Virtanen (surname)
Virtanen, in obsolete spelling Wirtanen, is a Finnish family name.
It consists of the word virta, "river, stream", and the Namenssufix -tions. With 23,186 of occurrences (as of March 2014), he is just behind Korhonen is the second most frequent surname in Finland.
Bearers of the name
- Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895-1973), Finnish biochemist
- Eino Virtanen ( wrestler) ( 1908-1980 ), Finnish Ringer
- Eino Virtanen (actor ) ( 1925-1999 ), Finnish actor
- Jani Virtanen ( hockey player ) ( born 1977 ), Finnish ice hockey player
- Jani Virtanen ( footballer ) (* 1988), Finnish football player
- Jukka Virtanen (actor ) ( born 1933), Finnish actor and singer
- Jukka Virtanen ( born 1959 ), Finnish ice hockey player
- Lauri Virtanen (1904-1982), Finnish long-distance runner
- Reima Virtanen ( born 1947 ), Finnish boxer
- Valtter Virtanen (* 1987), Finnish figure skaters
- Veltto Virtanen ( born 1951 ), Finnish rock musician and politician
- Ville Virtanen (actor ) ( born 1961 ), Finnish actor
- Ville Virtanen, aka Darude ( born 1975 ), Finnish DJ