1908 - 1979
Mika Toimi Waltari (pronounced [ˈmikɑ ˈʋɑltɑri] (listen); 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 217,677 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Mika Waltari is the 427th most popular writer (down from 403rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Finland 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 427 out of 5,794. Before him are Osamu Dazai, G. K. Chesterton, William Makepeace Thackeray, Phaedrus, Lactantius, and Fausto Cercignani. After him are Percy Fawcett, Alfred de Musset, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Andrzej Sapkowski, Sei Shōnagon, and Kurt Vonnegut.
1909 - 1948
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 421
1874 - 1936
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 422
1811 - 1863
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 423
20 BC - 50
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 424
250 - 325
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 425
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 426
1908 - 1979
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 427
1867 - 1925
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 428
1810 - 1857
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 429
1828 - 1882
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 430
1948 - Present
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 431
966 - 1025
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 432
1922 - 2007
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 433
Among people born in 1908, Mika Waltari ranks 20. Before him are Olivier Messiaen, Bette Davis, Lev Landau, Geli Raubal, Edward Teller, and Simon Wiesenthal. After him are Anna Magnani, John Bardeen, Amon Göth, David Lean, Nelson Rockefeller, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1979, Mika Waltari ranks 13. Before him are Nino Rota, Jean Renoir, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Jean Monnet, Dennis Gabor, and Sándor Kocsis. After him are Hanna Reitsch, Hafizullah Amin, Nelson Rockefeller, Sid Vicious, Agostinho Neto, and Ludvík Svoboda.
1908 - 1992
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 14
1908 - 1989
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 15
1908 - 1968
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 16
1908 - 1931
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 17
1908 - 2003
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 18
1908 - 2005
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 19
1908 - 1979
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 20
1908 - 1973
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 21
1908 - 1991
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 22
1908 - 1946
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 23
1908 - 1991
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 24
1908 - 1979
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 25
1908 - 1972
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 26
1911 - 1979
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 7
1894 - 1979
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 8
1900 - 1979
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 9
1888 - 1979
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 10
1900 - 1979
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 11
1929 - 1979
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 12
1908 - 1979
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 13
1912 - 1979
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 14
1929 - 1979
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 15
1908 - 1979
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 16
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 17
1922 - 1979
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 18
1895 - 1979
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 19
Among people born in Finland, Mika Waltari ranks 8 out of 509. Before him are Simo Häyhä (1905), Alvar Aalto (1898), Tove Jansson (1914), Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Paavo Nurmi (1897), and Sauli Niinistö (1948). After him are Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Elias Lönnrot (1802).
1905 - 2002
HPI: 81.67
Rank: 2
1898 - 1976
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 3
1914 - 2001
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 4
1867 - 1951
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 5
1897 - 1973
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 7
1908 - 1979
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 8
1888 - 1964
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 9
1832 - 1901
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 11
1900 - 1986
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 12
1870 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 13
1802 - 1884
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 14
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), Pentti Linkola (1932), Zachris Topelius (1818), Väinö Linna (1920), Eino Leino (1878), and Minna Canth (1844).
1914 - 2001
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 1
1908 - 1979
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1888 - 1964
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 3
1942 - 2018
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 4
1510 - 1557
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 5
1804 - 1877
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 6
1834 - 1872
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 7
1932 - 2020
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 8
1818 - 1898
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 9
1920 - 1992
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 10
1878 - 1926
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 11
1844 - 1897
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 12