Akseli is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Akseli Anttila Akseli Anttila (; March 26, 1897 – March 11, 1953) was a Finnish-born Soviet major general of the Red Army. Life Akseli Anttila was born to a family of peasants in Ruovesi. After graduating from an agricultural college, Anttila worked in the ...

(1897–1953), Finnish-born Soviet major general of the Red Army * Akseli Brander (1876–1958), Finnish agronomist, educationist, farmer and politician *

Akseli Gallen-Kallela Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Waldemar Gallén; 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic poetry, epic. His work is considered a very importa ...

(1865–1931), Swedish-speaking Finnish painter * Akseli Hemminki (born 1973), Finnish oncologist and radiotherapist * Akseli Hirn (1845–1906), Finnish minister * Akseli Kalermo (born 1997), Finnish footballer * Akseli Keskinen (born 1999), Finnish sailor * Akseli Kokkonen (born 1984), Norwegian ski jumper *

Akseli Lankinen Akseli Lankinen (born ) is a Finnish male volleyball player. He is part of the Finland men's national volleyball team. He competed at the 2015 European Games The 1st European Games (), also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015 (), we ...

(born 1997), Finnish volleyball player * Akseli Nikula (1884–1956), Finnish psychiatrist and politician *

Akseli Pelvas Akseli Pelvas (born 8 February 1989) is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a striker. Career Club Pelvas got started with football in the age of five, when he joined EsPa in Espoo. In 2003, he joined HJK’s juniors at the age of 1 ...

(born 1989), Finnish footballer *

Akseli Roine Aksel Nikolai "Akseli" Roine (11 March 1896 – 26 January 1944) was a Finnish gymnast. He competed in nine events at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially bra ...

(1896–1944), Finnish gymnast *

Akseli Takala Akseli Takala (23 May 1897 – 18 March 1951) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Pari ...

(1897–1951), Finnish track and field athlete *

Akseli Toivonen Akseli Vilho Toivonen (6 April 1887 Hamina – 10 January 1954) was a Finnish architect. He graduated from Helsinki University of Technology Helsinki University of Technology (TKK; ; , HUT in international usage) was a technical university in ...

(1887–1954), Finnish architect

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