# Timo

Timo is a masculine given name. It is primarily used in Finnish, Estonian, Dutch and German societies. It may be used as an abbreviation of Timothy.

## Arts and entertainment

* Timo Alakotila (born 1959), Finnish musician
* Timo Andres (born 1985), American composer and pianist
* Timo Blunck (born 1962), German musician
* Timo Boll (born 1981), German table tennis player
* Timo Bortolotti (1889–1951), Italian sculptor
* Timo Brunke (born 1972), German slam poet
* Timo Descamps (born 1986), Belgian actor and musician
* Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer
* Timo Pieni Huijaus (born 1982), a Finnish rapper
* Timo Jurkka (born 1963), Finnish actor
* Timo Kahilainen (born 1963), Finnish actor
* Timo Kahlen (born 1966), German sound sculptor and media artist
* Timo Kojo (born 1953), Finnish singer
* Timo Koivusalo (born 1963), Finnish actor, writer, and musician
* Timo Korhonen (born 1964), Finnish classical guitarist
* Timo Koskinen (born 1965), Finnish classical pianist
* Timo Kotipelto (born 1969), Finnish metal singer
* Timo Lavikainen (born 1972), Finnish actor
* Timo Maas (born 1969), German electronic musician and DJ
* Timo K. Mukka (1944–1973), Finnish novelist
* Timmo Niesner (born 1971), German actor
* Timo Parvela (born 1964), Finnish children's writer
* Timo Räisänen (born 1979), Swedish musician
* Timo Rautiainen (musician) (born 1963), Finnish metal singer
* Timo Rose (born 1977), German filmmaker and rapper
* Timo Salminen (born 1952), Finnish cinematographer
* Timo Tjahjanto (born 1980), Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter
* Timo Tolkki (born 1966), Finnish metal musician
* Timo Toots (born 1982), Estonian artist
* Timo Torikka (born 1958), Finnish actor
* Timo Vuorensola (born 1979), Finnish film director and actor

## Politics and government

* Timo Angelov (1882–1903), Macedonian revolutionary
* Timo Kalli (born 1947), Finnish politician
* Timo Laaninen (born 1954), Finnish politician
* Timo Soini (born 1962), Finnish politician
* Timo Vornanen (born 1969), Finnish politician

## Science and academia

* Timo Airaksinen (born 1947), Finnish philosopher
* Timo Hannay (born 1968), English science writer and businessman
* Timo Honkela (born 1962), Finnish information scientist
* Timo Joensuu (born 1957), Finnish oncologist
* Timo Kivimäki (born 1962), Finnish political scientist
* Timo Maran (born 1975), Estonian biosemiotician and poet
* Timo Meynhardt (born 1972), German psychologist and business economist
* Timo Penttilä (1931–2011), Finnish architect
* Timo Santalainen (born 1946), Finnish business professor and consultant
* Timo Penttilä (1926–2006), Finnish designer, sculptor, and professor
* Timo Sirainen (born 1979), Finnish programmer and scientist
* Timo Teräsvirta (born 1941), Finnish economist
* Timo Vihavainen (born 1947), Finnish historian and professor of Russian studies

