Paavo
Paavo is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name, cognate to "Paul". The Finnish patronymic surname Paavolainen is derived from it.
It may refer to:
- Paavo Aaltonen, Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion
- Paavo Aarniokoski, Finnish politician
- Paavo Aho, Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Paavo Arhinmäki, Finnish politician, former Minister for Culture and Sport and a former member of the Finnish Parliament
- Paavo Berg, Finnish fighter ace
- Paavo Berglund, Finnish conductor
- Paavo Cajander, Finnish poet and translator
- Paavo Haavikko, Finnish poet and playwright
- Paavo Heininen, Finnish composer and pianist
- Paavo Hukkinen, German-Finnish actor
- Paavo Hynninen, former Finnish diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Paavo Järvi, Estonian-American conductor, and current music director of the Orchestre de Paris
- Paavo Johansson, Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw
- Paavo Korhonen, Finnish Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s
- Paavo Kotila, former Finnish long-distance runner, Olympian, and thrice national champion in the marathon
- Paavo Lötjönen, cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica
- Paavo Liettu, Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Paavo Lipponen, Finnish politician and former reporter
- Paavo Lonkila, Finnish farmer and cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s and 1950s
- Paavo Lukkariniemi, Finnish ski jumper who competed in the mid-1960s
- Paavo Matsin, Estonian writer and literary critic
- Paavo Miettinen, Finnish Olympic fencer
- Paavo Nikula, Chancellor of Justice of Finland and a Member of the Parliament of Finland
- Paavo Nõgene, Estonian government official
- Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner
- Paavo Piironen, Finnish film actor, director and writer of the 1960s and early 1970s
- Paavo Puurunen, Finnish biathlete
- Paavo Pylkkänen, Finnish philosopher of mind
- Paavo Rantanen, former Finnish Foreign Ministry official, briefly the Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Paavo Ruotsalainen, Finnish farmer and lay preacher
- Paavo Siljamäki,, Finnish trance artist, one-third of the UK based trance group Above & Beyond
- Paavo Susitaival, Finnish author, soldier and politician
- Paavo Talvela, Finnish soldier and a Knight of the Mannerheim Cross
- Paavo Vallius, Swedish politician
- Paavo Vaskio, Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s
- Paavo Väyrynen, Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party
- Paavo Vierto, Finnish ski jumper who competed in the early 1940s
- Paavo Virkkunen, Finnish conservative politician
- Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish track and field athlete, won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Olympics