People from Pyhäjoki

Anneli Sauli (6 August 1932 – 15 March 2022) was a Finnish film actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1953. She starred in the film Miriam, which was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. She was born in Pyhäjoki, Finland to a Finnish Romani father, Valdemar Schwartz, and a Finnish mother, Salli Maria Heikkilä. From the late 1950s to the early 1960s she lived and worked in West Germany using the name Ann Savo.

Anders (Antti) Tuomikoski (19 July 1842 – 1 May 1932) was a Finnish sexton and politician, born in Pyhäjoki. He was a member of the Diet of Finland in 1885, 1888, 1894, 1897, 1899, in 1900 and from 1904 to 1905 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1908 to 1909, representing the Finnish Party.