Famous People with Name Vilho

Vilho Väisälä            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Vilho Väisälä: was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala.After graduation in meteorology in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere. At the time the measurements were conducted by attaching a thermograph to a kite.Väisälä participated in development of radiosonde, a device attached to a balloon and launched to measure air in the higher atmosphere. In 1936 he started his own company, manufacturing radiosondes and - later - other meteorological instruments.

Vilho Petter Nenonen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Vilho Petter Nenonen: was a Finnish general.Received his military education in the Hamina Cadet School 1896-1901, in the Mihailov Artillery School in St Petersburg 1901-1903, and in St Petersburg Artillery Academy 1906-1909. He served in the Russian army during World War I. When the Finnish Civil War began he moved to Finland and was given the job of creating the artillery of general Mannerheim's White Army. After the war he also served as the Minister of Defence between 1923 and 1924. During the Continuation War he was a part of Mannerheim's inner circle. He was promoted to the rank of General of the artillery in 1941.

Vilho Immanuel ("Ville") Tuulos            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Vilho Immanuel ("Ville") Tuulos: was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal in triple jump in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.The 14.50 meter jumps he took during qualifying were counted during the main event and were enough for the win. Tuulos also won bronze in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. In long jump, his best result was a fourth place in the 1924 Olympics.

Vilho Aleksander Niittymaa            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Vilho Aleksander Niittymaa: was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.

Vilho Siivola            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Vilho Siivola: was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre.His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of 'Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director. In addition he authored two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983).