Virtanen
Virtanen , Wirtanen in outdated spelling , is a Finnish family name .
It is made up of the word virta , "river, stream" and the name suffix -nen . With 23,186 namesake (as of March 2014) it is the second most common family name in Finland, just behind Korhonen .
Name bearer
- Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895–1973), Finnish biochemist
- Eino Virtanen (wrestler) (1908–1980), Finnish wrestler
- Eino Virtanen (actor) (1925–1999), Finnish actor
- Jake Virtanen (* 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jani Virtanen (ice hockey player) (* 1977), Finnish ice hockey player
- Jani Virtanen (soccer player) (* 1988), Finnish soccer player
- Jukka Virtanen (writer) (* 1933), Finnish actor, director, singer, author and translator
- Jukka Virtanen (ice hockey player) (born 1959), Finnish ice hockey player
- Jukka Virtanen (sexologist) , Finnish sexologist
- Kaarlo Virtanen (1921-2006), Finnish mathematician
- Lauri Virtanen (1904–1982), Finnish long-distance runner
- Miko Virtanen (* 1999), Finnish soccer player
- Otso Virtanen (* 1994), Finnish football player
- Reima Virtanen (* 1947), Finnish boxer
- Teemu Virtanen (cross-country skier) (* 1967), Finnish cross-country skier
- Teemu Virtanen (ice hockey player) (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player
- Teemu Virtanen (chess player) (* 1999), Finnish chess player
- Valtter Virtanen (* 1987), Finnish figure skater
- Veltto Virtanen (* 1951), Finnish rock musician and politician
- Ville Virtanen (actor) (born 1961), Finnish actor
- Ville Virtanen , known as Darude (* 1975), Finnish DJ
See also
- (1449) Virtanen , asteroid of the main belt
- Virtanen (lunar crater) , crater on the Earth's moon