1908 - 1979
Mika Toimi Waltari (pronounced [ˈmikɑ ˈʋɑltɑri] ; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian (Finnish: Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mika Waltari has received more than 276,772 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Mika Waltari is the 440th most popular writer (down from 427th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Finland (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Writer.
Mika Waltari is most famous for his novels, The Egyptian and The Etruscan.
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Among writers, Mika Waltari ranks 440 out of 5,755. Before him are Yunus Emre, Tennessee Williams, Patrick Modiano, Christopher Marlowe, Enid Blyton, and Frantz Fanon. After him are Joris-Karl Huysmans, Comte de Lautréamont, Seneca the Elder, Ágota Kristóf, Gabriela Mistral, and Qu Yuan.
1240 - 1321
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 434
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 435
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 436
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 437
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 438
1925 - 1961
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 439
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 440
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 441
1846 - 1870
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 442
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 443
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 444
1889 - 1957
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 445
343 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 446
Among people born in 1908, Mika Waltari ranks 22. Before him are Bette Davis, Simon Wiesenthal, Geli Raubal, Anna Magnani, John Bardeen, and Edward Teller. After him are Amon Göth, David Oistrakh, David Lean, Nelson Rockefeller, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Joseph McCarthy. Among people deceased in 1979, Mika Waltari ranks 15. Before him are Jean Renoir, Hafizullah Amin, Jean Seberg, Sándor Kocsis, Jean Monnet, and Dennis Gabor. After him are Nelson Rockefeller, Hanna Reitsch, Ludvík Svoboda, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Mustafa Barzani, and Nadia Boulanger.
1908 - 1989
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 16
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 17
1908 - 1931
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 18
1908 - 1973
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 19
1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 20
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 21
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 22
1908 - 1946
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 23
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 24
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 25
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 26
1908 - 1972
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 27
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 28
1894 - 1979
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 9
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
1938 - 1979
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 11
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 12
1888 - 1979
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 13
1900 - 1979
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 14
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 15
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 16
1912 - 1979
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 17
1895 - 1979
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 18
1917 - 1979
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 19
1903 - 1979
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 20
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 21
Among people born in Finland, Mika Waltari ranks 10 out of 642. Before him are Tove Jansson (1914), Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Paavo Nurmi (1897), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Tarja Halonen (1943), and Urho Kekkonen (1900). After him are Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Risto Ryti (1889), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), and Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895).
1914 - 2001
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 4
1867 - 1951
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 5
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 8
1900 - 1986
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 9
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 10
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 11
1870 - 1956
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 12
1832 - 1901
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 13
1889 - 1956
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 14
1917 - 1992
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 15
1895 - 1973
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 16
Among writers born in Finland, Mika Waltari ranks 2. Before him are Tove Jansson (1914). After him are Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Mikael Agricola (1510), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Väinö Linna (1920), Eino Leino (1878), Minna Canth (1844), and Juhani Aho (1861).
1914 - 2001
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 1
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 2
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 3
1942 - 2018
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 4
1510 - 1557
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 5
1804 - 1877
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 6
1834 - 1872
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 7
1818 - 1898
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 8
1920 - 1992
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 9
1878 - 1926
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 10
1844 - 1897
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 11
1861 - 1921
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 12