Risto

Risto (Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from Hristofor or Hristivoje. It may refer to:

Estonia

 * Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
 * Risto Joost (born 1980), conductor and operatic countertenor
 * Risto Kallaste (born 1971), footballer
 * Risto Kappet (born 1994), sim racing driver
 * Risto Kask (born 1985), civil servant and politician
 * Risto Kübar (born 1983), actor
 * Risto Lumi (born 1971), military colonel
 * Risto Mätas (born 1984), javelin thrower

Finland

 * Risto Aaltonen (1939–2021), actor
 * Risto Ahti (born 1943), writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1994
 * Risto Alapuro (1944–2022), sociologist
 * Risto Ankio (born 1937), athlete
 * Risto Asikainen (born 1958), record producer, songwriter and musician
 * Risto Björlin (born 1944), wrestler
 * Risto Dufva (born 1963), former professional ice hockey goaltender
 * Risto Hurme (born 1950), modern pentathlete and fencer (1966)
 * Risto Ihamuotila (born 1938), retired academic and ex-Chancellor of the University of Helsinki
 * Risto Isomäki (born 1961), environmental activist and author of science fiction and nonfiction books
 * Risto Jalo (born 1962), retired professional ice hockey player
 * Risto Jarva (1934–1977), filmmaker
 * Risto Jussilainen (born 1975), ski jumper
 * Risto Kala (1941–2021), basketball player
 * Risto Kalliorinne (born 1971), politician in the Parliament of Finland
 * Risto Kaskilahti (born 1963), actor
 * Risto Kiiskinen (born 1956), cross-country skier
 * Risto Korhonen (born 1986), former professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Risto Kuntsi (1912–1964), shot putter who won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships
 * Risto Laakkonen (born 1967), ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1993
 * Risto Lamppu (1924–1995), field hockey player
 * Risto Lauriala (born 1949), classical pianist
 * Risto Luukkonen (1931–1967), boxer
 * Risto-Veikko Luukkonen (1902–1972), architect
 * Risto Mannisenmäki (born 1959), former rally co-driver, twice world champion with driver Tommi Mäkinen
 * Risto Mattila (born 1981), snowboarder
 * Risto Mattila (athlete) (1909–1990), sprinter
 * Risto Meronen (born 1945), boxer
 * Risto Miikkulainen, Finnish-American computer scientist, professor at the University of Texas at Austin
 * Risto Mustonen (1875–1941), wrestler
 * Risto Näätänen (1939–2023), psychologist and neuroscientist, Professor in University of Helsinki 1975–1999
 * Risto Nuuros, orienteering competitor, silver medalist at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg
 * Risto Orko (1899–2001), film producer and director
 * Risto Penttilä (born 1959), former member of the Finnish parliament, Director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum
 * Risto Punkka (1957–2014), biathlete
 * Risto Puustinen (born 1959), football manager and a former footballer
 * Risto Rasa (born 1954), poet
 * Risto Rosendahl (born 1979), speed skater
 * Risto Ryti (1889–1956), fifth President of Finland from 1940 to 1944
 * Risto Siilasmaa (born 1966), the chairman, founder and former CEO of F-Secure Corporation (anti-virus and computer security software)
 * Risto Siltanen (born 1958), retired professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Risto Solanko (1901–1980), diplomat
 * Risto Soramies (born 1946), bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
 * Risto Syrjänen (1925–2016), hurdler
 * Risto Talosela (1924–2018), wrestler
 * Risto Ulmala (born 1963), former long-distance runner

Macedonia

 * Risto Apostolov, songwriter, composer, and music producer
 * Risto Arnaudovski (born 1981), retired handball player
 * Risto Bimbiloski (born 1975), fashion designer
 * Risto Božinov, footballer
 * Risto Duganov (born 1975), former professional basketball Small forward
 * Risto Gjorgjiev, Director of Military Service for Security and Intelligence
 * Risto Jankov (born 1998), footballer
 * Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002), historian, scientist and publisher
 * Risto Krle (1900–1975), playwright
 * Risto Milosavov (born 1965), footballer
 * Risto Mitrevski (born 1991), professional footballer
 * Risto Samardžiev (born 1964), singer and songwriter

Montenegro

 * Risto Lakić (born 1983), football defender
 * Risto Radovićo (1938–2020), bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, theologian, university professor, author, translator
 * Risto Radunović (born 1992), professional footballer
 * Risto Ratković (1903–1954), avant-garde (Surrealist) writer and diplomat
 * Risto Stijović (1894–1974), sculptor

Serbia

 * Risto Ristović, footballer
 * Risto Stijović, sculptor
 * Risto Vidaković, retired footballer

Other nationalities

 * Risto Darlev (born 1954), Yugoslav former wrestler
 * Risto Mejide (born 1975), Spanish publicist, author, music producer and songwriter, judge on the television show Operación Triunfo
 * Risto Savin, Slovenian composer
 * Risto Siliqi (1882–1936), Albanian poet, publicist, lawyer, and militant of the Albanian national cause

Fictional characters

 * Risto Reipas, Finnish translation for Christopher Robin
 * Risto Räppääjä or Ricky Rapper, main character in Finnish children's fantasy books and comic strips by Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola

Other uses

 * Risto (film), 2011 Finnish film
 * Risto, a Finnish pop rock band (refer to fi:Risto (yhtye))