Famous People with Name Kaila

Osmo Ilmari Kaila            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Osmo Ilmari Kaila: was a Finnish chess master and chess problemist.Kaila took 3rd, behind Gideon Ståhlberg and Erik Lundin, at Oslo 1939 (The 20th Nordic Championship), and won at Copenhagen 1946 (The 21st Nordic Championship).[2] In 1947, he tied for 7-8th in Helsinki (zonal, Eero Böök and Gösta Stoltz won).

Eino Sakari Kaila            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Eino Sakari Kaila: was a Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher. He worked in numerous fields including psychology (sometimes considered to be the founder of Finnish psychology), physics and theater, and attempted to find unifying principles behind various branches of human and natural sciences.Kaila's father, Erkki Kaila was a protestant minister and later archbishop. He graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1910. In the 1920s he worked in the field of literary criticism and psychology as a professor at the University of Turku and is said to have been the first to introduce gestalt psychology to Finland. He was a part of the cultural circles of the time with the likes of Jean Sibelius and Frans Emil Sillanpää and in 1919 he married the painter Anna Lovisa Snellman. In 1930 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki. Kaila first visited Vienna in 1929 and took part in the sessions of the Vienna Circle. During World War II Kaila lectured in Germany. In 1948 Kaila became a member of the Finnish Academy. He died in Helsinki on August 1, 1958.

Gu Kailai            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gu Kailai: is a Chinese lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China's most influential politicians until he was stripped of his offices in 2012. Gu is currently under investigation for the murder of a British businessman, Neil Heywood.

Uuno Kailas            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Uuno Kailas: was a Finnish poet, writer and translator.Kailas was born in Hartola. After his mother's death, the boy received a strict religious upbringing from his grandmother. He studied in Heinola and occasionally in the University of Helsinki. In 1919, he took par