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Encyclopedia > List of Finnish Americans
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The following is a list of Finnish Americans, or people born in the United States to Finnish descent. Finnish Americans are Americans of Finnish descent, who currently number at about 700,000. ...

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This is a list of people by state or territory of the United States States List of people from Alabama List of people from Alaska List of people from Arizona List of people from Arkansas List of people from California List of people from Colorado List of people from Connecticut... Notable African-American or Black people, other than Black Caribbeans. ... This is a list of famous Arab Americans. ... This is a list of notable Cajuns, often from the Acadiana or Greater New Orleans regions of French Louisiana, though not limited in geographic origin. ... This is a list of famous Hmong Americans. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of famous Native Americans (Indigenous peoples of the Americas). ... This is a list of notable Native Hawaiians: James Aiona, politician Daniel K. Akaka, politician Eddie Aikau, famous surfer Akebono, sumo wrestler D. G. Anderson, politician S. Haunani Apoliona, activist Donne Dawson, head of Hawaii Film Office Brickwood Galuteria, entertainer and party chairman Clayton Hee, politician Don Ho, entertainer Hoku... This is a list of Rusyn Americans. ... This is a list of famous Scots-Irish Americans. ... This is a list of famous Scottish Americans. ... This is a list of prominent Taiwanese Americans. ... This is a list of famous Welsh Americans. ...

Film and television

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian/American[1] actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. ... David Chokachi (born David Al-Chokhachy, January 16, 1968, Plymouth, Massachusetts) is an American film and television actor. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... George Gaynes (George Jongejans) (born May 16, 1917) is a Finnish-born American actor. ... Renny Harlin (born Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a film director and producer mostly known for action movies. ... Brian Heidik (born March 9, 1968) won $1,000,000 on the Thailand edition of Survivor. ... Marta Kristen born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen on February 26, 1945, in Norway is an American actress best known for her role as the character Judy Robinson in the cult television series Lost in Space. ... Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress. ... Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Dick Latvala (26 July 1943 - 6 August 1999) was a tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. ... For other persons named David Lynch, see David Lynch (disambiguation). ... Maila Nurmi (born Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi, December 21, 1921 in Petsamo, Finland—now Pechenga, Russia) created the well-remembered 1950s character of Vampira. ... Bonnie Pietila (full name: Bonita Pietila) is the casting director and producer for The Simpsons. ... Albert Salmi (born March 11, 1928; died April 23, 1990) was an American actor. ...

Musicians

  • Jorma Kaukonen (b. 1940) blues, folk and rock guitarist[13]
  • Hiski Salomaa (1891–1957) folk singer and song writer[14]
  • T-Bone Slim (1890?–1942?) humourist, poet, songwriter, hobo, and a labour activist in the Industrial Workers of the World[15]
  • Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) influential jazz bassist[16]

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hiski Salomaa, born Hiskias Möttö (born May 17, 1891 in Kangasniemi, Finland; died July 7, 1957 in New York City, USA) was a Finnish-American folk singer and song writer. ... Matti Valentine Huhta (c. ... John Francis Anthony Jaco Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of the fretless bass,[1][2] as well as his command of varied musical styles. ...

Politics

Gregory Nevala Calvert (1937-August 12, 2005) was National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society in 1966-67. ... SDS logo The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was, historically, a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the countrys New Left. ... Gus Hall Gus Hall (October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a labor organizer, a founder of the United Steelworkers of America trade union, a leader of the Communist Party USA, and five-time U.S. presidential candidate. ... John Morton (1724-1777) from Ridley Township, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania was the delegate who cast the deciding vote in favor of the United States Declaration of Independence. ... The United States Declaration of Independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies were independent of Great Britain. ... Oskari Tokoi Antti Oskari Tokoi (April 15, 1873, Perho, Finland- April 4, 1963, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States) was a Finnish politician. ...

Other

Rudy Autio (b. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Paul Kangas a former stockbroker with more than 12 years experience[1], is the Miami-based Anchor and Financial Commentator host of Nightly Business Report since it was a local Florida program in 1979. ... Paul Kangas on Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report is a financial news television program that is broadcast live, weekday evenings on most of the public television stations in the United States. ... Saarinens Gateway Arch frames The Old Courthouse, which sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, near the rivers edge. ... Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873, Rantasalmi, Finland – July 1, 1950, Cranbrook, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. ... Lauri Allan Törni (May 28, 1919 – October 18, 1965) was a Finnish Army captain who led an infantry company in Finnish Winter and Continuation War and moved to the United States after the war. ... Carl Alvar Wirtanen (1910 – 1990) was an American astronomer who worked at Lick Observatory. ... Charles Wuorinen (born June 9, 1938 in New York City) is an American composer. ... Aileen Carol Wuornos (born Aileen Carol Pittman) (February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American prostitute and convicted serial killer who was sentenced to death by the state of Florida in 1992. ... A typical Tom of Finland hunk Tom of Finland (May 8, 1920 – November 7, 1991) (born Touko Laaksonen in Kaarina, Finland) was a fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art and his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... Look up fetish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

References

  1. ^ Iltalehti, 22nd June, 2007[1]
  2. ^ See the list of Finnish artists[2]
  3. ^ See the list of Finnish artists[3]
  4. ^ [4] Finnish-born (Helsinki)
  5. ^ [5] "Finnish director Renny Harlin..."
  6. ^ [6] "the half-Finnish American celebrity Brian Heidik..."
  7. ^ Born in Norway to a German father and a Finnish mother; describes herself as a "Finnish Girl" at [7]
  8. ^ Noted as one of several Finnish Americans at [8]
  9. ^ Noted as one of several Finnish Americans at [9]; [10] notes that Lange is "the granddaughter of Finnish and Dutch-German migrants"
  10. ^ See the list of Finnish artists[11]
  11. ^ [12] born in Petsamo, Finland
  12. ^ Noted as one of several Finnish Americans at [13]; parents were Finnish immigrants
  13. ^ Described as "Finnish-American" at [14]; father was Finnish and mother was Jewish-American
  14. ^ [15] "Arthur Kylander, Finnish American Folksinger"; born in Kangasniemi, Finland
  15. ^ [16] "T-Bone Slim (the itinerant Finnish-American worker from Ashtabula, Ohio, Matt Valentine Huhta)"
  16. ^ [17]"Jaco's Grandmother on his Mom's side, Kaisa Eriika ISOJÄRVI, was born north of the Arctic Circle in Lappi, Finland, and married David Haapala from Minnesota, who's father, Andrew Haapala was from Oulu, Finland"
  17. ^ [18] "Although a few younger Finns held notable positions in the party leadership (e.g. Gus Hall, the party general secretary"
  18. ^ [19] "JOHN MORTON was an early Finnish-American"
  19. ^ [20]
  20. ^ [21] "Finnish was his first language and he didn't learn English until ..."
  21. ^ Noted as one of several Finnish-Americans at [22]
  22. ^ [23] "Finnish-born U.S. architect"
  23. ^ [24] "Eliel Saarinen (Finnish, 1873-1950)"
  24. ^ [25] "Legendary Finnish war hero Lauri Törni (Larry Thorne) to get final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery"
  25. ^ [26] Wirtasen vanhemmat olivat suomalaisia. [Wirtanen's parents were Finns]
  26. ^ Noted as one of several Finnish-Americans at [27]

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