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Kiuru is a Finnish surname, meaning "skylark". Notable people with the surname include:

Eurasian skylark Species of bird

The Eurasian skylark is a passerine bird in the lark family Alaudidae. It is a wide-spread species found across Europe and Asia with introduced populations in New Zealand, Australia and on the Hawaiian Islands. It is a bird of open farmland and heath, known for the song of the male, which is delivered in hovering flight from heights of 50 to 100 metres. The sexes are alike. It is streaked greyish-brown above and on the breast and has a buff-white belly.

August Kiuru was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two silver medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Pauli Antero Kiuru is a Finnish triathlete, businessman and politician. He is a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2011, representing the National Coalition Party..

Krista Kiuru Finnish politician

Krista Katriina Kiuru is a Finnish politician. She served as Minister of Housing and Communications and Minister of Education and Communications in Jyrki Katainen's and Alexander Stubb's cabinets.

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Tami Kiuru Finnish ski jumper

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Ardalan–Shoja–Kiuru syndrome is a clinical syndrome featuring hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis and retinitis pigmentosa. This syndrome was first recognized by two Iranian physicians, Mohammad Ardalan and Mohammadali Shoja and Finnish neurologist Sari Kiuru-Enari in an Iranian family. Hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis has originally been reported by Finnish ophthalmologist Jouko Meretoja and is known as Meretoja syndrome or Familial Amyloidosis, Finnish type. In addition to the classic manifestations of Finnish type Familial Amyloidosis, cutis laxa, progressive peripheral neuropathy and corneal lattice dystrophy, some of the afflicted members of the Iranian family have retinitis pigmentosa. This feature had not been previously reported with this type of amyloidosis. Ardalan–Shoja–Kiuru syndrome or hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis plus retintis pigmentosa has not been found outside this single Iranian family.

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