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Timothy Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek language, Greek name (Timotheus (disambiguation), Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries ...

Arts and entertainment

* Timo Alakotila (born 1959), Finnish musician *

Timo Andres Timo Andres (born Timothy Andres in 1985 in Palo Alto, California) is an American composer and pianist. He grew up in rural Connecticut and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Biography After growing up in rural Connecticut, an environment that greatl ...

(born 1985), American composer and pianist * Timo Blunck (born 1962), German musician *

Timo Boll Timo Boll (, ; born 8 March 1981) is a German former professional table tennis player. Boll is the most successful German table tennis player of all time, having won several medals at Olympic Games, world cups, and world championships. He was ra ...

(born 1981), German table tennis player * Timo Bortolotti (1889–1951), Italian sculptor * Timo Brunke (born 1972), German slam poet *

Timo Descamps Timo Descamps (born 27 May 1986) is a Belgian actor and singer best known for his former roles on the soap operas ''Spring (television soap), Spring'' and ''Familie''. In 2007, Descamps released his first music single, "Phonecall", which rose to ...

(born 1986), Belgian actor and musician *

Timo Ellis Timothy Kneeland "Timo" Ellis is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer from New York City, and is frontman vocalist for the band Netherlands. In 1997 Ellis and Sean Lennon joined Cibo Matto. As a quartet ( Yuka Honda, Miho Hatori is ...

(born 1970), American musician and record producer *

Timo Pieni Huijaus Timo Juhani Snellman (born June 2, 1982), professionally known as Timo Pieni Huijaus (''Timo The Little Hoax''), is a Finnish rapper and fashion designer. Career beginnings Timo Pieni Huijaus comes from a family with musical background. He has ...

(born 1982), a Finnish rapper * Timo Jurkka (born 1963), Finnish actor *

Timo Kahilainen Kummeli is the name of a Finland, Finnish comedy crew formed by Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Hela from Tampere. They are also the heads of ''Porkkana Ryhmä'', the crew's production company. Other famous members have included Ol ...

(born 1963), Finnish actor *

Timo Kahlen Timo Kahlen (born 1966 in Berlin) is a German sound sculptor and media artist who currently lives and works in Berlin. Life and work Timo Kahlen is known for his sound sculptures and site-specific sound art works, installations with steam, wind a ...

(born 1966), German sound sculptor and media artist * Timo Kojo (born 1953), Finnish singer *

Timo Koivusalo Timo Johannes Koivusalo (born 31 October 1963) is a Finnish actor, director, writer, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was '' Rentun Ruusu'', released in 2001. Life and career Koivusalo was born in Pori, and trained as a ...

(born 1963), Finnish actor, writer, and musician *

Timo Korhonen Timo Korhonen (born 6 November 1964) is a Finnish classical guitarist and is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists in his generation. Short Biography Korhonen gave his debut at 14 in his hometown Rautalampi, Finland. His interna ...

(born 1964), Finnish classical guitarist *

Timo Koskinen Timo Koskinen (born 1965) is a Finnish classical pianist.Kokkolan Sanomat, 5 May 2009. Koskinen studied the piano at the Helsinki Conservatory of Music, the Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy (, ) is part of the University of the Arts Hels ...

(born 1965), Finnish classical pianist *

Timo Kotipelto Timo Antero Kotipelto (born 15 March 1969) is a Finnish musician best known as the lead singer of the power metal band Stratovarius, whom he joined in 1994, as well as fronting his own band Kotipelto. Biography He studied vocals at the pop/ja ...

(born 1969), Finnish metal singer *

Timo Lavikainen Timo Lavikainen (born 1972) is a Finnish actor. He lives in Joensuu Joensuu (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia. It is located in the eastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The populati ...

(born 1972), Finnish actor *

Timo Maas Timo Maas (born July 27, 1969) is a German DJ/ producer and remixer. His remix of Azzido Da Bass's single " Dooms Night" helped launch his career in 2000. In its wake, he also released ''Music for the Maases Volume 1'', a mix album consisting ...

(born 1969), German electronic musician and DJ * Timo K. Mukka (1944–1973), Finnish novelist *

Timmo Niesner Timmo Niesner (born November 5, 1971, in Berlin) is a German actor and voice actor. Biography Timmo Niesner had his breakthrough as a 12-year-old when he appeared on television. Timmo Niesner is the Official German dub-over artist of Elijah Woo ...

(born 1971), German actor *

Timo Parvela Timo Parvela (born 19 May 1964 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish author of juvenile fiction. Parvela matriculated from secondary school in 1983 and graduated from Jyväskylä Teacher Training College in 1988.

