Johan Vilhelm Snellman

Johan Vilhelm Snellman was an influential Fennoman philosopher and Finnish statesman, ennobled in 1866. He was one of the most important 'awakeners' or promoters of Finnish nationalism, alongside Elias Lönnrot and J. L. Runeberg.

12 May 1806

Born on the same birth day (12 May): Alejandro Gorostiaga • Anton Korošec • Frenkie de Jong • Guillermo Endara • Howard K. Smith • Hugh Trumble • Jason Biggs • Michael Ignatieff • Rami Malek

Born in the same month (May 1806): Catherine Labouré • Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • John Stuart Mill