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
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