Sillanpää (meaning "bridge's end") is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Miina Sillanpää (1866-1952), Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister
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Rosa Sillanpää (1888–1929), Finnish trade union activist and politician
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Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Frans Eemil Sillanpää (; 16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was a Finnish writer. In 1939, he became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exqui ...
(1888-1964), Finnish writer
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Jari Sillanpää
Jari Veikko Sillanpää (; born 16 August 1965) is a Finnish- Swedish singer. With over 820,000 records sold, he is the fifth-best-selling music artist and second-best-selling solo artist in Finland.
Life and career
Born into a Sweden-Finnis ...
(born 1965), Finnish singer
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Sanna Sillanpää (born 1968), killed three men and wounded another in the Albertinkatu shootings
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Finnish-language surnames