Finnish emigrants to the United States

The list Finnish emigrants to the United States includes Maila Nurmi, Suvi Koponen, Taina Elg, George Gaynes and Armi Kuusela. The list consists of 103 members and 1 sublist.

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Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland to the United States
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Maila Nurmi

Finnish-American actress and television personality

Overview: Maila Elizabeth Niemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress who created the campy 1950s’ character Vampira.

Date of birth: 21 December 1921

Date of death: 10 January 2008

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American women television personalities 403T

Actresses of German descent 622T

Actresses of Finnish descent 44T
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Greta Kukkonen

American businesswoman

Overview: Greta Peck (née Eine Matilda Kukkonen; January 25, 1911, Helsinki, Finland – January 19, 2008, Beverly Hills, California, USA) was a Finnish-American real estate broker and first wife of Hollywood actor ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1911

Date of death: 19 January 2008

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Relative

Gender: Female

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American people of Finnish descent 337T

1911 births 6,906T

Disease-related deaths in California 1,048T
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Kristina Tonteri-Young

Finnish, Actress

Overview: Kristina Annika Tonteri-Young (born 17 January 1998) is a Finnish-American actress and former ballerina.

Date of birth: 17 January 1998

Age: 27

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Finnish people of New Zealand descent 3T

European people of Hong Kong descent 1T

Finnish expatriates in England 72T
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Sara Fabel

Finnish artist

Overview: Sara Fabel (born Sari Katriina Virtanen) is a Finnish model, illustrator, tattoo artist, and actress.

Date of birth: 17 October 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Female

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Models from Helsinki 7T

Finnish expatriates in Australia 9T

American people of Finnish descent 360T
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Suvi Koponen

Finnish, Model

Overview: Suvi Maria Riggs, (née Koponen; born 26 March 1988 in Vantaa, Finland), is a Finnish fashion model who rose to fame after winning the 2005 Mallikoulu (Model School in English) contest in Finland.

Date of birth: 26 March 1988

Age: 37

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Tyler Riggs (Married)

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Prada exclusive models 46T

Reality modeling competition winners 10T

People from Vantaa 89T
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Taina Elg

Finnish-American actress and dancer

Overview: Taina Elisabeth Elg (born 9 March 1930) is a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared on stage, television, and in film.

Date of birth: 9 March 1931

Age: 94

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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American people of Swedo-Finnish descent 8T

Finnish female dancers 10T

Finnish television actresses 52T
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Angelika Kallio

Latvian-born Finnish model

Overview: Angelika Kallio (born 15 September 1972) is a Finnish model, living and working abroad since the early 1990s.

Date of birth: 15 September 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Finnish people of Latvian descent 4T

Latvian emigrants to Finland 4T

Finnish expatriates in the United States 166T
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George Gaynes

American actor (1917–2016)

Overview: George Gaynes (born George Jongejans; May 3, 1917 – February 15, 2016) was a Finnish-born American singer, actor and voice artist. Born to Dutch and Russian-Finnish parents in the Grand Duchy of Finland ...

Date of birth: 16 May 1917

Date of death: 15 February 2016

Age: 98 (age at death)

Nationality: Dutch

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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People from North Bend, Washington 12T

Male actors of Russian descent 80T

21st-century American comedians 2,165T
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Armi Kuusela

Miss Universe 1952

Overview: Armi Helena Kuusela-Williams (née Kuusela, formerly Kuusela-Hilario; born 20 August 1934) is a Finnish-American former beauty queen and philanthropist, best known for being the first-ever Miss Universe ...

Date of birth: 20 August 1934

Age: 90

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Albert Williams (Married)

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Finnish expatriates in the Philippines 3T

Finnish actresses 96T

Finnish emigrants to Canada 32T
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Renny Harlin

Finnish, Film Director

Overview: Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola; 15 March 1959) is a Finnish film director, producer, and screenwriter who has worked in Hollywood, Europe, and China. His best-known films include A Nightmare ...

