1865 - 1931
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akseli Gallen-Kallela has received more than 368,002 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Akseli Gallen-Kallela is the 299th most popular painter (up from 327th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Finland (up from 29th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Painter.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela is most famous for his paintings of the Finnish national epic, Kalevala.
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Among painters, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 299 out of 1,421. Before him are Anselm Kiefer, Paul Delvaux, Louis Wain, Frans Snyders, Marie Bashkirtseff, and Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād. After him are Salaì, François Gérard, Thomas Couture, Masolino da Panicale, Viktor Vasnetsov, and Horace Vernet.
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 293
1897 - 1994
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 294
1860 - 1939
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 295
1579 - 1657
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 296
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 297
1450 - 1535
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 298
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 299
1480 - 1524
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 300
1770 - 1837
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 301
1815 - 1879
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 302
1383 - 1447
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 303
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 304
1789 - 1863
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 305
Among people born in 1865, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 22. Before him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Philipp Scheidemann, Andranik, Alfred Hugenberg, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, and Félix Vallotton. After him are Arthur Harden, Amélie of Orléans, Benjamin Guggenheim, Jacques Hadamard, John Mott, and L'Inconnue de la Seine. Among people deceased in 1931, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 23. Before him are F. W. Murnau, Bhagat Singh, Hermann Müller, Peter Kürten, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Carin Göring. After him are Armand Fallières, Martinus Beijerinck, Nathan Söderblom, André Michelin, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, and Kitasato Shibasaburō.
1865 - 1929
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 16
1865 - 1939
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 17
1865 - 1927
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 18
1865 - 1951
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 19
1865 - 1932
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 20
1865 - 1925
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 21
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 22
1865 - 1940
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 23
1865 - 1951
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 24
1865 - 1912
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 25
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 26
1865 - 1955
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 27
1865 - 1885
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 28
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 17
1907 - 1931
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 18
1876 - 1931
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 19
1883 - 1931
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 20
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 21
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 22
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 23
1841 - 1931
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 24
1851 - 1931
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 25
1866 - 1931
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 26
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 27
1869 - 1931
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 28
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 29
Among people born in Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 27 out of 642. Before him are Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Johan Gadolin (1760), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), and Mikael Agricola (1510). After him are Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mika Häkkinen (1968), Linus Torvalds (1969), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), and Kyösti Kallio (1873).
1862 - 1946
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 21
1861 - 1944
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 22
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 23
1760 - 1852
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 24
1881 - 1964
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 25
1510 - 1557
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 26
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 27
1811 - 1848
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 28
1968 - Present
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 29
1969 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 30
1923 - 2017
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 31
1804 - 1877
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 32
1873 - 1940
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 33
Among painters born in Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 2. Before him are Helene Schjerfbeck (1862). After him are Tom of Finland (1920), Albert Edelfelt (1854), Hugo Simberg (1873), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Magnus Enckell (1870), Pekka Halonen (1865), Helena Westermarck (1857), Amélie Lundahl (1850), and Vilho Lampi (1898).
1862 - 1946
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 1
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 2
1920 - 1991
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 3
1854 - 1905
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 4
1873 - 1917
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 5
1861 - 1919
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 6
1870 - 1925
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 7
1865 - 1933
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 8
1857 - 1938
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 9
1850 - 1914
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 10
1898 - 1936
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 11