Born in Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city of Finland. The city is situated on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the norhernmost capital of an EU member state. The city hosted the Summer Olympics in 1952 and was ranked the world's most liveable city by Monocle in 2011. Name these famous persons, which are born in the city of Helsinki.

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Hint		Answer
Writer, "The Egyptian"	1908	Mika Waltari
Creator of the "Moomins"	1914	Tove Jansson
President of Finland from 2000 to 2012 and first woman to hold this position	1943	Tarja Halonen
Economist at MIT, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences	1949	Bengt Holmström
Hall of Fame ice hockey player who played most notably for the Edmonton Oilers	1960	Jari Kurri
former Formula One racing driver (Ferrari, Lotus, Tyrell) and two times winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race	1966	Mika Salo
President of Finland since 2024 and Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015	1968	Alexander Stubb
Creator of Linux	1969	Linus Torvalds
Hall of Fame ice hockey player who played most notably for the Anaheim Ducks	1970	Teemu Selänne

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Singer of the band Sunrise Avenue	1976	Samu Haber
Former basketball player and first player from Finland to play in the NBA (Atlanta Hawks)	1976	Hanno Möttölä
Former ice hockey goalkeeper who played most notably for the Minnesota Wild	1978	Nicklas Bäckström
Basketball head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies since 2025	1982	Tuomas Iisalo
Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023	1985	Sanna Marin
Former basketball player (Barcelona, Bayern and Bologna) and first Finnish player to get drafted in the first round of the NBA draft	1988	Petteri Koponen
Rapper, singer and Eurovision Song Contest participant, "Cha Cha Cha"	1993	Käärija
Footballer who plays for Palermo and the Finnish national team (former Leverkusen, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Venezia player)	1994	Joel Pohjanpalo

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Level 76

Jan 24, 2022

Nice that you did all this work and it's a great quiz, but you have Waltari wrong.

Level 69

Jan 25, 2022

Thank you! I fixed the mistake

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