Date of birth: 15 March 1959

Age: 66

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Johanna Kokkila (Married)

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American horror film directors 278T

21st-century Finnish male artists 8T

20th-century Finnish male artists 40T
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Tabe Slioor

Finnish photographer

Overview: Tabe Maria Ingeborg Slioor (21 November 1926, Helsinki – 25 April 2006, Turku) was a Finnish socialite, reporter, and photojournalist, living and working in Europe and the United States.

Date of birth: 21 November 1926

Date of death: 25 April 2006

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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20th-century Finnish photographers 14T

Finnish reporters and correspondents 5T

Finnish photographers 43T
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Tony Halme

Finnish wrestler-politician

Overview: Tony Christian Halme (January 6, 1963 – January 8, 2010) was a Finnish politician, athlete, author, actor, and singer. He was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007, representing the True ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1963

Date of death: 8 January 2010

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Wrestling

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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21st-century Finnish criminals 9T

Finnish male criminals 24T

Mixed martial artists utilizing wrestling 448T
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Lauri Törni

Finnish military officer in the Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, and U.S. Army

Overview: Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 – 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish born American soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the ...

Date of birth: 28 May 1919

Date of death: 18 October 1965

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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Finnish Waffen-SS personnel 7T

People from Sunset Park, Brooklyn 12T

Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd class 53T
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Linus Torvalds

Creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel (born 1969)

Overview: Linus Benedict Torvalds ( LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz, born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the main developer of the Linux kernel, used by Linux ...

Date of birth: 28 December 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Computer Programmer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Torvalds family 4T

American people of Swedo-Finnish descent 8T

People from Dunthorpe, Oregon 4T
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Selene Mahri

Finnish model (1924–2020)

Overview: Selene Mahri (born Solveig Ann Mari Eklund; December 17, 1924 – March 3, 2020), also known as Selene Eklund Weaver, was a Finnish-American ffashion model and pin-up girl. During World War II, she appeared ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1924

Date of death: 3 March 2020

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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Naturalized citizens of the United States 823T

20th-century Finnish women 134T

Female models from New York (state) 258T
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Olavi Alakulppi

Finnish cross-country skier

Overview: Olavi Alakulppi (17 July 1915 – 19 August 1990) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. During the Soviet-Finnish Continuation War, he served in the Finnish army, and was awarded ...

Date of birth: 17 July 1915

Date of death: 19 August 1990

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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Finnish male cross-country skiers 133T

United States Army colonels 510T

People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 115T
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Antero Alli

Finnish astrologer (1952–2023)

Overview: Antero Alli was born 11 November 1952, in Finland. Alli currently resides in Portland, Oregon, where he conducts workshops and stages theatrical productions, some of which have been released as films ...

Date of birth: 11 November 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Writers from Berkeley, California 125T

Finnish astronomers 18T

Astrologers 21T
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Oscar Wirkkala

Finnish, Inventor

Overview: Oscar Wirkkala (October 30, 1880 – January 25, 1959) was a Finnish-American logger and inventor who spent much of his life in the Pacific Northwest.

Date of birth: 30 October 1880

Date of death: 25 January 1959

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Inventor

Gender: Male

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20th-century American inventors 1,114T

Finnish emigrants to the United States (1809–1917) 26T

American loggers 24T
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Max Dimont

American historian

Overview: Max Isaac Dimont (12 August 1912 – 25 March 1992) was a Finnish American historian and author.

Date of birth: 12 August 1912

Date of death: 1992

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Historian

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Writers from Helsinki 123T

20th-century American historians 1,828T

American people of Finnish-Jewish descent 3T
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Hiski Salomaa

American musician

Overview: Hiski Salomaa (1891–1957) was a Finnish-American singer and songwriter.

Date of birth: 17 May 1891

Date of death: 7 July 1957

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

American male songwriters 1,252T

People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 86T