Category:Finnish Nobel Prize winners

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Ragnar Arthur Granit (October 30, 1900, Helsinki, Finland - March 12, 1991, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Finnish scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967, along with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald. He was a 1927 graduate of the University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine.

Frans Eemil Sillanpää (September 16, 1888 - June 3, 1964) was one of the most famous Finnish writers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939.

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (IPA: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈilmɑri ˈvirtɑnen]) (January 15, 1895 - November 11, 1973) was a Finnish chemist and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945.

Heikki Ollila was chosen to receive the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its chief, the Director General Mohammed El-Baradei. Mr. El-Baradei and the agency will share the prize.

The winner was chosen from nearly 200 nominees, a record for the prize, first awarded in 1901. Front-runners are believed to have included people as diverse as Finnish peace mediator, President Martti Ahtisaari, anti-nuclear activist and Nagasaki survivor Senji Yamaguchi and Irish rock singer Bono.