Salonen is a Finnish surname of Virtanen type. Notable people with the surname include: *Anton Salonen, child with Russian-Finnish dual citizenship involved in a child custody dispute, see Anton Salonen incident *

Brian Salonen Brian Scott Salonen (born July 29, 1961) is a former American football tight end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) or the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Montana. Early years Salonen attended Gr ...

(born 1961), former American football tight end * Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958), Finnish orchestral conductor and composer *

Juha Salonen Juha Salonen (born 16 October 1961) is a Finnish judoka. He competed at the 1984, 1988 and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known ...

(born 1961), Finnish judoka *

Kristiina Salonen Kristiina Johanna Salonen (born 7 June 1977) is a Finnish politician. She has been a Member of the Parliament for the Social Democratic Party of Finland since 2011. Education and early career Salonen was born and still lives in Rauma. She grad ...

(born 1977), Finnish politician *

Neil Albert Salonen Neil Albert Salonen (born 1946) served as the ninth president of the University of Bridgeport, a private university in Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1999 to 2018. He is a member of the Unification Church and became the president of the Unification ...

(born 1946), president of the University of Bridgeport *

Pauli Salonen Pauli Salonen (14 February 1916, Hollola – 10 January 2009) was a Finnish nordic combined skier who competed during the 1940s. He finished seventh in the individual event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland ). Swiss ...

(1916–2009), Finnish Nordic combined skier *

Reima Salonen Reima Untamo Salonen (born November 19, 1955 in Taivassalo, Southwest Finland) is a retired race walker from Finland, known for winning the gold medal in the men's 50 km Walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. A forme ...

(born 1955), retired race walker from Finland *

Satu Salonen Satu Maarit Anneli Salonen (born 27 February 1973 in Vahto) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2005. She won a bronze medal at the 4 × 5 km relay in the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had her best ...

(born 1973), former Finnish cross country skier * Timo Salonen (born 1951), Finnish former rally driver, 1985 world champion for Peugeot *

Toivo Salonen Toivo Kostia Salonen (21 May 1933 – 28 October 2019) was a former speed skater from Finland. He was born in Pälkäne. Medals Toivo Salonen had most of his successes on a national level, becoming Finnish Allround Champion in 1954, 1956, 19 ...

(1933–2019), former speed skater from Finland

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