Ilmari

Ilmari is a Finnish male given name. It is a short form of Ilmarinen, a mythological smith in the Kalevala.^[1] 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