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

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