Famous People with Name Paavo

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.

Paavo Nikula            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo Nikula: is a former Chancellor of Justice of Finland and a former Member of the Parliament of Finland. He served as the justice minister from 1978-1979. He announced his resignation as Chancellor of Justice on 26 April, 2007, effective at the end of June. During

Paavo Aho            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo Aho: was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he finished sixth in the two handed shot put competition and tenth in the shot put event.

Paavo "Pekka" Johansson            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Paavo "Pekka" Johansson: was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.Johansson competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, winning the bronze behind Jonni Myyrä and Urho Peltonen and ahead of Julius Saaristo as Finland claimed the

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.