Famous People with Name Paavo

Paavo Talvela            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo Talvela: was a Finnish soldier and a Knight of the Mannerheim Cross. He was one of the volunteers who served in the Finnish Jaeger battalion in Germany in 1916 to 1917. He was a battalion commander in the Finnish Civil War. In 1919 he took part in the Aunus expedition as Commander in Chief.During the Winter War (1939 - 1940), Talvela commanded "Group Talvela" which took part in the Battle of Tolvajärvi. For this success he was promoted to Major General in December 1939, the first promotion to general's rank during the war. In February 1940 Talvela took the command of the Finnish III Corps in the Karelian Isthmus. When the war ended on 13 March 1940, Talvela returned to civilian life. However, once the Finnish-German relations warmed, he was used in semi-official missions to Germany in late 1940.

Paavo Johannes Nurmi            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo Johannes Nurmi: was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns"; a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola and others for their distinction in running. During the 1920s, Nurmi was the best middle and long distance runner in the world, setting world records at distances between 1500 m and 20 km.Nurmi won a total of nine gold and three silver medals in the 12 events in which he competed at the Olympic Games from 1920 to 1928. In 1932, Nurmi was unable to compete at the Olympics, as he had received money for his running and was thus considered a professional.

Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä: who was also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö (Hämeenkyrön karhu), was a Finnish track athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the the Olympics in 1928.In the 1928 Olympics, he had to rerun the 100 m hurdles as the fourth hurdle was placed incorrectly in the first run. Finland took the top two spots in the decathlon that year with Yrjölä taking the gold and Akilles Järvinen the silver.In his years of competing, Yrjölä set three world records: 6460 points in 1926 (7,832 according to the old point system), 6,586 in 1927 (8,053) and 6,587 in 1928 (8,053).

Paavo Haavikko            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo Haavikko: was a Finnish poet and playwright, considered one of the country's most outstanding writers. He won the Neustadt Prize for literature in 1984.[1]From 1967 to 1983, he was literary director of the Otava publishing company, and from 1989 to his death owner of the Art House publishing company.[2]

Paavo Erkki Arhinmäki            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo Erkki Arhinmäki: is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance whose leader he has been since June 2009. He was elected to the Finnish Parliament in 2007.

Pekka Paavola            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Pekka Paavola: is a Finnish social democratic politician, Minister of Justice in the 1972 cabinet, and a convicted criminal in multiple cases.He represents the Social Democratic Party of Finland. Paavola was a city manager in Tampere 1969–1985. He was the Minister of Ju

Rodney Earland "Rod" Paavola            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rodney Earland "Rod" Paavola: was an American ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Olavi Paavolainen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Paavolainen: was a Finnish essayist, journalist, travel book writer, poet, and cosmopolitan. He often went under the pseudonym of Olavi Lauri. Paavolainen was the central figure of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Flame Bearers) and one of the most influential literary opinion leaders between the two World wars in Finland. He represented liberal and Europe oriented views of culture and had an eclectic eye for new ideas.In the late 1920s Paavolainen praised urban life, technology, and roaring cars in his works centering around modernism as the Italian Futurist poet F.T. Marinetti (1876-1944) had done two decades earlier. In the 1930s and 1940s he published a number of works that controversially criticised the members of the Nazi cabinet in Germany and later the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.