Järvi is a Finnish and Estonian surname meaning "lake". Notable people with the surname include:
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Iiro Järvi (born 1965), Finnish ice hockey player
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Jyrki Järvi (born 1966), Finnish sailor, Olympic champion
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Kristjan Järvi (born 1972), Estonian-American conductor
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Neeme Järvi (born 1937), Estonian-born U.S. conductor
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Paavo Järvi (born 1962), Estonian-American conductor
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Raivo Järvi (1954-2012), aka Onu Raivo, Estonian artist, radio personality, politician
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Teet Järvi
Teet Järvi (born 22 April 1958) is an Estonian cellist.
Teet Järvi graduated from Tallinn Music High School, studying under Laine Leichter, and from the Tallinn State Conservatoire (1981), studying in the cello class of Peeter Paemurru. He rece ...
(born 1958), Estonian cellist
* Sami Järvi (
Sam Lake
Sami Antero Järvi (born in 1970), better known by his artist name Sam Lake ('Järvi' is Finnish for lake), is a Finnish video game writer. He is the creative director at Remedy Entertainment, known for his writing (as well as his likeness) on t ...
) (born 1970), a Finnish writer, ''Max Payne'' video game series
* Michael Jarvi,
independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independ ...
pro wrestler
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...
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Finnish-language surnames