Military Personnel

Lauri Törni

1919 - 1965

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His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Lauri Törni is the 669th most popular military personnel (down from 615th in 2024), the 545th most popular biography from Russia (down from 513th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Lauri Törni is most famous for being the first Westerner to become a hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union award, the Order of Lenin, and the Order of the Red Banner.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Lauri Törni ranks 669 out of 2,058Before him are Raymond A. Spruance, John Pope, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Cao Zhen, Bob Denard, and Walther Nehring. After him are Joseph Gallieni, Werner Kempf, Ivan Bohun, Takijirō Ōnishi, Abner Doubleday, and Conon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Lauri Törni ranks 69Before him are Licio Gelli, Charles Sweeney, Margaret Burbidge, Maurice Herzog, Daniel Bell, and Uta Hagen. After him are Glafcos Clerides, Wolfgang Wagner, Kiichi Miyazawa, Gillo Pontecorvo, Liberace, and Bob Paisley. Among people deceased in 1965, Lauri Törni ranks 47Before him are Sālote Tupou III, Bernard Baruch, Carl Oberg, Frederick Browning, Aksel Sandemose, and Mehdi Ben Barka. After him are Chen Cheng, Carl Værnet, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Hayato Ikeda, Jesse Douglas, and Joseph Erlanger.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lauri Törni ranks 545 out of NaNBefore him are Leonid Gaidai (1923), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Joseph M. Schenck (1876), Nina Kulagina (1926), Sergei Krikalev (1958), and Boris Kustodiev (1878). After him are Werner Kempf (1886), Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), Andrei Karlov (1954), Zeki Velidi Togan (1890), Boris Pugo (1937), and Wilhelm Voigt (1849).

Among Military Personnels In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Lauri Törni ranks 45Before him are Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), Roza Shanina (1924), Mikhail Alekseyev (1857), Filipp Golikov (1900), Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), and Alexander Pokryshkin (1913). After him are Werner Kempf (1886), Markian Popov (1902), Mikhail Skobelev (1843), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Werner Ostendorff (1903), and Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843).

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