1838 - 1916
Knut Fredrik Idestam (28 October 1838, Tyrväntö, Grand Duchy of Finland – 8 April 1916, Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia. In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland. The mill began operations in 1866. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fredrik Idestam has received more than 217,621 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Fredrik Idestam is the 203rd most popular businessperson (down from 202nd in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Finland (up from 68th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Fredrik Idestam ranks 203 out of 601. Before him are Maxwell Perkins, Henry J. Heinz, Andrew Grove, King C. Gillette, Joe Weider, and David Icke. After him are Axel Springer, Guy de Rothschild, Max Manus, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Rinat Akhmetov, and Chad Hurley.
1884 - 1947
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 197
1844 - 1919
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 198
1936 - 2016
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 199
1855 - 1932
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 200
1919 - 2013
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 201
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 202
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 203
1912 - 1985
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 204
1909 - 2007
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 205
1914 - 1996
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 206
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 207
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 208
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 209
Among people born in 1838, Fredrik Idestam ranks 36. Before him are Prince Louis, Count of Trani, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jules Brunet, Gustav von Schmoller, Ludwig Gumplowicz, and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha. After him are Vatroslav Jagić, George William Hill, Clemens Winkler, John Muir, Annie Edson Taylor, and Jean-Paul Laurens. Among people deceased in 1916, Fredrik Idestam ranks 55. Before him are Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Oswald Boelcke, Hiram Maxim, Max Immelmann, and Paolo Tosti. After him are Petar Kočić, Isa Boletini, Alice Ball, Thibaw Min, Herbert Kilpin, and Fergus Suter.
1838 - 1886
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 30
1838 - 1862
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 31
1838 - 1911
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 32
1838 - 1917
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 33
1838 - 1909
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 34
1838 - 1892
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 35
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 36
1838 - 1923
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 37
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 38
1838 - 1904
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 39
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 40
1838 - 1921
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 41
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 42
1833 - 1916
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 49
1835 - 1916
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 50
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 51
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 52
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 53
1846 - 1916
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 54
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 55
1877 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 56
1864 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 57
1892 - 1916
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 58
1859 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 59
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 60
1857 - 1916
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 61
Among people born in Finland, Fredrik Idestam ranks 61 out of 642. Before him are Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Jari Litmanen (1971), Väinö Linna (1920), Tarja Turunen (1977), Bernhard Crusell (1775), and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757). After him are Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Bengt Holmström (1949), Ville Ritola (1896), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), and Eino Leino (1878).
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 55
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 56
1920 - 1992
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 57
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 58
1775 - 1838
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 59
1757 - 1814
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 60
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 61
1928 - 2016
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 62
1894 - 1966
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 63
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 64
1896 - 1982
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 65
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 66
1878 - 1926
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 67
Among businesspeople born in Finland, Fredrik Idestam ranks 1. After him are Jorma Ollila (1950) and Michael Widenius (1962).
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 3