## Sports
### Association football

* Timo Achenbach (born 1982), German defender
* Timo Askolin (born 1951), Finnish manager
* Timo Baumgartl (born 1996), German defender
* Timo Beermann (born 1990), German defender
* Timo Brauer (born 1990), German midfielder
* Timo Çeçen (born 1994), German midfielder
* Timo Furuholm (born 1987), Finnish forward
* Timo Gebhart (born 1989), German midfielder
* Timo Hammel (born 1987), German goalkeeper
* Timo Heinze (born 1986), German defender
* Timo Hildebrand (born 1979), German goalkeeper
* Timo Horn (born 1993), German goalkeeper
* Timo Kern (born 1990), German midfielder
* Timo Kunert (born 1987), German midfielder
* Timo Lange (born 1968), German midfielder and coach
* Timo Letschert (born 1993), Dutch defender
* Timo Liekoski (born 1942), Finnish goalkeeper and coach
* Timo Nagy (born 1983), German midfielder
* Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player
* Timo Ochs (born 1981), German goalkeeper
* Timo Perthel (born 1989), German wing-back
* Timo Plattel (born 1994), Dutch goalkeeper
* Timo Reus (born 1974), German goalkeeper
* Timo Rost (born 1978), German midfielder
* Timo Röttger (born 1985), German winger
* Timo Scheunemann (born 1973), Indonesian-born German forward and manager
* Timo Schultz (born 1977), German midfielder and coach
* Timo Staffeldt (born 1984), German midfielder
* Timo Uster (born 1974), Gambian defender
* Timo Wenzel (born 1977), German defender
* Timo Werner (born 1996), German forward
* Timo Zahnleiter (born 1948), German midfielder and manager

### Ice hockey

* Timo Ahmaoja (born 1978), Finnish defenseman
* Timo Blomqvist (born 1961), Finnish defenseman
* Timo Helbling (born 1981), Swiss defenseman
* Timo Hirvonen (1973-2023), Finnish winger
* Timo Jutila (born 1963), Finnish defenseman
* Timo Koskela (born 1979), Finnish winger
* Timo Lahtinen (born 1947), Finnish player and coach
* Timo Lindström (born 1986), Finnish goaltender
* Timo Meier (born 1996), Swiss winger
* Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player
* Timo Pärssinen (born 1977), Finnish forward
* Timo Pielmeier (born 1989), German goaltender
* Timo Salo (born 1985), Finnish forward
* Timo Seppänen (born 1987), Finnish defenseman
* Timo Susi (born 1959), Finnish player
* Timo Sutinen (born 1949), Finnish player
* Timo Turunen (born 1948), Finnish center

### Motorsports

* Timo Bernhard (born 1981), German racing driver
* Timo Glock (born 1982), German racing driver
* Timo Gottschalk (born 1974), German rally navigator
* Timo Lienemann (born 1985), German racing driver
* Timo Mäkinen (1938–2017), Finnish rally driver
* Timo Rautiainen (born 1964), Finnish rally driver
* Timo Salonen (born 1951), Finnish rally driver
* Timo Scheider (born 1978), German racing driver

### Other sports

* Timo Aaltonen (born 1969), Finnish shot putter
* Timo Antila (born 1980), Finnish biathlete
* Timo André Bakken (born 1989), Norwegian cross-country skier
* Timo Boll (born 1981), German table tennis player
* Timo Eichfuss (born 1988), Estonian basketball player
* Timo Grönlund (1954–2022), Finnish sprint canoer
* Timo Hoffmann (born 1974), German boxer
* Timo Karppinen (born 1967), Finnish orienteer
* Timo Kuusisto (born 1959), Finnish pole vaulter
* Timo Lumme (born 1961), Finnish International Olympic Committee employee
* Timo Murama (1913–1981), Finnish Nordic combined skier
* Timo Nieminen (born 1981), Finnish tennis player
* Timo Peltola (born 1972), Finnish judoka
* Timo Pérez (born 1975), Dominican Republic baseball player
* Timo Roosen (born 1993), Dutch cyclist
* Timo Saarelainen (born 1960), Finnish basketball player
* Timo Sild (born 1988), Estonian orienteer
* Timo Simonlatser (born 1986), Estonian cross-country skier
* Timo Tammemaa (born 1991), Estonian volleyball player
* Timo Tompuri (born 1969), Finnish discus thrower
* Timo Weß (born 1982), German field hockey player

## Other

* Timo Saarnio (born 1944), Finnish interior architect and furniture designer
* Tim Weiland, American fashion designer also known as Timo
* Rick Timmo (born 1947), New Zealand motorcycle racer

## People nicknamed Timo

* Tim Anderson (RAF officer) (born 1957)
* Friedhelm Konietzka (1938–2012), German football striker and manager

## Fictional characters

* Timo Mendes, from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe