List of Finns - Scientists

Scientists

  • Lars Valerian Ahlfors – mathematician, Fields Medalist 1936 (1907 – 1996)
  • Väinö Auer – explorer, geologist, geographer (1895 – 1981)
  • Anders Chydenius – classical liberal (1729 – 1803)
  • Kari Enqvist – cosmologist
  • Johan Gadolin – chemist (1760 – 1852)
  • Ragnar Granit – medicine, Nobelist (1900 – 1991)
  • Hilma Granqvist – anthropologist (1890 – 1972)
  • Ilkka Hanski – Crafoord Prize winning ecologist
  • Pehr Kalm – botanist (1716 – 1779)
  • Teuvo Kohonen – neurocomputing pioneer
  • Jussi V. Koivisto – economist
  • Anders Johan Lexell – mathematician, astronomer (1740 – 1784)
  • Ernst Lindelöf – mathematician, researcher of function theory and topology (1870 – 1946)
  • Olli Lounasmaa – physicist, researcher of low-temperature physics (1930 – 2002)
  • Hjalmar Mellin – mathematician (1854 – 1933)
  • Risto Näätänen – psychologist and neuroscientist (born 1939)
  • Rolf Nevanlinna – mathematician (1895 – 1980)
  • Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld – mineralogist (1792 – 1866)
  • Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld polar explorer, political refugee in Sweden (1832–1901)
  • Gunnar Nordström theoretical physicist (1881–1923)
  • Liisi Oterma – astronomer (1915 – 2001)
  • Leena Palotie – gene scientist
  • Simo Parpola – orientalist, assyriologist
  • Helena Ranta – pathologist, forensic dentist
  • Eric Tigerstedt – inventor, Thomas Edison of Finland (1887 – 1925)
  • Kari S. Tikka – justice and finance professor (1944 – 2006)
  • Esko Valtaoja – astronomer
  • Tatu Vanhanen – political scientist (born 1929)
  • Artturi Ilmari Virtanen – chemist, Nobelist (1895 – 1973)
  • Vilho Väisälä – mathematician, inventor of meteorological instruments (1889 – 1969)
  • Yrjö Väisälä – astronomer, meteorologist (1891 – 1971)
  • Edvard Westermarck – philosopher, sociologist (1862 – 1939)
  • Arvo Ylppö – pediatrician (1887 – 1992)

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