* Santeri Nuorteva, Finnish socialist politician and journalist, who edited Toveri (" The Comrade ") in Astoria in 1912 – 1913.

* 1975 – Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician

* 1861 – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish politician ( d. 1944 )

* 1946 – Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician

* 1941 – Terttu Savola, Finnish politician

* 1963 – Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician ( d. 2010 )

* 1923 – Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician

* 1955 – Matti Vanhanen, Finnish politician, former Prime Minister

* 1958 – Aino-Maija Luukkonen, Finnish politician

Paavo Tapio Lipponen () ( born 23 April 1941 ) is a Finnish politician and former reporter.

* 1941 – Jyrki Otila, Finnish economist, politician, and game show host ( d. 2003 )

* 1968 – Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland

* 1900 – Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician, 8th President of Finland ( d. 1986 )

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900-31 August 1986 ), was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland ( 1950 – 1953, 1954 – 1956 ) and later as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland ( 1956 – 1982 ).

According to Johannes Virolainen, a longtime Agrarian and Centrist politician, some Finnish right-wingers hated and mocked Kekkonen for the decision and cast him as a power-hungry opportunist.

He often used what was termed the " Moscow card " when his authority was threatened, but he was not the only Finnish politician with close relations to Soviet representatives.

** Juha Turunen, Finnish politician turned criminal

** Sauli Niinistö, Finnish politician, President of Finland

** Terttu Savola, Finnish politician

* January 6 – Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician ( d. 2010 )

** Umayya Abu-Hanna, Palestine-born Finnish writer and politician

* June 4 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician ( d. 1952 )

* November 13 – Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician ( d. 2009 )

* May 30 – Timo Soini, Finnish politician

* 1960 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist

* 1861 – Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist ( d. 1921 )

Zachris Topelius (; 14 January 1818 – 12 March 1898 ) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish.

* February 2 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist

* September 11 – Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist ( d. 1921 )

* August 8 – Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist ( born 1861 )

Eino Leino ( 6 July 1878, Paltamo, Kainuu – 10 January 1926, Tuusula, Uusimaa ) was a Finnish poet and journalist and is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry.

After the Finnish Civil War, Leino's idealistic faith for national unity collapsed, and his influence as a journalist and polemicist weakened.

Pertti Klemola, a Finnish journalist and scholar, once called it a state authority, an institution with its own independent social and political will.

Axel Johan Lille ( 28 March 1848, Helsinki – 28 June 1921 ) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist and politician and the main founder of the Swedish People's Party ( Svenska folkpartiet, SFP ) and its leader 1907 – 1917.

Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt, ( September 11, 1861 ; Lapinlahti – August 8, 1921 ; Helsinki ) was a Finnish author and journalist.

In an article titled " Matka jatkuu vaan " in the biggest Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat ( 17. 2. 2007 ), journalist Leena Virtanen attempts to explain how it is that PMMP appeal to both children and adults, concluding that while indeed an energetic pop band PMMP " live within the space between childhood and adulthood ", referring to the lifeworlds of both children and adults, carried through with eternal optimism.

A Finnish Broadcasting Company journalist, accompanied by a photographer, drove them in a rented car across the border to Luleå, Sweden, and they travelled further to Stockholm.

* Riku Rantala ( born 1974 ), Finnish journalist and presenter

Time of Roses () is a 1969 Finnish science fiction film directed by Risto Jarva, about an innocent girl glamour model legend and a journalist trying to find out her true essence for a biography.

Aatos Juho Michel Erkko ( 16 September 1932 – 5 May 2012 ) was a Finnish journalist and the main owner of Sanoma Corporation and the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper.

Krohn is the niece of the Finnish author and journalist Kaarina Goldberg.

Max Jakobson ( born September 30, 1923 in Viipuri, Finland, now Vyborg, Russia ) is a retired Finnish Jewish diplomat and journalist.

Joel LehtonenJoel Lehtonen ( 11 November 1881 – 1934 ) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist.