title: Rantanen
text: # Rantanen
  
  Rantanen is a Finnish surname meaning "small shore". Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Anssi Rantanen (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey player
  * Eelis Rantanen (1879–1946), Finnish schoolteacher and politician
  * Heli Rantanen (born 1970), Finnish javelin thrower
  * Jari Rantanen (born 1961), Finnish footballer
  * Kaarlo Rantanen (born 1988), Finnish footballer
  * Marko Rantanen (born 1975), Finnish ice hockey goaltender
  * Mari Rantanen, Finnish politician
  * Matti Rantanen (accordionist) (born 1952), Finnish accordionist
  * Matti Rantanen (rally driver) (born 1981), Finnish rally driver
  * Merja Rantanen (born 1980), Finnish orienteering competitor
  * Mikko Rantanen (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player, forward for the Colorado Avalanche
  * Paavo Rantanen (born 1934), former Finnish Foreign Ministry official, who was briefly the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  * Pasi Rantanen (born 1969), Finnish singer for the band Thunderstone
  * Piritta Rantanen (born 1979), Finnish politician
  * Siiri Rantanen (1924–2023), Finnish cross-country skier
  * Vesa Rantanen (born 1975), Finnish pole vaulter
  * Yrjö Rantanen (1950–2021), Finnish chess grandmaster
  