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Helsinki, Finland
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.helsinki.fi/ Population:
559,330 (2003) SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| George Gaynes |
Actor |
16-May-1917 |
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Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster |
| Tarja Halonen |
Head of State |
24-Dec-1943 |
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President of Finland |
| Jari Kurri |
Hockey |
18-May-1960 |
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NHL Hall of Famer |
| Michael Monroe |
Singer |
17-Jun-1962 |
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Lead singer, Hanoi Rocks |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen |
Conductor |
30-Jun-1958 |
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Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Henrik Tikkanen |
Author |
1924 |
1984 |
A Winter's Day |
| Linus Torvalds |
Computer Programmer |
28-Dec-1969 |
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Created the kernel for the GNU/Linux OS |
| Ville Valo |
Singer |
22-Nov-1976 |
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Frontman for Finnish band HIM |
| Artturi Virtanen |
Chemist |
15-Jan-1895 |
11-Nov-1973 |
Improvements in fodder |
| Edvard Westermarck |
Anthropologist |
20-Nov-1862 |
3-Sep-1939 |
The Origin & Development of Moral Ideas |
| Lauri Ylönen |
Singer |
23-Apr-1979 |
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Lead vocalist of The Rasmus |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Alvar Aalto |
Architect |
3-Feb-1898 |
11-May-1976 |
Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer |
| Tom of Finland |
Artist |
8-May-1920 |
7-Nov-1991 |
Beefcake fetish artist |
| Frans Eemil Sillanpää |
Author |
16-Sep-1888 |
3-Jun-1964 |
The Loveliness and Wretchedness of Human Life |
| Artturi Virtanen |
Chemist |
15-Jan-1895 |
11-Nov-1973 |
Improvements in fodder |
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