Timo is a masculine given name. It is primarily used in Finnish, Estonian, Dutch and German societies. It may be used as an abbreviation of Timothy.

Arts and entertainment

Timo Alakotila Timo Alakotila is a Finnish composer, arranger, and musician born 15 July 1959. Career Timo Alakotila's range of music styles stretches from Finnish folk music of the '' pelimanni'' style over some jazz influences to more or less Finnis ...

(born 1959), Finnish musician *

Timo Andres Timo is a masculine given name. It is primarily used in Finnish, Estonian, Dutch and German societies. It may be used as an abbreviation of Timothy. Arts and entertainment * Timo Alakotila (born 1959), Finnish musician * Timo Andres (born 1985) ...

(born 1985), American composer and pianist * Timo Blunck (born 1962), German musician *

Timo Boll Timo Boll (, ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is ranked second in the German Table Tennis National League, and fifteen in the ITTF world rankings as of October 20 ...

(born 1981), German table tennis player * Timo Bortolotti (1889–1951), Italian sculptor * Timo Brunke (born 1972), German slam poet * Timo Descamps (born 1986), Belgian actor and musician *

Timo Ellis Timothy Kneeland "Timo" Ellis is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer from New York City, and is frontman vocalist for the band Netherlands. In 1997 Ellis and Sean Lennon joined Cibo Matto. As a quartet (Yuka Honda Yuka Honda is ...

(born 1970), American musician and record producer *

Timo Pieni Huijaus Timo Juhani Snellman (born June 2, 1982), professionally known as Timo Pieni Huijaus (''Timo The Little Hoax''), is a Finnish rapper and fashion designer. Career beginnings Timo Pieni Huijaus comes from a family with musical background. He has ...

(born 1982), a Finnish rapper * Timo Jurkka (born 1963), Finnish actor *

Timo Kahilainen Kummeli is the name of a Finnish comedy crew formed by Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Hela from Tampere. They are also the heads of ''Porkkana Ryhmä'', the crew's production company. Other famous members have included Olli Kes ...

(born 1963), Finnish actor *

Timo Kahlen Timo Kahlen (born 1966 in Berlin) is a German sound sculptor and media artist who currently lives and works in Berlin. Life and work Timo Kahlen is known for his sound sculptures and site-specific sound art works, installations with steam, wind ...

(born 1966), German sound sculptor and media artist * Timo Kojo (born 1953), Finnish singer *

Timo Koivusalo Timo Johannes Koivusalo (born 31 October 1963) is a Finnish actor, director, writer, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was ''Rentun Ruusu'', released in 2001. Life and career Koivusalo was born in Pori, and trained as a che ...

(born 1963), Finnish actor, writer, and musician *

Timo Korhonen Timo Korhonen (born 6 November 1964) is a Finnish classical guitarist and is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists in his generation. Short Biography Korhonen gave his debut at 14 in his hometown Rautalampi, Finland. His intern ...

(born 1964), Finnish classical guitarist *

Timo Koskinen Timo Koskinen (born 1965) is a Finnish classical pianist.Kokkolan Sanomat, 5 May 2009. Koskinen studied the piano at the Helsinki Conservatory of Music, the Sibelius Academy, and the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy. Prize winner in national piano ...

(born 1965), Finnish classical pianist *

Timo Kotipelto Timo Antero Kotipelto (born 15 March 1969) is a Finnish musician best known as the lead singer of the power metal band Stratovarius, whom he joined in 1994, as well as fronting his own band Kotipelto. Biography He studied vocals at the pop ...

(born 1969), Finnish metal singer *

Timo Lavikainen Timo Lavikainen (born 1972) is a Finnish actor. He lives in Joensuu Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the m ...

(born 1972), Finnish actor *

Timo Maas Timo Maas (born July 27, 1969, Bückeburg, West Germany) is a German DJ/producer and remixer whose career in electronic music spans well over 30 years. His remix of Azzido Da Bass's single " Dooms Night" helped launch his career in 2000. In ...

(born 1969), German electronic musician and DJ *

Timo K. Mukka Timo Kustaa Mukka (17 December 1944 – 27 March 1973) was a Finnish author who wrote about the lives of people in Lapland. Early life Timo Mukka was born in Bollnäs in Sweden where his family had been evacuated to during the Lapland War. He sp ...

(1944–1973), Finnish novelist *

Timo Parvela Timo Parvela (born 19 May 1964 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish author of juvenile fiction. Parvela matriculated from secondary school in 1983 and graduated from Jyväskylä Teacher Training College in 1988.

(born 1964), Finnish children's writer *

Timo Räisänen Timo Räisänen (born 25 July 1979) is a Swedish musician. He has been part of Håkan Hellström's band, and has also played in the band Her Majesty. In 2004, he started his solo career. Räisänen was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. His mother was ...

(born 1979), Swedish musician *

Timo Rautiainen (musician) Timo Aulis Rautiainen (born 25 January 1963, in Sulkava, Finland) is a Finnish heavy metal singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus. He has also sung and played guitar ...

(born 1963), Finnish metal singer * Timo Rose (born 1977), German filmmaker and rapper * Timo Salminen (born 1952), Finnish cinematographer *

Timo Tolkki Timo Tapio Tolkki (born 3 March 1966) is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. With his tenure lasting for more than twenty years, he was the longest standi ...

(born 1966), Finnish metal musician * Timo Toots (born 1982), Estonian artist * Timo Torikka (born 1958), Finnish actor *

Timo Vuorensola Timo Vuorensola (; born 29 November 1979) is a Finnish film director, singer and actor. He has directed ''Star Wreck'' movies ''Star Wreck V: Lost Contact'', and '' Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning'', created by Samuli Torssonen. Vuorensola plays ...

(born 1979), Finnish film director and actor

Politics and government

Timo Angelov Eftim Angelov ( bg, Ефтим Ангелов), known as Timo Angelov (Bulgarian: Тимо Ангелов), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO). Eftim Angelov was bor ...

(1882–1903), Macedonian revolutionary * Timo Kalli (born 1947), Finnish politician *

Timo Laaninen Timo Laaninen was the party secretary of the Centre Party in Finland from June 12, 2010 to 2016. Laaninen was the editor-in-chief of Suomenmaa party newspaper from January 2008 up to 2010. Before that he has been a political secretary (special a ...

(born 1954), Finnish politician *

Timo Soini Timo Juhani Soini (born 30 May 1962) is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and former leader of the Finns Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2017 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019. He was e ...

(born 1962), Finnish politician

Science and academia

* Timo Airaksinen (born 1947), Finnish philosopher * Timo Hannay (born 1968), English science writer and businessman * Timo Honkela (born 1962), Finnish information scientist *

Timo Joensuu Timo Joensuu (born 27 February 1959 in Nokia, Finland) is a Finnish oncologist, associate professor of clinical oncology in University of Helsinki, researcher of new cancer treatments and developer of an internationally new hospital concept. He is ...

(born 1957), Finnish oncologist * Timo Kivimäki (born 1962), Finnish political scientist *

Timo Maran Timo Maran (born 13 April 1975) is an Estonian biosemiotician and poet. He is the head Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu. Membership in organizations: * Estonian Naturalists' Society (vice-president 2007–2010) * Estonian Semiotics ...

(born 1975), Estonian biosemiotician and poet *

Timo Meynhardt Timo Meynhardt (born 14 July 1972 in Rudolstadt) is a German psychologist and business economist. Since October 2015, he has been holding the Dr. Arend Oetker Chair of Business Psychology and Leadership at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management ...

(born 1972), German psychologist and business economist *

Timo Penttilä Timo Jussi Penttilä (16 March 1931 – 25 February 2011) was one of Finland's most important modernist architects and was for over 15 years a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in Austria. He is most renowned for the design of th ...

(1931–2011), Finnish architect * Timo Santalainen (born 1946), Finnish business professor and consultant *

(1926–2006), Finnish designer, sculptor, and professor *

Timo Sirainen Timo Sirainen, born 1979, is a Finnish programmer also known under the handles "cras" and "tss". Sirainen is the original author of the IRC-client Irssi and the POP/IMAP server Dovecot. Sirainen lives in Helsinki, Finland. In 2006, Sirainen b ...

(born 1979), Finnish programmer and scientist *

Timo Teräsvirta Timo Teräsvirta (born 21 January 1941) is a Finnish economist. He made notable contributions in time series analysis, working with Clive Granger among others. Teräsvirta earned his Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki The University of ...

(born 1941), Finnish economist * Timo Vihavainen (born 1947), Finnish historian and professor of Russian studies

Sports

Association football

* Timo Achenbach (born 1982), German defender *

Timo Askolin Timo Askolin is the head coach of Allianssi Vantaa football club, a Finnish football club from Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsink ...

(born 1951), Finnish manager * Timo Baumgartl (born 1996), German defender * Timo Beermann (born 1990), German defender * Timo Brauer (born 1990), German midfielder * Timo Çeçen (born 1994), German midfielder * Timo Furuholm (born 1987), Finnish forward * Timo Gebhart (born 1989), German midfielder * Timo Hammel (born 1987), German goalkeeper * Timo Heinze (born 1986), German defender *

Timo Hildebrand Timo Hildebrand (born 5 April 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Hildebrand holds a Bundesliga record for keeping a clean sheet for the most consecutive minutes (884 minutes), which he set during the 2 ...

(born 1979), German goalkeeper * Timo Horn (born 1993), German goalkeeper * Timo Kern (born 1990), German midfielder * Timo Kunert (born 1987), German midfielder * Timo Lange (born 1968), German midfielder and coach * Timo Letschert (born 1993), Dutch defender * Timo Liekoski (born 1942), Finnish goalkeeper and coach * Timo Nagy (born 1983), German midfielder * Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player * Timo Ochs (born 1981), German goalkeeper * Timo Perthel (born 1989), German wing-back * Timo Plattel (born 1994), Dutch goalkeeper * Timo Reus (born 1974), German goalkeeper *

Timo Rost Timo Rost (born 29 August 1978) is a German football manager and former player who last managed Erzgebirge Aue. Coaching career Rost took over as manager of SpVgg Bayreuth in 2018. After gaining promotion to the 3. Liga, he moved to Erzgebirge ...

(born 1978), German midfielder *

Timo Röttger Timo Röttger (born 12 July 1985) is a German footballer. Career On 9 May 2014, he signed a two-year contract with Viktoria Köln of fourth tier Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division adminis ...

(born 1985), German winger * Timo Scheunemann (born 1973), Indonesian-born German forward and manager * Timo Schultz (born 1977), German midfielder and coach * Timo Staffeldt (born 1984), German midfielder * Timo Uster (born 1974), Gambian defender * Timo Wenzel (born 1977), German defender *

Timo Werner Timo Werner (; born 6 March 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Germany national team. Werner began his senior club career in 2013 playing for VfB Stuttgart, becoming the clu ...

(born 1996), German forward *

Timo Zahnleiter Hans-Dieter "Timo" Zahnleiter (born 16 December 1948) is a German former professional football player and manager who played as a midfielder. Playing career Zahnleiter started his professional career in 1967 when he played for VfR Mannheim unt ...

(born 1948), German midfielder and manager

Ice hockey

* Timo Ahmaoja (born 1978), Finnish defenseman *

Timo Blomqvist Timo Pauli Blomqvist (born January 23, 1961) is a Finnish former ice hockey player. As a youth, he played in the 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Espoo. Drafted in 1980 by the Washington ...

(born 1961), Finnish defenseman * Timo Helbling (born 1981), Swiss defenseman *

Timo Hirvonen Timo Olavi Hirvonen (5 December 1973 – 28 July 2023) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player. Hirvonen made his Liiga debut playing with Kiekko-Espoo during the 1992–93 SM-liiga season The 1992–93 SM-liiga season was the 18th seaso ...

(born 1973), Finnish winger *

Timo Jutila Timo Juhani "Juti" Jutila (born 24 December 1963 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman. Jutila was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres (4th round, 68th overall) in 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Jutila's ice hockey ca ...

(born 1963), Finnish defenseman * Timo Koskela (born 1979), Finnish winger * Timo Lahtinen (born 1947), Finnish player and coach * Timo Lindström (born 1986), Finnish goaltender *

Timo Meier Timo Meier ( , born 8 October 1996) is a Swiss professional ice hockey player for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). After being selected ninth overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Meier became th ...

(born 1996), Swiss winger * Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player *

Timo Pärssinen Timo Pärssinen (born January 19, 1977 in Lohja, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, line ...

(born 1977), Finnish forward *

Timo Pielmeier Timo Pielmeier (born July 7, 1989) is a German professional ice hockey goaltender, currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was a third-round selection of the San Jo ...

(born 1989), German goaltender * Timo Salo (born 1985), Finnish forward *

Timo Seppänen Timo Seppänen (born 22 July 1987) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenseman who most notably played in the Liiga and Elitserien. Seppänen was drafted 185th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Playing c ...

(born 1987), Finnish defenseman *

Timo Susi Timo Antero Susi (born January 25, 1959 in Kouvola, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Ha ...

(born 1959), Finnish player * Timo Sutinen (born 1949), Finnish player *

Timo Turunen Timo Mikko Juhani Turunen (born April 8, 1948 in Kuusjärvi, Finland) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Jokerit. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. Playing ...