(born 1964), Finnish children's writer * Timo Räisänen (born 1979), Swedish musician *

Timo Rautiainen (musician) Timo Aulis Rautiainen (born 25 January 1963, in Sulkava, Finland) is a Finland, Finnish heavy metal music, heavy metal singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus. He has a ...

(born 1963), Finnish metal singer * Timo Rose (born 1977), German filmmaker and rapper * Timo Salminen (born 1952), Finnish cinematographer * Timo Tjahjanto (born 1980), Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter *

Timo Tolkki Timo Tapio Tolkki (born 3 March 1966) is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. With his tenure lasting for more than twenty years, he was the longest standing ...

(born 1966), Finnish metal musician * Timo Toots (born 1982), Estonian artist * Timo Torikka (born 1958), Finnish actor *

Timo Vuorensola Timo Vuorensola (; born 29 November 1979) is a People of Finland, Finnish film director, singer and actor. He has directed ''Star Wreck'' movies ''Star Wreck V: Lost Contact'', and ''Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning'', created by Samuli Torssonen. ...

(born 1979), Finnish film director and actor

Politics and government

Timo Angelov Eftim Angelov (), known as Timo Angelov (Bulgarian: Тимо Ангелов), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, a member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO). Efti ...

(1882–1903), Macedonian revolutionary * Timo Kalli (born 1947), Finnish politician *

Timo Laaninen Timo Laaninen was the party secretary of the Centre Party in Finland from June 12, 2010 to 2016. Laaninen was the editor-in-chief of Suomenmaa party newspaper from January 2008 up to 2010. Before that he has been a political secretary (special ...

(born 1954), Finnish politician *

Timo Soini Timo Juhani Soini (born 30 May 1962) is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and former leader of the Finns Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2017 and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Finland), Minister of Foreig ...

(born 1962), Finnish politician *

Timo Vornanen Timo Mikael Vornanen (born 30 July 1969) is a Finnish politician and a police officer. He is a member of the Parliament of Finland. Biography Vornanen has worked as a police constable since 1993. Vornanen supports traditional and Christian valu ...

(born 1969), Finnish politician

Science and academia

* Timo Airaksinen (born 1947), Finnish philosopher * Timo Hannay (born 1968), English science writer and businessman *

Timo Honkela Timo Untamo Honkela (August 4, 1962 – May 9, 2020) was a computer scientist at the University of Helsinki, Aalto University School of Science and Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture. He holds a PhD from Helsinki University o ...

(born 1962), Finnish information scientist * Timo Joensuu (born 1957), Finnish oncologist * Timo Kivimäki (born 1962), Finnish political scientist *

Timo Maran Timo Maran (born 13 April 1975) is an Estonian biosemiotician and poet. He has remarkably contributed to zoosemiotics and ecosemiotics. In 2012-2024, he was the head of the Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu. Membership in organizati ...

(born 1975), Estonian biosemiotician and poet * Timo Meynhardt (born 1972), German psychologist and business economist * Timo Penttilä (1931–2011), Finnish architect * Timo Santalainen (born 1946), Finnish business professor and consultant * Timo Penttilä (1926–2006), Finnish designer, sculptor, and professor *

Timo Sirainen Timo Sirainen, born 1979, is a Finnish programmer also known under the handles "cras" and "tss". Sirainen is the original author of the IRC-client Irssi and the POP/ IMAP server Dovecot. Sirainen lives in Helsinki, Finland. In 2006, Sirainen b ...

(born 1979), Finnish programmer and scientist * Timo Teräsvirta (born 1941), Finnish economist *

Timo Vihavainen Timo Juhani Vihavainen (born 9 May 1947) is a Finnish historian and a professor of Russian Studies at the University of Helsinki. He has written extensively on Russian and Finnish history. Vihavainen graduated as a Master of Philosophy in 1970, ...

(born 1947), Finnish historian and professor of Russian studies

Sports

Association football

* Timo Achenbach (born 1982), German defender * Timo Askolin (born 1951), Finnish manager *

Timo Baumgartl Timo Baumgartl (born 4 March 1996) is a German professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC. Club career VfB Stuttgart Baumgartl made his debut on 18 December 2013 for Vf ...

(born 1996), German defender * Timo Beermann (born 1990), German defender * Timo Brauer (born 1990), German midfielder * Timo Çeçen (born 1994), German midfielder *

Timo Furuholm Timo Furuholm (born 11 October 1987) is a Finnish politician and a former professional football forward. He is currently a member of the Parliament of Finland, for the Left Alliance. Furuholm was born in Pori, Finland where he started his sen ...

