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Mika Waltari

1908 - 1979

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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 279,726 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Finland

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).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

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).

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