Brescia. Johannes Häyhä, teacher and writer Jorma Kosunen, Finnish Border Guard colonel and former Frontier school (later the Border and Coast Guard Academy) leader Jouni Vento, ice hockey player Karl Henrik Jakob Ignatius, priest and writer Lauri Vilkko, Olympic pentathlete Lea Piltti, opera singer Martti Siisiäinen, professor and researcher Matti Mononen, pole vaulter Olli Pajari, Member of the Parliament Simo Häyhä, notable hero of the Winter War of World War II. Yrjö Roiha, missionary References External links Municipality of Rautjärvi – Official website Populated places established in 1871 1871 establishments in Finland