1943 - 2017
Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen (5 August 1943 – 26 July 2017) was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland. Kinnunen won the Nordic Challenge Cup in 1969, the Interserie from 1971–1973, and helped Porsche to take the World Sportscar Championship for manufacturers in 1970 (drivers championships were not awarded until 1981). In 1974, he switched to Formula One, but in addition to the problems with the underpowered Surtees TS16, his team soon ran into financial problems. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Kinnunen has received more than 90,998 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Leo Kinnunen is the 213th most popular racing driver (up from 237th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 170th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Leo Kinnunen ranks 213 out of 888. Before him are Nick Heidfeld, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Romain Grosjean, Marc Surer, Jackie Oliver, and Umberto Maglioli. After him are Kurt Adolff, Emilio de Villota, Phil Read, Lee Wallard, Bertrand Gachot, and Philippe Alliot.
1977 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 207
1940 - 2022
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 208
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 209
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 210
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 211
1928 - 1999
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 212
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 213
1921 - 2012
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 214
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 215
1939 - 2022
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 216
1910 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 217
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 218
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 219
Among people born in 1943, Leo Kinnunen ranks 303. Before him are Cornelia Froboess, Robbie Robertson, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jean Zerbo, Herman Van Springel, and Ramón Grosso. After him are Sharon Gless, Kuniwo Nakamura, Robert Axelrod, Oliver North, Shlomo Ben-Ami, and Eva Joly. Among people deceased in 2017, Leo Kinnunen ranks 223. Before him are Hilarion Capucci, Svend Asmussen, Klaus Huber, Jiří Bělohlávek, Gorden Kaye, and Haruo Nakajima. After him are Mildred Dresselhaus, Imre Földi, András Kovács, Hal Moore, Ivo Brešan, and Gisèle Casadesus.
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 297
1943 - 2023
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 298
1943 - 1978
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 299
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 300
1943 - 2022
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 301
1943 - 2002
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 302
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 303
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 304
1943 - 2020
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 305
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 306
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 307
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 308
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 309
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 217
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 218
1924 - 2017
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 219
1946 - 2017
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 220
1941 - 2017
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 221
1929 - 2017
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 222
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 223
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 224
1938 - 2017
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 225
1925 - 2017
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 226
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 227
1936 - 2017
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 228
1914 - 2017
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 229
Among people born in Finland, Leo Kinnunen ranks 142 out of 642. Before him are Ali Aaltonen (1884), Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Elias Katz (1901), Lydia Wideman (1920), and Sami Hyypiä (1973). After him are Hertta Kuusinen (1904), Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Tuomas Holopainen (1976), and Petter Adolf Karsten (1834).
1884 - 1918
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 136
1886 - 1968
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 137
1904 - 1982
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 138
1901 - 1947
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 139
1920 - 2019
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 140
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 141
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 142
1904 - 1974
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 143
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 144
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 145
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 146
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 147
1834 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 148
Among racing drivers born in Finland, Leo Kinnunen ranks 15. Before him are Mika Salo (1966), Markku Alén (1951), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Valtteri Bottas (1989), Timo Salonen (1951), and Marcus Grönholm (1968). After him are JJ Lehto (1966), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), Timo Mäkinen (1938), Harri Rovanperä (1966), Mikko Kozarowitzky (1948), and Mikko Hirvonen (1980).
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 10
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 11
1989 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 13
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 14
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 15
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 16
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 17
1938 - 2017
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 18
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 19
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 20
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 21