(born 1987), Finnish forward * Timo Gebhart (born 1989), German midfielder * Timo Hammel (born 1987), German goalkeeper * Timo Heinze (born 1986), German defender *

Timo Hildebrand Timo Hildebrand (born 5 April 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Hildebrand holds a Bundesliga record for keeping a clean sheet for the most consecutive minutes (884 minutes), which he set during the 2 ...

(born 1979), German goalkeeper * Timo Horn (born 1993), German goalkeeper * Timo Kern (born 1990), German midfielder * Timo Kunert (born 1987), German midfielder *

Timo Lange Timo Lange (born 19 January 1968 in Grevesmühlen) is a German football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, ...

(born 1968), German midfielder and coach * Timo Letschert (born 1993), Dutch defender *

Timo Liekoski Timo Liekoski (born June 30, 1942) is a Finnish soccer coach who managed teams in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and Major League Soccer. He currently holds a variety of coachi ...

(born 1942), Finnish goalkeeper and coach * Timo Nagy (born 1983), German midfielder * Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player * Timo Ochs (born 1981), German goalkeeper * Timo Perthel (born 1989), German wing-back * Timo Plattel (born 1994), Dutch goalkeeper * Timo Reus (born 1974), German goalkeeper *

Timo Rost Timo Rost (born 29 August 1978) is a German association football, football manager and former player who last managed FC Erzgebirge Aue, Erzgebirge Aue. Coaching career Rost took over as manager of SpVgg Bayreuth in 2018. After gaining promotion ...

(born 1978), German midfielder *

Timo Röttger Timo Röttger (born 12 July 1985) is a German footballer. Career On 9 May 2014, he signed a two-year contract with Viktoria Köln of fourth tier Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered ...

(born 1985), German winger * Timo Scheunemann (born 1973), Indonesian-born German forward and manager *

Timo Schultz Timo Schultz (born 26 August 1977) is a German former footballer, and manager, who was most recently the manager of 1. FC Köln. Career Born in Wittmund, Schultz is a youth product of Werder Bremen. After playing for the club's reserves for fou ...

(born 1977), German midfielder and coach *

Timo Staffeldt Timo Staffeldt (born 9 February 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Staffeldt began his career 1990 with six years for SpVgg Ketsch and played six years for the club's youth sides, before being sc ...

(born 1984), German midfielder * Timo Uster (born 1974), Gambian defender *

Timo Wenzel Timo Wenzel (born 30 November 1977) is a German football manager and former player. Career Wenzel was born in Neu-Ulm. He appeared in the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (January 2004 – 2006) and in the 2. Bundesliga with ...

(born 1977), German defender * Timo Werner (born 1996), German forward *

Timo Zahnleiter Hans-Dieter "Timo" Zahnleiter (born 16 December 1948) is a German former professional football player and manager who played as a midfielder. Playing career Zahnleiter started his professional career in 1967 when he played for VfR Mannheim unti ...

(born 1948), German midfielder and manager

Ice hockey

* Timo Ahmaoja (born 1978), Finnish defenseman * Timo Blomqvist (born 1961), Finnish defenseman * Timo Helbling (born 1981), Swiss defenseman *

Timo Hirvonen Timo Olavi Hirvonen (5 December 1973 – 28 July 2023) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player. Hirvonen made his Liiga debut playing with Kiekko-Espoo during the 1992–93 SM-liiga season, and served as an assistant coach with the Espoo Bl ...

(1973-2023), Finnish winger *

Timo Jutila Timo Juhani "Juti" Jutila (born 24 December 1963 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman. Jutila was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres (4th round, 68th overall) in 1982 NHL Entry Draft. He played internationally for the Finl ...

(born 1963), Finnish defenseman * Timo Koskela (born 1979), Finnish winger * Timo Lahtinen (born 1947), Finnish player and coach * Timo Lindström (born 1986), Finnish goaltender *

Timo Meier Timo Meier (; born 8 October 1996) is a Swiss professional ice hockey player for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). After being selected ninth overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2015 NHL entry draft, Meier became the t ...

(born 1996), Swiss winger * Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player * Timo Pärssinen (born 1977), Finnish forward * Timo Pielmeier (born 1989), German goaltender * Timo Salo (born 1985), Finnish forward *

Timo Seppänen Timo Seppänen (born 22 July 1987) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenseman who most notably played in the Liiga and Elitserien. Seppänen was drafted 185th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Playing ...

(born 1987), Finnish defenseman *

Timo Susi Timo Antero Susi (born January 25, 1959, in Kouvola, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey H ...

(born 1959), Finnish player * Timo Sutinen (born 1949), Finnish player * Timo Turunen (born 1948), Finnish center

Motorsports

Timo Bernhard Timo Bernhard (born 24 February 1981) is a former racing driver from Germany. He was a sports car racing, sports car driver from Porsche, but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He is the ninth and most recent driver to c ...

(born 1981), German racing driver *

Timo Glock Timo Glock (; born 18 March 1982) is a German racing driver, who competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Dörr Motorsport. Glock competed in Formula One between and . Glock raced in Formula One for Jordan, Toyota, Virgin and Marussi ...

(born 1982), German racing driver *

Timo Gottschalk Timo Gottschalk (born August 28, 1974 in Neuruppin) is a German Rallying, rally co-driver, most notable for being on the winning team of the 2011 Dakar Rally alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah and in 2025 Dakar Rally, 2025 with Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Career ...

(born 1974), German rally navigator * Timo Lienemann (born 1985), German racing driver *

Timo Mäkinen Timo Mäkinen (18 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland – 4 May 2017) was a Finnish race car driver and one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is best remembered for his hat-trick of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally. ...

(1938–2017), Finnish rally driver * Timo Rautiainen (born 1964), Finnish rally driver *

Timo Salonen Timo Salonen (born 8 October 1951) is a Finnish former rally driver who won the 1985 World Rally Championship season for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and sm ...

(born 1951), Finnish rally driver *

Timo Scheider Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. He won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009. Career Karting Like most other drivers, Scheider ...

(born 1978), German racing driver

Other sports

* Timo Aaltonen (born 1969), Finnish shot putter *

Timo Antila Timo Antila (born 22 September 1980) is a retired Finnish biathlete. He was born in Jurva. He competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics for Finland. His best finish is 12th, as a member of the Finn ...

(born 1980), Finnish biathlete *

Timo André Bakken Timo André Bakken (born 21 March 1989) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Career He won a silver medal in the sprint race at the 2009 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in March 2008 in Drammen, and collected his fir ...

(born 1989), Norwegian cross-country skier *

(born 1981), German table tennis player *

Timo Eichfuss Timo Eichfuss (born 19 November 1988) is a former Estonian professional basketball player. He is a tall power forward. He represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Club career Timo Eichfuss started his basketball career ...

(born 1988), Estonian basketball player *

Timo Grönlund Timo Tapio Grönlund (6 January 1954 – 27 December 2022)Timo Hoffmann (born 1974), German boxer *

Timo Karppinen Timo Karppinen (born 26 December 1967) is a Finland, Finnish orienteering Competition, competitor. He received five medals in the World Orienteering Championships between 1993 and 1997.

(born 1967), Finnish orienteer * Timo Kuusisto (born 1959), Finnish pole vaulter *

Timo Lumme Timo Lumme (born 13 June 1961) is the former Managing Director of the IOC television and Marketing Services of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He was responsible for the IOC's Global Sponsorship Program. Life He studied law at King's ...

(born 1961), Finnish International Olympic Committee employee * Timo Murama (1913–1981), Finnish Nordic combined skier *

Timo Nieminen Timo Nieminen (born 6 October 1981 in Helsinki) is a retired professional Finnish tennis player. He reached his highest ATP Tour singles ranking of World No. 254 in July 2003. Nieminen primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challeng ...

(born 1981), Finnish tennis player * Timo Peltola (born 1972), Finnish judoka * Timo Pérez (born 1975), Dominican Republic baseball player * Timo Roosen (born 1993), Dutch cyclist * Timo Saarelainen (born 1960), Finnish basketball player * Timo Sild (born 1988), Estonian orienteer * Timo Simonlatser (born 1986), Estonian cross-country skier * Timo Tammemaa (born 1991), Estonian volleyball player * Timo Tompuri (born 1969), Finnish discus thrower *

Timo Weß Timo Weß (born 2 July 1982) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and gold at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was born in ...

(born 1982), German field hockey player

Other

* Timo Saarnio (born 1944), Finnish interior architect and furniture designer *

Tim Weiland Tim Weiland, popularly known as Timo Weiland, is an American fashion designer, disc jockey and entrepreneur, as well as the co-founder and creative director of the Timo Weiland (brand), Timo Weiland brand. Biography Timo Weiland was born in Omah ...

, American fashion designer also known as Timo * Rick Timmo (born 1947), New Zealand motorcycle racer

People nicknamed Timo

* Tim Anderson (RAF officer) (born 1957) *

Friedhelm Konietzka Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka (2 August 1938 – 12 March 2012) was a German professional football player and manager who played as a striker. He earned his nickname "Timo" due to a supposed resemblance to the Soviet commander Semyon Timoshen ...

(1938–2012), German football striker and manager

Fictional characters

* Timo Mendes, from the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe''