Aalto (disambiguation)
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Aalto is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "wave"). It may refer to:
- Aino AaltoAino AaltoAino Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. She was born in Helsinki, and completed her school education in 1913 at the Helsingin Suomalainen Tyttökoulu...
, Finnish architect and designer - Alvar AaltoAlvar AaltoHugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...
, Finnish architect - Antti AaltoAntti AaltoAntti Aalto is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League .- Playing career :...
, Finnish hockey player - Artturi AaltoArtturi AaltoArthur August Aalto was a Finnish Social Democratic politician and journalist. He was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 1919 election from Uusimaa Province and continued as MP until 1933...
, Finnish politician - Asprihanal Pekka AaltoAsprihanal Pekka AaltoAshprihanal Pekka Aalto is a Finnish ultramarathon runner who began running as a hobby at age 25.One of the best multiday runners in the world ranked second all-time for 3100 miles 2006. For three straight years he ran all three yearly Self-Transcendence multidays in New York - a feat...
, Finnish runner - Elissa AaltoElissa AaltoElissa Aalto , born Elsa Kaisa Mäkiniemi, was a Finnish architect and author. She was the widow of famed architect Alvar Aalto, who died in 1976. Along with her husband and Harald Deilmann, she helped design the opera house in Essen, Germany...
, Finnish architect and author - Henri AaltoHenri AaltoHenri Aalto is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Honka.-References:*-External links:...
, Finnish football player - Iiro AaltoIiro AaltoIiro Aalto is a Finnish football player. He started his career with Finnish football club Pallo-Iirot, then moved to FC Haka and spent most of his career at Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi but from December 2007 played for Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia.Aalto returned to Finland in May 2008 to play for...
(born 1977), Finnish footballer - Kalle AaltoKalle AaltoKalle Aalto was a Finnish politician. He worked as a mason and builder and later as farmer. Aalto become a member of the Parliament of Finland from the constituency of Turku Province South on October 16, 1919 after Sikstus Rönnberg had died. He was a Social Democrat, and served in the parliament...
, Finnish politician - Pentti AaltoPentti AaltoPentti Aalto was a Finnish linguist who was the University of Helsinki Docent of Comparative Linguistics 1958–1980. Aalto was a student of G. J...
(1917–1998), Finnish linguist - Simo AaltoSimo AaltoSimo Aalto is a stage magician from Karis, Finland. His awards include the FISM World Championship of Magic in close-up magic in Lisbon, 2000, and the Solmu Mäkelä Silver Medal to the most distinguished conjurer of all times in Finland by the Finnish Magic Circle, also in 2000...
, Finnish stage magician - Teemu AaltoTeemu AaltoTeemu Aalto is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Lukko in the Finnish SM-liiga.- References :...
, Finnish ice hockey player - William AaltoWilliam AaltoWilliam Eric Aalto was born in the United States. He was a member of the communist party, and he joined the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, which was a unit that volunteered to fight during the Spanish Civil War for the Popular Front.-Biography:...
, American member of Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Other uses
- Aalto TheatreAalto TheatreThe Aalto Theatre is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Essen, Germany. It was opened on 25 September 1988 with Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg...
, opera house in Essen, Germany, designed by Alvar Aalto - Aalto UniversityAalto UniversityAalto University is a Finnish university established on January 1, 2010, by the merger of the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Art and Design Helsinki....
, Finnish university, named after Alvar Aalto - Aalto VaseAalto VaseThe Aalto Vase, also known as the Savoy Vase, is a world famous piece of glassware and an iconic piece of Finnish design created by Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Marsio...
, glassware designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto