* 1897 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner ( d. 1973 )

Paavo Johannes Nurmi () ( 13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973 ) was a Finnish middle and long distance runner.

In 1903, the Nurmi family moved from Raunistula into a 40-square-meter apartment in central Turku, where Paavo Nurmi would live until 1932.

Hollywood actress Maila Nurmi, best known as the horror icon " Vampira ", was often referred to as Paavo Nurmi's niece.

Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä named the main belt asteroid 1740 Paavo Nurmi after Nurmi in 1939, while Finnair named its first DC-8 Paavo Nurmi in 1969.

In Finland, another marathon bearing the name has been held in Nurmi's hometown of Turku since 1992, along with the athletics competition Paavo Nurmi Games that was started in 1957.

In 1997, a historic stadium in Turku was renamed the Paavo Nurmi Stadium.

An opera on Nurmi, written by Paavo Haavikko and composed by Tuomas Kantelinen, debuted at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in 2000.

* June 13 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner ( d. 1973 )

** Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner ( b. 1897 )

Famous people from the city of Turku include Paavo Nurmi, Mauno Koivisto, Matti Salminen, Johan Gadolin, Herman Spöring, Miikka Kiprusoff and the brothers Saku and Mikko Koivu.

Paavo Nurmi Marathon ( Turku ) | Paavo Nurmi Marathon is run every summer.

The Paavo Nurmi Marathon is an annual sporting event in Turku, named after the world-famous runner Paavo Nurmi, who was born and raised in the city.

Beardsley ran his first marathon in 2: 47: 14 at the 1977 Paavo Nurmi Marathon in Hurley, Wisconsin.

Paavo Nurmi Marathon route goes through Ruissalo.

Paavo Nurmi won the 1500 m and 5, 000 m ( which were held with only an hour between them ) and the cross country run.

Dedication ceremonies were held on May 2, 1925, and featured a two-mile footrace between Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi of Finland, who were two of the greatest runners of their day.

Four days later, El Guerrouj used a strong finish to pull past 10000 metres gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele to win gold in the 5000 metres, being the first athlete to win the 1500-5000 double since Paavo Nurmi, and also becoming the first ever Moroccan double gold medalist.

Six operas have been premiered at the Savonlinna Opera Festival since 1967: The Horseman ( 1975 ), The King Goes Forth to France ( 1984, commissioned jointly by Covent Garden and the BBC ) and The Palace ( opera ) ( 1995 ) by Aulis Sallinen, The Knife ( 1989 ) by Paavo Heininen, Aleksis Kivi ( 1997 ) by Einojuhani Rautavaara and The Age of Dreams ( 2000-2001 ) by Herman Rechberger, Olli Kortekangas and Kalevi Aho.

In addition to its roster of principal conductors, other conductors affiliated with the orchestra have included George Hurst, who served as de facto principal conductor from 1969 to 1972, between the tenures of Silvestri and Paavo Berglund, without having been formally appointed to the post.

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

Paavo Lipponen is a water polo player and supporter of the game.

The current Finnish text is usually attributed to the 1889 translation of Ensign Stål by Paavo Cajander, but in fact originates from the 1867 translation by Julius Krohn.

The best known of these is Bonden Paavo, ( Farmer Paavo, Saarijärven Paavo in Finnish ), about a smallholding peasant farmer in the poor parish of Saarijärvi and his determination, " sisu " ( guts ) and unwavering faith in providence in the face of a harsh climate and years of bad harvests.

Vanhanen has said that he is unenthusiastic about European co-operation, and that he is an " EU pragmatist ", so he may be considered a eurosceptic, especially when compared to his EU-enthusiast predecessor Paavo Lipponen.

After the war, Paavo Susitaival retired from the Army and lived as an author in Lappeenranta, where a street is named after him.

Esa-Pekka Salonen told in an video interview for the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE when asked to remember Paavo, that the epithet closet to him is a constant searching, the endless curiosity, need for new information and self criticism.

The Rehearsal Hall PAAVO at the Helsinki Music Centre, opened in 2011, is named after Paavo Berglund ( http :// www. musiikkitalo. fi / web / en / rehearsal-room ).

Paavo Ruotsalainen aligned himself with old Christian God-centred theological tradition which focuses on who God is and how God acts rather than religious traditions that focus the spiritual life of the believer.

In Paavo Ruotsalainen's view, believing is something that is impossible for a human.

Saarijärvi is the home of Bonden Paavo () in the poem by Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

An example is the 1925 sculpture of Paavo Nurmi, a cast of which is exhibited outside the Helsinki stadium.

However, in Kalá Chin has also composed works with less experimental texts by writers such as Gunnar Ekelöf, Paavo Haavikko, and Arthur Rimbaud, and Troerinnen is based on a play by Euripides.

OceanLab ( or Above & Beyond presents OceanLab ) is a Vocal trance group formed in London, England, in 2000, consisting of vocalist Justine Suissa and the three members of Above & Beyond: Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki and Tony McGuinness.

Above & Beyond is an English trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Paavo Siljamäki.

" Paavo was one of my oldest friends.

*" Truth in Translation " ( 2006 ), by Paavo Tom Tammi, in collaboration with American director, Michael Lessac and the company of Colonnades Theatre Lab, South Africa.

In addition to Old Main, the present day main campus consists of Nikander Hall, Mannerheim Hall, Wargelin Hall, Finlandia Hall, the Paavo Nurmi Center for Physical Education, the Kivi House, Hoover Center, the Finnish American Heritage Center, the Chapel of St. Matthew, and the Jutila Center.

During Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's two successive governments 1995 – 2003, several large state companies were privatized fully or partially.

Paavo Lipponen spent his childhood and youth in Kuopio.

Nurmi's speed and elusive personality led to nicknames such as the " Phantom Finn ", the " King of Runners " and " Peerless Paavo ", while his mathematical prowess and use of a stopwatch led the press to characterize him as a running machine.

From 1990 to 1991 she served as Minister of Justice, and from 1995 until her election as President she served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of her Social Democratic colleague Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen.