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Aalto University Alumni
Aalto is a Finns, Finnish Laine type surname meaning "wave". Notable people with the surname include: * Aino Aalto (1894–1949), Finnish architect and designer * Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat * Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), Finnish architect and designer * Anna-Kaarina Aalto (1920–1994), Finnish physician and politician * Antti Aalto (born 1975), Finnish ice hockey player * Artturi Aalto (1876–1937), Finnish politician * Arvo Aalto (1932–2025), Finnish politician * Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (born 1970), Finnish runner * Eeli Aalto (born 1931), Finnish artist, director and writer * Einari Aalto (1926–1985), Finnish swimmer * Elissa Aalto (1922–1994), Finnish architect * Henri Aalto (born 1989), Finnish football player * Iiro Aalto (born 1977), Finnish footballer * Ilmari Aalto (1891–1934), Finnish painter * Jorma Aalto (born 1957), Finnish skier * Jussi Aalto (born 1983), Finnish footballer * Jussi Aalto (photographer) (born 1945), Finnish photographer * Jyri Aal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaltonen
Aaltonen is a Finnish surname, a Virtanen type analog of Aalto. Notable people with the surname include: *Aimo Aaltonen (1906–1987), Finnish communist politician *Ali Aaltonen (1884–1918), Lieutenant in the Imperial Russian army *Anton Aaltonen (born 2003), Finnish footballer *Arvo Aaltonen (1892–1949), Finnish swimmer *Carina Aaltonen (born 1964), Finnish politician *Emil Aaltonen (1869–1949), Finnish industrialist and philanthropist *Erkki Aaltonen (1910–1990), Finnish composer *Jani Aaltonen (born 1990), Finnish footballer *Juhamatti Aaltonen (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player *Juhani Aaltonen (born 1935), Finnish jazz musician *Lasse Aaltonen, Finnish World War II ace *Leevi Aaltonen (born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player *Mika Aaltonen (born 1965), former Finnish football (soccer) player *Mikael Aaltonen (born 1991), Finnish ice hockey player *Minna Aaltonen (born 1966), Finnish actress *Miro Aaltonen (born 1993), Finnish ice hockey player *Nico Aaltonen (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorma Aalto
Jorma Ilmari Aalto (born 24 August 1957) is a Finnish cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre cross-country ski race at the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected .... Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Cup Season standings References 1957 births Living people Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Finnish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Sportspeople from Tampere Skiers from Pirkanmaa 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simo Aalto
Simo Aalto (born 19 March 1960) is a magician who became popular in Finland in the 1980s. He established Joker Poker Box, which is labeled an artist-festival tour he owns with his wife Kirsti. Aalto is known for a wide range of skills from fingertip system to illusions. He also specializes in abdominal distension, imitation, and a number tricks. Simo Aalto's daughter is ventriloquist Ventriloquism or ventriloquy is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) speaks in such a way that it seems like their voice is coming from a different location, usually through a puppet known as a "dummy". The act of ventrilo ..., Sari Aalto and his brother's children are singers Suvi Aalto and Saara Aalto. References Finnish Magic Circle's list of awards (Finnish)Aalto's Curriculum Vitae External linksAalto's website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saara Aalto
Saara Sofia Aalto (born 2 May 1987) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and voice actress. In 2012, she came second in the first season of '' The Voice of Finland''. In 2016, Aalto finished as the runner-up in the thirteenth series of ''The X Factor UK'', which gained her international recognition. In 2018, she represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, in which she qualified for the grand final and finished in 25th place. Aalto became a judge on '' X Factor Suomi'' during the same year. In 2019, she participated on '' Dancing on Ice'' and finished in third place. Early life Born in Oulunsalo, Finland, Aalto grew up in a musical family and received piano lessons from pianist and pedagogue Olga Maslak, born in Odessa, Soviet Union. Aalto wrote her first song at the age of five. Her grandfather is painter and documentary director Eeli Aalto and magician Simo Aalto is her uncle. In 1998 at age 11, she won the Kotka Maritime Festival song contest for children with o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirjo Aalto
Pirjo Hannele Aalto (born 19 February 1961) is a Finnish biathlete. She competed in women's sprint event at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Finnish female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Finland Sportspeople from Huittinen {{Finland-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentti Aalto
Pentti Aalto (22 July 1917 – 30 November 1998) was a Finnish linguist who was the University of Helsinki Docent of Comparative Linguistics 1958–1980. Aalto was a student of G. J. Ramstedt. He defended his doctoral dissertation in 1949 in Helsinki. Aalto published on the Latin gerundive, the Latin gerund, the Greek infinitive, the history of the Finnish study of Oriental, classical, and modern languages. He edited Ramstedt's comparative Altaic grammar and completed an edition of the Mongolian version of the '' Pan̂carakṣā'' and a collection of Latin sources of Northeast Asian peoples. He is also the first to translate the ancient Tamil moral text of the ''Tirukkural'' into Finnish. Aalto has mentored several Finnish Indologists, including Asko Parpola Asko Heikki Siegfried Parpola (born 12 July 1941, in Forssa) is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of Indology at the University of Helsinki. He specializes in the Indus Valley Civilization, specificall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauliina Aalto
Pauliina Aalto (born 25 November 1967) is a Finnish former Ten-pin bowling player at international level. She was the women's Masters Level European Champion. Biography Aalto was born in Helsinki in 1967 and her father and her brother competed at bowling. Aalto took up Ten-pin bowling in 1979. She took part World contest in 1993 where she won a gold medal for the doubles. Between 1993 and 1997 she won numerous medals including 11 gold medals. In 1995 she gave up her job in order to concentrate on her bowling full time. She became the women's Masters Level European Champion. She was in America the following year to compete against other professionals. Aalto and her partner organised a contest in 2008 in Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ... in Finland where they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minna Aalto
Minna Maarit Aalto (born 8 November 1965) is a Finnish windsurfer. She competed in multiple sailing events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References 1965 births Living people Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Finnish female sailors (sport) Finnish windsurfers Olympic sailors for Finland Sportspeople from Turku Female windsurfers {{Finland-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjatta Aalto
Marjatta Aalto (born 1939) is a Finnish botanist and mycologist known for her work in paleobotany, ethnobotany, and archaeobotany. She worked at the University of Helsinki's Department of Botany, and she is also known for studying ''Potamogetonaceae The Potamogetonaceae, commonly referred to as the pondweed family, is an aquatic family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. The roughly 110 known species are divided over five genera. The largest genus in the family by far is '' Potamogeton'', ...''. Works * * * * References 1939 births Finnish women scientists 20th-century Finnish botanists Finnish mycologists Finnish paleontologists Finnish archaeologists Finnish women archaeologists Living people {{Finland-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja-Sisko Aalto
Marja-Sisko Aalto (born 29 July 1954) is a Finnish writer of detective fiction and former minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was the vicar of the Imatra parish from 1986 to 2010. She became notable as Finland's first openly transgender minister. In 2009, the Finnish Women's Association named Aalto . Since her resignation as vicar, she has pursued a career as a writer. Early life and education Alto was born on 29 July 1954 in Lappeenranta as the seventh of eight children and was assigned male at birth. She entered the faculty of theology at the University of Helsinki in 1973. Clerical career Aalto was the vicar of the Imatra parish from 1986 to 2010. In November 2008, Aalto came out as trans woman and announced her intent to have sex reassignment surgery. According to Aalto, her parents had decided to give her the name Marja-Sisko if she had been born a girl, as they had hoped. She was preoccupied with the issue of gender from the age of three. Although her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Aalto
Kathryn Aalto is an American landscape designer, historian, educator and author. Early life and education Aalto grew up in Escalon, California, where she developed a lifelong interest in landscape history, design and literature of place. She was educated at the University of California at Berkeley, Western Washington University, the London College of Garden Design and the University of Bristol, from which she received a Bachelor's in English, a Master's in English, a Diploma in Garden Design and a Master's in Garden History. Career Writing Aalto wrote the non-fiction book ''The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood,'' published in 2015 by Timber Press, which became a New York Times Bestseller in February 2016. It was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" on October 26, 2015, and selected as a ''People'' magazine Best Pick in Nonfiction in November 2015. She is also the author of ''Nature and Human Intervention' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalle Aalto
Kalle Aalto (22 February 1884 – 14 December 1950) was a Finnish politician. He worked as a mason and builder and later as farmer. Aalto was born and died in Halikko. He become a member of the Parliament of Finland from the constituency of Turku Province South on 16 October 1919, after Sikstus Rönnberg had died. He was a Social Democrat Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ..., and served in the parliament till 1922. References * 1884 births 1950 deaths People from Salo, Finland Politicians from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1919–1922) {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |