title: Ilmari
text: # Ilmari
  
  Ilmari is a Finnish male given name. It is a short form of Ilmarinen, a mythological smith in the Kalevala. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Ilmari Aalto (1891–1934), Finnish painter
  * Ilmari Auer (1879–1965), Finnish politician
  * Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), Finnish fighter pilot
  * Ilmari Hannikainen (1892–1955), Finnish composer
  * Ilmari Kianto (1874–1970), Finnish poet
  * Ilmari Keinänen (1887–1934), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist
  * Ilmari Niemeläinen (1910–1951), Finnish diver, architect and Olympic competitor
  * Ilmari (Keisuke Ogihara, born 1976), member of the Japanese hip hop group Rip Slyme
  * Ilmari Oksanen (1906–1977), Finnish footballer
  * Ilmari Pakarinen (1910–1987), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist
  * Ilmari Pernaja (1892–1963), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist
  * Ilmari Pitkänen (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player
  * Ilmari Rahm (1888–1939), Finnish chess player
  * Ilmari Saarelainen (born 1944) Finnish actor
  * Ilmari Salminen (1902–1986), Finnish track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
  * Ilmari Salomies (1893–1973), Finnish former archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
  * Ilmari Solin (1905–1976), Finnish chess player
  * Ilmari Susiluoto (1947–2016), Finnish political scientist, professor and political advisor
  * Ilmari Taipale (1928–2008), Finnish long-distance runner and Olympic competitor
  * Ilmari Tapiovaara (1914–1999), Finnish designer
  * Ilmari Turja (1901-1998), Finnish journalist and playwright
  * Ilmari Unho (1906−1961), Finnish actor, film director and screenwriter
  * Ilmari Vartia (1914–1951), Finnish fencer and Olympic competitor
  * Ilmari Vesamaa (1893–1973), track and field athlete and Olympic competitor
  * Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895–1973), Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize recipient
  
  ## Cognates
  
  * Ilmar, a similar, Estonian masculine given name
  * Ilmārs, a similar, Latvian masculine given name
  