors]] (born 1940), Finland-Swedish singer and TV presenter
* [[Jari Mäenpää]] (born 1977), founder, former lead guitarist and current lead singer in [[melodic death metal]] band [[Wintersun]], former lead singer and guitarist of [[folk metal]] band [[Ensiferum]]
* [[Klaus Mäkelä]] (born 1996), cellist and conductor
* [[Susanna Mälkki]] (born 1969), conductor
* [[Georg Malmstén]] (1902–1981), singer, musician, composer, orchestra director and actor
* [[Tauno Marttinen]] (1912–2008), composer
* [[Vesa-Matti Loiri]] (1945–2022), actor, comedian, singer
* [[Abdirahim Hussein Mohamed]] (born 1978), Finnish-Somalian media personality and politician
* [[Hanno Möttölä]], Finnish basketball player
* [[Väinö Myllyrinne]] (1909–1963), acromegalic giant and at time (1940–1963) the [[List of tallest people|world's tallest living person]]
* [[Peter Nygård]] (born 1941), businessman, arrested in December 2020 for sex crimes
* [[Markku Peltola]] (1956–2007), actor and musician
* [[Kimmo Pikkarainen]] (born 1976), professional ice hockey player
* [[Anne Marie Pohtamo]] (born 1955), actress, model, [[Miss Finland|Miss Suomi 1975]] and [[Miss Universe 1975]]
* [[Elisabeth Rehn]] (born 1935), politician
* [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] (1928–2016), composer
* [[Susanne Ringell]] (born 1955), writer and actress
* [[Miron Ruina]] (born 1998), Finnish-Israeli basketball player
* [[Kaija Saariaho]] (1952–2023), composer
* [[Riitta Salin]] (born 1950), athlete
* [[Sasu Salin]], Finnish basketball player
* [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]] (born 1958), composer and conductor
* [[Asko Sarkola]] (born 1945), actor
* [[Heikki Sarmanto]] (born 1939), jazz pianist and composer
* [[Teemu Selänne]] (born 1970), [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] ice hockey player
* [[Ann Selin]] (born 1960), trade union leader
* [[Birgit Sergelius]] (1907–1979), stage and film actress
* [[Alexander Stubb]] (born 1968), 13th President of Finland
* [[Teuvo Teräväinen]] (born 1994), professional ice hockey player
* [[Eeva Therman]] (1916–2004), geneticist
* [[Märta Tikkanen]] (born 1935), Finland-Swedish writer and philosophy teacher
* [[Linus Torvalds]] (born 1969), software engineer, creator of Linux
* [[Elin Törnudd]] (1924–2008), Finnish chief librarian and professor
* [[Klaus Törnudd]] (born 1931), diplomat and political scientist
* [[Sirkka Turkka]] (1939–2021), poet
* [[Jarno Tuunainen]] (born 1977), footballer
* [[Ville Valo]] (born 1976), lead singer of the rock band HIM
* [[Ulla Vuorela]] (1945–2011), professor of social anthropology
* [[Lauri Ylönen]] (born 1979), lead singer of the rock band The Rasmus