Niemelä is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aarne Ilmari Niemelä
Aarne Ilmari Niemelä (16 September 1907 – 12 November 1975) was a Finnish chess player, Finnish Chess Championship winner (1948).
Biography
From the late 1940s to the late 1960s, Aarne Ilmari Niemelä was one of Finland's leading chess playe ...
(1907–1975), Finnish chess player
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Esu Niemelä
Esu Evert Niemelä (16 June 1921 – 30 November 1999) was a Finnish farmer and politician.
Niemelä was born in Sääminki. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legis ...
(1921–1999), Finnish farmer and politician
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Artturi Niemelä (born 1923), Finnish homesteader and politician
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Virpi Niemelä
Virpi Sinikka Niemelä (Helsinki, 26 December 1936 – Argentina, 18 December 2006) was a leading Finnish Argentine astronomer. She was the second Argentine to be elected for Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Born in Finland, she emig ...
(1936–2006), Finnish Argentine astronomer
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Pekka Niemelä (born 1974), Finnish ski jumping coach and former ski jumping
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Markus Niemelä (born 1984), Finnish race car driver
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Mikko Niemelä (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey defenceman
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Joonas Niemelä (born 1997), Finnish ice hockey forward
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Finnish-language surnames