Aho is a Finnish
Laine type
The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as sta ...
surname meaning "glade". Notable people with the surname include:
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Aimo Aho (1951–2014), Finnish javelin thrower
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Alfred Aho
Alfred Vaino Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming.
Aho was elected into ...
(born 1941), Canadian computer scientist
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Bill Aho (born 1957), American businessman
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Claire Aho
Claire Anita Aho (2 November 1925 – 29 November 2015) was a Finnish photographer.
Early life
Born in Helsinki, Claire Aho was the daughter of Finnish film director Heikki Aho (son of the Finnish national author Juhani Aho and his artist wife ...
(1925–2015), Finnish photographer
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Eero Aho
Eero-Matti Aho (born 26 January 1968) is a Finnish actor who has appeared on stage, in films and on television. He plays Antero Rokka in film ''The Unknown Soldier (2017 film), The Unknown Soldier'' (2017), and stars as Inspector Koskinen in the c ...
(born 1968), Finnish actor
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Eric Aho (born 1966), American painter
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Esko Aho
Esko Tapani Aho (born 20 May 1954) is a Finnish politician who was prime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995.
Early life and career
Aho was born in Veteli, Finland. Prior to attending university, he began a career in politics. From 1974 to ...
(born 1954), former prime minister of Finland
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Heikki Aho (filmmaker)
Heikki Taavetti Aho (29 May 1895 – 27 April 1961) is viewed as a pioneer of Finnish documentary film. Aho worked with his half-brother Björn Soldan (1902–1953) through their film production company Aho & Soldan (1925–1961) the Finnish docum ...
(1895–1961), Finnish film director, of Aho & Soldan film production company
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Heikki Aho (footballer)
Heikki Aho (born 16 March 1983) is a retired Finnish footballer, who played as a defender. He represented Tampere United and won three Finnish championships before moving to FF Jaro
Fotbollsföreningen Jaro (''Jakobstads Rostfria''), common ...
(born 1983), Finnish footballer
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Joni Aho (born 1986), Finnish footballer
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Juhana Aho (born 1993), Finnish ice hockey player
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Juhani Aho
Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt (11 September 1861 – 8 August 1921), was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times.
Early life
Juhani Aho was born at Lapinlahti in 1861. His ...
(1861–1921), Finnish writer
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Junior Aho (born 1999), French American football player
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Jussi Halla-aho
Jussi Kristian Halla-aho (; born 27 April 1971) is a Finnish politician, currently serving as the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland since 2023. Halla-aho has served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 2011 to 2014 and again since 201 ...
(born 1983), Finnish politician
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Jussi Hauta-aho, Finnish rapper known as Kube
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Jyrki Aho
Jyrki Aho (born July 14, 1974) is a Finnish former ice hockey defenceman and the current head coach for the French Hockey club of Grenoble, the Brûleurs de Loups
The Brûleurs de Loups (French for ''Wolf Burners'') are a professional ice hoc ...
(born 1974), former Finnish ice hockey player
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Kaarina Aho (1925–1990), Finnish ceramist and designer
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Kalevi Aho
Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer.
Early years
Aho began his interest in music at the age of ten, when he discovered a mandolin in his home and began to teach himself how to play it. He soon was taken under the tutela ...
(born 1949), Finnish composer
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Matti Aho
Matti Aho (29 May 1934 – 23 February 1984) was a Finnish boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and common ...
(1934–1984), Finnish boxer
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Matti Luoma-aho (1885–1943), Finnish politician
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Martti Johannes Aho (1896–1986), Finnish colonel
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Martti Korkia-Aho (1930–2012), Finnish politician
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Ninos Aho (1945–2013), Assyrian poet and activist
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Paavo Aho (1891–1918), Finnish athlete
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Pascal Aho, Beninese sprinter
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Peter Aho, (born 2003), Nigerian cricketer
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Petri Aho
Altaria is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Jakobstad, who have released four albums on the record label Metal Heaven, a fifth on Escape Music and a sixth on Reaper Entertainment.
History
In January 2008, the band decided to ...
, Finnish guitarist
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Raila Aho
Raila Orvokki Aho (née ''Rosendahl''; born 31 October 1937 in Pomarkku) is a Finnish office worker and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliame ...
(born 1937), Finnish politician
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Sebastian Aho (ice hockey, born 1997)
Sebastian Antero Aho (born 26 July 1997) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Aho formerly played with Oulun Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga. Aho made ...
, Finnish ice hockey player
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Sebastian Aho (ice hockey, born 1996)
Sebastian Johannes Aho (born 17 February 1996) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey Leag ...
, Swedish ice hockey player
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Seppo Aho
Seppo Aho (born 7 March 1944) is a Finnish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an intern ...
, (born 1944), Finnish pentathlete
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Susan Aho
Susan Aho (born 5 March 1974) is a Finnish folk music singer-songwriter and a member of the band Värttinä. In 2010, she represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 as part of the duo Kuunkuiskaajat.
Biography
Susan Aho was bor ...
(born 1974), Finnish singer-songwriter and member of
Värttinä
Värttinä (, meaning " spindle") is a Finnish folk music band that started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in t ...
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Teppo Hauta-aho (1941–2021), Finnish musician
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Tommy Mansikka-Aho, Finnish musician
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Tuomas Aho (born 1981), Finnish footballer
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Viljo Aho, (1932–2013), Finnish boxer
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Wayne Sulo Aho (1916–2006), American contactee
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Finnish surnames of Laine type