RACING DRIVER

Henri Toivonen

1956 - 1986

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Henri Pauli Toivonen (25 August 1956 – 2 May 1986) was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his brother, Harri, became a professional circuit racer. Toivonen's first World Rally Championship victory came with a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus at the 1980 Lombard RAC Rally in Great Britain, just after his 24th birthday. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Toivonen has received more than 659,455 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Toivonen is the 103rd most popular racing driver (up from 112th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Finland (down from 76th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Henri Toivonen ranks 103 out of 1,080. Before him are Eugenio Castellotti, Thierry Sabine, Roger Williamson, Pedro Rodríguez, Jean Behra, and Jean-Pierre Jarier. After him are Jarno Saarinen, David Purley, Max Verstappen, Tommi Mäkinen, Jo Bonnier, and Robert Manzon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Henri Toivonen ranks 94. Before him are Maggie Reilly, Sela Ward, Fernando Gomes, Mikuláš Dzurinda, Bruce Greenwood, and Rita Wilson. After him are Philip Kerr, Elie Hobeika, Gianni De Biasi, Hans van Breukelen, King Diamond, and Luis Guzmán. Among people deceased in 1986, Henri Toivonen ranks 86. Before him are Elsa Lanchester, Thierry Sabine, Ellison Onizuka, Christopher Isherwood, Yaroslav Stetsko, and Gia Carangi. After him are Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Mart Stam, Phil Lynott, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Arthur Grumiaux, and Nicholas Kaldor.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Henri Toivonen ranks 80 out of 751. Before him are Leif Segerstam (1944), Paavo Lipponen (1941), Petteri Orpo (1969), Ernst Linder (1868), Peter Forsskål (1732), and Pekka Haavisto (1958). After him are Jarno Saarinen (1945), Edvard Westermarck (1862), Matthias Castrén (1813), Clas Thunberg (1893), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), and Yrjö Väisälä (1891).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Henri Toivonen ranks 6. Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968), Ari Vatanen (1952), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), and Juha Kankkunen (1959). After him are Jarno Saarinen (1945), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Markku Alén (1951), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Timo Salonen (1951).

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