Namesakes
Finnish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Sakari Tuomioja 1953-1954 
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze, 2 silver/bronze, 1 bronze/silver
(bronze/silver) Ville Peltonen (a.k.a. Sakari) 1994; 1998; 2006; 2010 ice hockey
(bronze) Miikka Kiprusoff (a.k.a. Sakari) 2010 ice hockey
(silver/bronze) Mikko Koivu (a.k.a. Sakari) 2006; 2010 ice hockey
(silver/bronze) Sami Salo (a.k.a. Sakari) 2006; 2010; 2014 ice hockey
(bronze) Sakari Salminen 2014 ice hockey