Soldiers
- Aksel Airo – general (1898 – 1985)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth – general (1905 – 2004)
- Axel Heinrichs – general (1890 – 1965)
- Simo Häyhä – first lieutenant, sharpshooter 505 confirmed sniper kills (1905 – 2002)
- Eino Ilmari Juutilainen – pilot, twice knight of Mannerheim cross
- Jorma Karhunen – pilot, aviation writer
- Jussi Kekkonen – major, younger brother of president Urho Kekkonen (1910 – 1962)
- Ruben Lagus – major general (1896 – 1956)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim – marshal of Finland (1867 – 1951)
- Vilho Petter Nenonen – general (1883 – 1960)
- Karl Lennart Oesch – lieutenant general (1892 – 1978)
- Mika Peltonen – Brigadier General (2005 –)
- Jorma Sarvanto – fighter pilot, World War II ace
- Ensio Siilasvuo – general (1922 – 2001)
- Hjalmar Siilasvuo – general (1892 – 1947)
- Georg Magnus Sprengtporten – general (1740 – 1819)
- Torsten Stålhandske – commander of Hakkapelites (1594 – 1644)
- Paavo Susitaival – lieutenant colonel (1896 – 1993)
- Lauri Sutela – general
- Paavo Talvela – general (1897 – 1973)
- Lauri Törni (Alias Larry Throne) – captain (1919 – 1965)
- Rudolf Walden – general (1878 – 1946)
- Kurt Martti Wallenius – major general (1893 – 1984)
- Hans Wind – pilot, twice knight of Mannerheim cross
- Harald Öhquist – lieutenant general (1891 – 1971)
- Hugo Österman – lieutenant general (1892 – 1975)
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Famous quotes containing the word soldiers:
“The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 23:36,37.
“We, the soldiers who have returned from battles stained with blood; we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes; we who have attended their funerals and cannot look in the eyes of their parents; we who have come from a land where parents bury their children; we who have fought against you, the Palestinianswe say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice: enough of blood and tears. Enough.”
—Yitzhak Rabin (19221995)
“How the Chimney-sweepers cry
Every blackning Church appalls,
And the hapless Soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls”
—William Blake (17571827)