Kauko is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Kauko Armas Nieminen (1929–2010), Finnish self-taught physicist * Kauko Hänninen (1930–2013), Finnish Olympic rower * Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), Finnish film actor * Kauko Jalkanen (1918–2007), Finnish Olympic fencer * Kauko Mäkinen (1927–1968), Finnish ice hockey player * Kauko Nieminen (born 1979), Finnish Speedway racer * Kauko Pirinen (1915–1999), Finnish historian, professor in church history at Helsinki University * Kauko Röyhkä, (born 1959), Finnish rock musician and author * Kauko Salomaa (1928–2016), Finnish former speed skater * Kauko Wahlsten (1923–2001), Finnish rower

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