Kauko

Kauko is a given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Kauko Armas Nieminen (1929–2010), Finnish self-taught physicist
 * Kauko Hänninen (1930–2013), Finnish Olympic rower
 * Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), Finnish film actor
 * Kauko Jalkanen (1918–2007), Finnish Olympic fencer
 * Kauko Mäkinen (1927–1968), Finnish ice hockey player
 * Kauko Nieminen (born 1979), Finnish Speedway racer
 * Kauko Pirinen (1915–1999), Finnish historian, professor in church history at Helsinki University
 * Kauko Röyhkä, (born 1959), Finnish rock musician and author
 * Kauko Salomaa (1928–2016), Finnish former speed skater
 * Kauko Wahlsten (1923–2001), Finnish rower