Ali Aaltonen

Ali Aaltonen
A 1916 sketch of Ali Aaltonen
Native name
Aleksi Aaltonen
Born(1884-08-02)2 August 1884
Jämsä, Russian Finland, Russian Empire
DiedMay 1918 (aged 33)
Lahti, Finland
AllegianceRussia Russian Empire
Red Finland
Years of service1903–1905, 1917–1918
RankLieutenant
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War
Finnish Civil War Executed

Aleksi "Ali" Aaltonen (2 August 1884 – May 1918) was a Finnish journalist and former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army, who served as the first commander-in-chief of the Finnish Red Guards from November 1917 to the end of January 1918. He was executed in Lahti after the Finnish Civil War in May 1918.