Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Ostrobotnia

Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt was a Swedish statesman. He served as the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1824 to 1837. In 1811 he was elected into the Swedish Academy, and later he also became a member of the Royal Swedish Academies of Agriculture, Music and Sciences (1817). He was invested Knight of the Order of the Seraphim.

Stina Åsa Maria Ekblad is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. Living in Stockholm, she has appeared mostly in Swedish productions. She received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1987 for her performances in Amorosa and Ormens väg på hälleberget and was nominated again in 1996 for her performance in Pensionat Oskar.

John Edvin Vikström,, Archbishop emeritus of Finland, was born to parents Edvin and Hilma Vikström. In 1957 he married teacher Birgitta Vikström who died in 1994. John Vikström has three children. His brother Erik Vikström and his son Björn Vikström are both his successors as bishop of Porvoo/Borgå.

Gunilla Birgitta Nyroos is a Swedish actress.

Jaana Susanna Emilia Alakoski Söderlund, née Alakoski, is a Swedish-Finnish author, Novelist and lecturer. She won the August Prize in 2006 for the novel Svinalängorna. Svinalängorna was filmed in 2010 as Beyond. She researches gender issues and works as a social worker.

Zacharias Topelius fue un escritor, poeta, periodista e historiador finlandés. Sus novelas históricas tuvieron mucha influencia en el desarrollo de la independencia de Finlandia. Su obra literaria es considerada como uno de los pilares de la cultura de este país.

Thomas Warburton was a Finnish writer, translator, and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1997 and many more.

Jakob Frans Oskar Wasastjerna (1819–1889) was a nineteenth-century Finnish-Swedish historian, genealogist and author. He was the father of Karl Oskar Wasastjerna (1853–1923)

Eugen Ekman fue un gimnasta artístico finlandés, especialista en el caballo con arcos, prueba con la que llegó a ser campeón olímpico en Roma 1960.