Risto
Risto is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from Hristofor or Hristivoje.
Usage
It may refer to:Estonia
- Risto Järv, folklorist
- Risto Joost, conductor and operatic countertenor
- Risto Kallaste, footballer
- Risto Kappet, sim racing driver
- Risto Kask, civil servant and politician
- Risto Kübar, actor
- Risto Lillemets, decathlete
- Risto Lumi, military colonel
- Risto Mätas, javelin thrower
Finland
- Risto Aaltonen, actor
- Risto Ahti, writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1994
- Risto Alapuro, sociologist
- Risto Ankio, athlete
- Risto Asikainen, record producer, songwriter and musician
- Risto Björlin, wrestler
- Risto Dufva, former professional ice hockey goaltender
- Risto Hurme, modern pentathlete and fencer
- Risto Ihamuotila, retired academic and ex-Chancellor of the University of Helsinki
- Risto Isomäki, environmental activist and author of science fiction and nonfiction books
- Risto Jalo, retired professional ice hockey player
- Risto Jarva, filmmaker
- Risto Jussilainen, ski jumper
- Risto Kala, basketball player
- Risto Kalliorinne, politician in the Parliament of Finland
- Risto Kaskilahti, actor
- Risto Kiiskinen, cross-country skier
- Risto Korhonen, former professional ice hockey defenceman
- Risto Kuntsi, shot putter who won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships
- Risto Laakkonen, ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1993
- Risto Lamppu, field hockey player
- Risto Lauriala, classical pianist
- Risto Luukkonen, boxer
- Risto-Veikko Luukkonen, architect
- Risto Mannisenmäki, former rally co-driver, twice world champion with driver Tommi Mäkinen
- Risto Mattila, snowboarder
- Risto Mattila (athlete), sprinter
- Risto Meronen, boxer
- Risto Miikkulainen, Finnish-American computer scientist, professor at the University of Texas at Austin
- Risto Mustonen, wrestler
- Risto Näätänen, psychologist and neuroscientist, Professor in University of Helsinki 1975–1999
- Risto Nuuros, orienteering competitor, silver medalist at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg
- Risto Orko, film producer and director
- Risto Penttilä, former member of the Finnish parliament, Director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum
- Risto Punkka, biathlete
- Risto Puustinen, football manager and a former footballer
- Risto Rasa, poet
- Risto Rosendahl, speed skater
- Risto Ryti, fifth President of Finland from 1940 to 1944
- Risto Siilasmaa, the chairman, founder and former CEO of F-Secure Corporation
- Risto Siltanen, retired professional ice hockey defenceman
- Risto Solanko, diplomat
- Risto Soramies, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
- Risto Syrjänen, hurdler
- Risto Talosela, wrestler
- Risto Tuorila, actor
- Risto Ulmala, former long-distance runner
Macedonia
- Risto Apostolov, songwriter, composer, and music producer
- Risto Arnaudovski, retired handball player
- Risto Bimbiloski, fashion designer
- Risto Božinov, footballer
- Risto Duganov, former professional basketball Small forward
- Risto Gjorgjiev, Director of Military Service for Security and Intelligence
- Risto Jankov, footballer
- Risto Kirjazovski, historian, scientist and publisher
- Risto Krle, playwright
- Risto Milosavov, footballer
- Risto Mitrevski, professional footballer
- Risto Samardžiev, singer and songwriter
Montenegro
- Risto Lakić, football defender
- Risto Radovićo, bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, theologian, university professor, author, translator
- Risto Radunović, professional footballer
- Risto Ratković, avant-garde writer and diplomat
- Risto Stijović, sculptor
Serbia
- Risto Ristović, footballer
- Risto Stijović, sculptor
- Risto Vidaković, retired footballer
Other nationalities
- Risto Darlev, Yugoslav former wrestler
- Risto Mejide, Spanish publicist, author, music producer and songwriter, judge on the television show Operación Triunfo
- Risto Savin, Slovenian composer
- Risto Siliqi, Albanian poet, publicist, lawyer, and militant of the Albanian national cause
Fictional characters
- Risto Reipas, Finnish translation for Christopher Robin
- Risto Räppääjä or Ricky Rapper, main character in Finnish children's fantasy books and comic strips by Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola
Other uses
- Risto (film), 2011 Finnish film
- , a Finnish pop rock band