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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 104,390 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Aimo Lahti is the 248th most popular inventor (up from 250th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 116th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Aimo Lahti ranks 248 out of 426. Before him are John Kemp Starley, Thonmi Sambhota, Ray Dolby, Frank Zamboni, Eugen Langen, and Rodolphe Lindt. After him are Laurens Hammond, Ottomar Anschütz, Joseph Whitworth, Léon Gaumont, Fritz von Opel, and Ricardo Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Aimo Lahti ranks 140. Before him are Stanisława Leszczyńska, Maurice De Waele, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Ira Gershwin, Hubert Lanz, and Teinosuke Kinugasa. After him are Lester Germer, Evgeny Schwartz, Rafael Franco, Vasily Gordov, Alberto Demicheli, and Nobuko Yoshiya. Among people deceased in 1970, Aimo Lahti ranks 123. Before him are Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Max Abegglen, Nathan Alterman, Albert Lamorisse, Ernst May, and Henri Queuille. After him are Heino Eller, Tammi Terrell, Luis Mariano, Gyula Cseszneky, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, and Dora Boothby.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Aimo Lahti ranks 133 out of 751. Before him are Albin Stenroos (1889), Bo Carpelan (1926), Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873), Juho Vennola (1872), Leo Kinnunen (1943), and Gunnar Höckert (1910). After him are Elias Katz (1901), Selim Palmgren (1878), Klaus Fleming (1535), Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), Anders Johan Lexell (1740), and Hugo Österman (1892).

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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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