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Aimo Lahti

1896 - 1970

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Aimo Johannes Lahti (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1970) was a self-taught Finnish weapons designer. Of the 50 weapons he designed, the best known is the Suomi KP/-31 SMG. Other well-known weapon designs of his include the Lahti-Saloranta M/26 LMG, Maxim M/32-33 and Sampo L-41 MMG, Lahti L-35 pistol, and Lahti L-39 anti-tank rifle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aimo Lahti has received more than 98,238 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Aimo Lahti is the 250th most popular inventor (down from 222nd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Finland (down from 107th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Aimo Lahti ranks 250 out of 354. Before him are Theodore Maiman, Glenn Curtiss, Ray Dolby, Frank Zamboni, Jacob W. Davis, and Ottó Bláthy. After him are Walter Hunt, Aurel Stodola, Eunice Newton Foote, Colin Archer, Pavel Yablochkov, and Ernst Alexanderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Aimo Lahti ranks 126. Before him are Ramón Franco, Na Hye-sok, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Józef Czapski, Maurice De Waele, and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov. After him are Jacques Duclos, Eduardo Lonardi, Hubert Lanz, Dodie Smith, Vasily Gordov, and Edward Arthur Milne. Among people deceased in 1970, Aimo Lahti ranks 124. Before him are René Schneider, Paul Schmidt, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Ernst May, Isdal Woman, and Leah Goldberg. After him are Gyula Cseszneky, Félix Gaillard, Heino Eller, Pierre Veyron, Alexander Gode, and Ernest Marsden.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Aimo Lahti ranks 116 out of 642. Before him are Kaija Saariaho (1952), Bo Carpelan (1926), Eero Mäntyranta (1937), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), and Anders Chydenius (1729). After him are Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Antti Rinne (1962), Harri Holkeri (1937), Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), Anders Johan Lexell (1740), and Jörn Donner (1933).

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Among INVENTORS In Finland

Among inventors born in Finland, Aimo Lahti ranks 1. After him are Jarkko Oikarinen (1967).

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