Ilmari
# 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