(born 1948), Finnish center

Motorsports

Timo Bernhard Timo Bernhard (born 24 February 1981) is a former driver from Germany. He was a sports car driver from Porsche, but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He is a winner of the Triple Crown in endurance racing. On 29 June 2 ...

(born 1981), German racing driver *

Timo Glock Timo Glock (born 18 March 1982) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He raced in Formula One for the Jordan, Toyota, Virgin Racing and Marussia F1 teams. He finished 10th in the Drivers' Championship in bo ...

(born 1982), German racing driver *

Timo Gottschalk Timo Gottschalk (born August 28, 1974 in Neuruppin) is a German rally co-driver, most notable for being on the winning team of the 2011 Dakar Rally alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah. Career Gottschalk made his debut in the Dakar Rally as navigator to ...

(born 1974), German rally navigator *

Timo Lienemann Timo Lienemann (born 15 May 1985 in Baden-Württemberg, Schorndorf Schorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located approximately 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its train station is the terminus of the S2 line of the Stuttgart S ...

(born 1985), German racing driver *

Timo Mäkinen Timo Mäkinen (18 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland – 4 May 2017) was one of the original " Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is best remembered for his hat-trick of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally. Career Mäkinen's start in i ...

(born 1938), Finnish rally driver * Timo Rautiainen (born 1964), Finnish rally driver *

Timo Salonen Timo Salonen (born October 8, 1951) is a Finnish former rally driver who won the 1985 World Rally Championship season for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smo ...

(born 1951), Finnish rally driver *

Timo Scheider Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. He won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009. Career Karting Like most other drivers, Scheider ...

(born 1978), German racing driver

Other sports

* Timo Aaltonen (born 1969), Finnish shot putter * Timo Antila (born 1980), Finnish biathlete *

Timo André Bakken Timo André Bakken (born 21 March 1989) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Career He won a silver medal in the sprint race at the 2009 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in March 2008 in Drammen, and collected his first ...

(born 1989), Norwegian cross-country skier *

(born 1981), German table tennis player * Timo Eichfuss (born 1988), Estonian basketball player *

Timo Grönlund Timo Tapio Grönlund (6 January 1954 – 27 December 2022)Timo Hoffmann (born 1974), German boxer *

Timo Karppinen Timo Karppinen (born 26 December 1967) is a Finnish orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst mo ...

(born 1967), Finnish orienteer * Timo Kuusisto (born 1959), Finnish pole vaulter * Timo Lumme (born 1961), Finnish International Olympic Committee employee * Timo Murama (1913–1981), Finnish Nordic combined skier * Timo Nieminen (born 1981), Finnish tennis player *

Timo Peltola Timo Peltola (born June 12, 1972) is a Finnish judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔� ...

(born 1972), Finnish judoka * Timo Pérez (born 1975), Dominican Republic baseball player *

Timo Roosen Timo Roosen (born 11 January 1993) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. In 2021, he won the Dutch National Road Ra ...

(born 1993), Dutch cyclist * Timo Saarelainen (born 1960), Finnish basketball player * Timo Sild (born 1988), Estonian orienteer * Timo Simonlatser (born 1986), Estonian cross-country skier *

Timo Tammemaa Timo Tammemaa (born 18 November 1991) is an Estonian volleyball player, member of the Estonia men's national volleyball team. At the professional club level, he plays for Czarni Radom. Club career Timo Tammemaa began his professional career in ...

(born 1991), Estonian volleyball player * Timo Tompuri (born 1969), Finnish discus thrower *

Timo Weß Timo Weß (born 2 July 1982) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and gold at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was born in ...

(born 1982), German field hockey player

Other

* Timo Saarnio (born 1944), Finnish interior architect and furniture designer * Tim Weiland, American fashion designer also known as Timo

People nicknamed Timo

Tim Anderson (RAF officer) Air Marshal Sir Timothy Michael Anderson, (born 2 February 1957) is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer. He served as the inaugural Director-General of the UK Military Aviation Authority (MAA) from 2010 to 2013. The MAA was establi ...

(born 1957) *

Friedhelm Konietzka Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka (2 August 1938 – 12 March 2012) was a German professional football player and manager who played as a striker. He earned his nickname "Timo" due to a supposed resemblance to the Soviet commander Semyon Timoshen ...

(1938–2012), German football striker and manager

Fictional characters

* Timo Mendes, from the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe''