Born in Kuopio
Kuopio
City in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland
Kuopio as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Finnish singer, Figure skater, Finnish long-distance runner): Jenni Vartiainen, Pekka Leskinen, Hannes Kolehmainen and some more.
Celebrities from KuopioCelebrities from Kuopio
76 Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish long-distance runner
*December 9th, 1889 †January 11th, 1966, Helsinki
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Spede Pasanen
Finnish film and TV series director, producer, actor, comedian, game show host and inventor (1930–2001)
*April 10th, 1930 †September 7th, 2001, Sarvvik 63
August Ahlqvist
Finnish poet, scholar, author and literary critic (1826-1889)
*August 7th, 1826 †November 20th, 1889, Helsinki 79
William Kolehmainen
Finnish-American long-distance runner (1887-1967)
*December 30th, 1887 †June 26th, 1967Birthdays of famous people
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