Famous People with Name Arto

Arto Kalervo Bryggare            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arto Kalervo Bryggare: a former Finnish hurdling athlete. He is currently known as a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His personal best time 13,35, made during trials in 1984 Los Angeles Games, is still the record time in Finland and in Nordic countries. Bryggare made Finnish history by becoming the first Finn to medal in a sprint event.Bryggare attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, which feature a distinguished track program.[1] He started his international career as a 20 year old newcomer in the 1978 European Championships in Prague, barely winning bronze by just 2/100 seconds. This started a chain of victories still unique for a Finnish hurdler, for eight years Bryggare won a medal in every international race he participated. He ended his hurdling career in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he considered having been as a "tourist".

Arto Kalevi Härkönen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arto Kalevi Härkönen: a retired Finnish javelin thrower. He won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, with a throw of 86,76 metres.

Arto Tapio Paasilinna            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arto Tapio Paasilinna: a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of the most successful novelists of Finland[2], he has won a broad readership outside of Finland[3] in a way few other Finnish authors have before[2][4][5]. Translated into 27[6] languages, he has sold tens of millions[4] of books worldwide and been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland"[5].Paasilinna is best known[2] for his 1975 novel The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi), a best-seller in France and Finland,[7] translated into 18[3] languages, awarded three international prizes, and adapted twice into feature films.

Arto Henrikki Lahti            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arto Henrikki Lahti: is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Helsinki School of Economics.He was an independent nominee for the Finnish presidential election in 2006 with themes including preserving the status of small enterprises, rights of overleveraged, political honesty

Arto Blomsten            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arto Blomsten: is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the twelfth round, 239th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He played twenty-five games in the National Hockey League: nineteen with the Jets and six with the Los An

Daniel Fernández Artola            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Daniel Fernández Artola: a Spanish football player currently playing for NEC Nijmegen on loan from FC Metalurh Donetsk until the end of the 2008/09 season. Until July 2006 Fernández was part of the Barcelona youth team when he was transferred to Metalurh.

Enzo Artoni            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Enzo Artoni: is a professional tennis player who represented Italy. During his career Artoni won 2 doubles titles. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 69 in 2005.