* 1865 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer ( d. 1957 )

* 1971 – Mika Pohjola, Finnish jazz pianist and composer

Bassists noted for their virtuoso solo skills include Canadian player Gary Karr ( b. 1941 ), Finnish composer Teppo Hauta-Aho ( b. 1941 ), Italian composer Fernando Grillo, and US player-composer Edgar Meyer.

* 1761 – Erik Tulindberg, Finnish composer ( d. 1814 )

* 1964 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer

* 1982 – Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish composer

* 1978 – Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish cellist and composer ( Apocalyptica )

* 1928 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer

Together with the composer Friedrich Pacius he wrote the libretto ( in the style of Romantic nationalism ) to the first Finnish opera: Kung Karls jakt.

* January 15 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer

* November 24 – Erik Bergman, Finnish composer ( d. 2006 )

* September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer ( b. 1865 )

* September 27 – Tauno Marttinen, Finnish composer ( d. 2008 )

* December 8 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer ( d. 1957 )

* October 9 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer

* February 2 – Heikki Suolahti, Finnish composer ( d. 1936 )

** Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer ( d. 1937 )

* February 17 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer ( d. 1947 )

** Ilkka Kuusisto, Finnish composer

* April 22 – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer

Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara wrote three piano concertos, the third one dedicated to Vladimir Ashkenazy, who played and conducted the world première.

* Aulis Sallinen, Finnish contemporary classical music composer

More recently, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has written an opera about Rudel called L ' amour de loin, with a libretto by Amin Maalouf, which was given its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2000 and its US premiere at the Santa Fe Opera in 2002.

* June 17-Einar Englund, Finnish composer ( died 1999 )

Some Finns have proposed that the Finnish national anthem be changed to Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, with lyrics by V. A.

* Jean Sibelius ( 1865 – 1957 ), Finnish composer of classical music, or his namesakes:

The Finlandia Hymn ( in Finnish Finlandia-hymni ) refers to a serene hymn-like section of the patriotic symphonic poem Finlandia, written in 1899 and 1900 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

In the 1890s Finnish nationalism based on the Kalevala spread, and Jean Sibelius became famous for his vocal symphony Kullervo.

Incidentally, these paintings were found by the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius himself.

* 8 December, birthday of the composer Jean Sibelius ; the occasion is also celebrated as the Day of Finnish music

Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's tone poem The Swan of Tuonela in a famous solo, uses a cor anglais to play the dying song of the legendary swan of Tuonela.

The Swan of Tuonela ( Tuonelan joutsen ) is an 1895 tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Einojuhani Rautavaara () ( born October 9, 1928 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music, and is one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius.

* 1988: Finnish driver Ari Vatanen set a new record in the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb ( an award winning film of the drive titled Climb Dance was made by Jean Louis Mourey ).

Lemminkäinen is the subject of a four part suite, The Swan of Tuonela, by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

" In the Shadows " which sold over 1 million copies reached historically number one on the list of Finnish compositions earning performance royalties abroad and so overtakes the works of Jean Sibelius.

In the 1890s Finnish nationalism based on the Kalevala spread, and Jean Sibelius became famous for his vocal symphony Kullervo.

91a (, originally Jääkärien marssi ) was composed by Jean Sibelius in 1917 to the words written by the Finnish Jäger, Hilfsgruppenführer Heikki Nurmio who served in Libau, in the Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion of the Imperial German Army.

Finlandia is a patriotic symphonic poem by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

* Other Club de Madrid members involved in the diplomatic process include Helmut Kohl, the former Chancellor of Germany who oversaw the reunification of East and West Germany, who was a signee to the Dayton Accords, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who urged support for Canada's participation in Operation Allied Force, and Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari who, along with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, convinced Serbian President Slobodan Milošević to retreat from Kosovo in accordance with NATO's demands.

Haroun El Poussah ( also called Haroun El Plassid in English or Harun-El-Pullah in Finnish ) is the caliph in the Iznogoud comics series, created by René Goscinny and Jean Tabary.

During his time there he was awarded the Sibelius Medal in 1979 from the Finnish government for his outstanding performance of works by Jean Sibelius.

The main street is called Sibeliusgången, in honour of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and it is reserved for pedestrians only.