# Paavo

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**Paavo** is an [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language) and [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language) masculine given name, cognate to "[Paul](/source/Paul_(given_name))". The Finnish [patronymic surname](/source/Patronymic_surname) [Paavolainen](/source/Paavolainen) is derived from it.

It may refer to:

- [Paavo Aaltonen](/source/Paavo_Aaltonen) (1919–1962), Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion
- [Paavo Aarniokoski](/source/Paavo_Aarniokoski) (1893–1961), Finnish politician
- [Paavo Aho](/source/Paavo_Aho) (1891–1918), Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- [Paavo Arhinmäki](/source/Paavo_Arhinm%C3%A4ki) (born 1976), Finnish politician, former Minister for Culture and Sport and a former member of the Finnish Parliament
- [Paavo Berg](/source/Paavo_Berg) (1911–1941), Finnish fighter ace
- [Paavo Berglund](/source/Paavo_Berglund) (1929–2012), Finnish conductor
- [Paavo Cajander](/source/Paavo_Cajander) (1846–1913), Finnish poet and translator
- [Paavo Haavikko](/source/Paavo_Haavikko) (1931–2008), Finnish poet and playwright
- [Paavo Heininen](/source/Paavo_Heininen) (1938–2022), Finnish composer and pianist
- [Paavo Hukkinen](/source/Paavo_Hukkinen) (1911–1988), German-Finnish actor
- [Paavo Hynninen](/source/Paavo_Hynninen) (1883–1960), former Finnish diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- [Paavo Järvi](/source/Paavo_J%C3%A4rvi) (born 1962), Estonian-American conductor, and current music director of the Orchestre de Paris
- [Paavo Johansson](/source/Paavo_Johansson) (1895–1983), Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw
- [Paavo Korhonen](/source/Paavo_Korhonen) (1928–2019), Finnish Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s
- [Paavo Kotila](/source/Paavo_Kotila) (1927–2014), former Finnish long-distance runner, Olympian, and thrice national champion in the marathon
- [Paavo Lötjönen](/source/Paavo_L%C3%B6tj%C3%B6nen) (born 1968), cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica
- [Paavo Liettu](/source/Paavo_Liettu) (1905–1964), Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
- [Paavo Lipponen](/source/Paavo_Lipponen) (born 1941), Finnish politician and former reporter
- [Paavo Lonkila](/source/Paavo_Lonkila) (1923–2017), Finnish farmer and cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s and 1950s
- [Paavo Lukkariniemi](/source/Paavo_Lukkariniemi) (born 1941), Finnish ski jumper who competed in the mid-1960s
- [Paavo Matsin](/source/Paavo_Matsin) (born 1970), Estonian writer and literary critic
- [Paavo Miettinen](/source/Paavo_Miettinen) (1919–1985), Finnish Olympic fencer
- [Paavo Nikula](/source/Paavo_Nikula) (1942–2024), Chancellor of Justice of Finland and a Member of the Parliament of Finland
- [Paavo Nõgene](/source/Paavo_N%C3%B5gene) (born 1980), Estonian government official
- [Paavo Nurmi](/source/Paavo_Nurmi) (1897–1973), Finnish runner
- [Paavo Piironen](/source/Paavo_Piironen) (1943–1974), Finnish film actor, director and writer of the 1960s and early 1970s
- [Paavo Puurunen](/source/Paavo_Puurunen) (born 1973), Finnish biathlete
- [Paavo Pylkkänen](/source/Paavo_Pylkk%C3%A4nen) (born 1959), Finnish philosopher of mind
- [Paavo Rantanen](/source/Paavo_Rantanen) (born 1934), former Finnish Foreign Ministry official, briefly the Minister for Foreign Affairs
- [Paavo Ruotsalainen](/source/Paavo_Ruotsalainen) (1777–1852), Finnish farmer and lay preacher
- [Paavo Siljamäki](/source/Paavo_Siljam%C3%A4ki), (born 1977), Finnish trance artist, one-third of the UK based trance group *Above & Beyond*
- [Paavo Susitaival](/source/Paavo_Susitaival) (1896–1993), Finnish author, soldier and politician
- [Paavo Talvela](/source/Paavo_Talvela) (1897–1973), Finnish soldier and a Knight of the Mannerheim Cross
- [Paavo Vallius](/source/Paavo_Vallius) (born 1949), Swedish politician
- [Paavo Vaskio](/source/Paavo_Vaskio) (1931–2012), Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s
- [Paavo Väyrynen](/source/Paavo_V%C3%A4yrynen) (born 1946), Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party
- [Paavo Vierto](/source/Paavo_Vierto) (1915–1941), Finnish ski jumper who competed in the early 1940s
- [Paavo Virkkunen](/source/Paavo_Virkkunen) (1874–1959), Finnish conservative politician
- [Paavo Yrjölä](/source/Paavo_Yrj%C3%B6l%C3%A4) (1902–1980), Finnish track and field athlete, won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Olympics

## See also

- *[Paavo, a Life in Five Courses](/source/Paavo,_a_Life_in_Five_Courses)*, a 2010 Finnish-American documentary film
- [Paavali](/source/Paavali)

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