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''This list is specific to the EU. For a list of people from Europe who had significant impact outside their home country, see [[List of important Europeans]]''

This is a list of well-known people from the [[European Union]].
It should only include people who did not die before their country's entry into the EU or one of its predecessors.
This includes:
*French, West Germans, Italians, Dutch, Belgians, Luxemburgians after 1950
*Irish, Britons, Danes after 1973
(contracted; show full)== Sportspersons ==
*[[Kimi Räikkonen]] - racing driver
*[[Marcus Grönholm]] - rally driver
*[[Mika Häkkinen]] - racing driver
*[[Juha Kankkunen]] - rally driver
*[[Lasse Virén]] - runner
*[[Michael Schumacher]], (born 1969), racing driver

*[[Annika Sörenstam]], golf player

*[[Dino Zoff]], (1942-), [[Italy|Italian]] soccer player








== Writers ==
*[[Minna Canth]] -- first notable woman author
*[[Tove Jansson]] -- children's author of Moomin fame
*[[Frans Emil Sillanpää]] -- Nobelist
*[[Mika Waltari]] 
*[[Günter Grass]], (born 1927), author
*[[Emilio Lussu]], (1890-1975), Italian novelist

== Other notables ==
*[[Karl Fazer]] -- confectionery manufacturer
*[[Fredrik Idestam]] -- industrialist, founder of [[Nokia]]


''See also: [[List of important Europeans]], [[List of people by nationality]], [[List of people by EU state]]''