RACING DRIVER

Timo Mäkinen

1938 - 2017

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Timo Mäkinen (18 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland – 4 May 2017) was a Finnish race car driver and one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timo Mäkinen has received more than 126,094 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Timo Mäkinen is the 289th most popular racing driver (down from 257th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Timo Mäkinen ranks 289 out of 1,080. Before him are Alan Brown, Clemente Biondetti, Mauro Baldi, Basil van Rooyen, Aguri Suzuki, and Teo Fabi. After him are Bruno Ruffo, Ernesto Prinoth, Arthur Legat, Marco Simoncelli, Heikki Kovalainen, and Geoff Duke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Timo Mäkinen ranks 341. Before him are Aristide Guarneri, Roger E. Mosley, Paolo Romeo, Jean-Claude Mézières, Rolf Wolfshohl, and Christiane Hörbiger. After him are Huang Ju, Heinz Strehl, Werner Olk, Fred Stolle, Herbert Achternbusch, and Frederic Rzewski. Among people deceased in 2017, Timo Mäkinen ranks 300. Before him are Paul G. Comba, József Tóth, Victor Lanoux, Jaak Panksepp, Bernard Panafieu, and Hal Moore. After him are Isabella Karle, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Jean Vuarnet, Shyla Stylez, Daniil Granin, and Alec McCowen.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Timo Mäkinen ranks 223 out of 751. Before him are Matti Salminen (1945), Antti Hackzell (1881), Arvo Askola (1909), Vilho Lampi (1898), August Ahlqvist (1826), and Woldemar Hägglund (1893). After him are V. J. Sukselainen (1906), Edvin Wide (1896), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Maria Wiik (1853), Antti Tulenheimo (1879), and Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Timo Mäkinen ranks 17. Before him are Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Timo Salonen (1951), Leo Kinnunen (1943), Marcus Grönholm (1968), JJ Lehto (1966), and Valtteri Bottas (1989). After him are Heikki Kovalainen (1981), Harri Rovanperä (1966), Mikko Kozarowitzky (1948), Mikko Hirvonen (1980), Jari-Matti Latvala (1985), and Kalle Rovanperä (2000).

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