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Vesa-Matti Loiri

1945 - 2022

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Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri (4 January 1945 – 10 August 2022) was a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004. Loiri made a strong impression early in his career with the role of Jake in the drama film The Boys. He later acted in notable films such as Rakastunut rampa, Pedon merkki, and The Howling Miller, as well as the television series Rauta-aika. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vesa-Matti Loiri has received more than 179,177 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Vesa-Matti Loiri is the 3,759th most popular actor (up from 4,301st in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Finland (up from 244th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Finnish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 3,759 out of 13,578. Before him are L. Scott Caldwell, Michael Gross, John Diehl, Ross Martin, Mae Busch, and Conrad Nagel. After him are Kevin Dunn, Linden Ashby, Moe Howard, Petra Mede, Jim Cummings, and Kōichi Yamadera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 365. Before him are Marion Rung, Diahnne Abbott, Donny Hathaway, David Allen, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, and Liu Yandong. After him are Matti Salminen, Agustín Balbuena, Natalya Seleznyova, Adele Goldberg, Kees van Ierssel, and Gennady Khazanov. Among people deceased in 2022, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 293. Before him are Sonny Barger, Mark Forest, Joseph Raz, Juan Diego, Sally Kellerman, and Fernando Chalana. After him are Robert Durst, Agostino Cacciavillan, Roger E. Mosley, Jean-Claude Mézières, Herbert W. Franke, and André Wilms.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 215 out of 751. Before him are Emil Väre (1885), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Olli Rehn (1962), Elisabeth Rehn (1935), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), and Ellen Thesleff (1869). After him are Sofi Oksanen (1977), Matti Salminen (1945), Antti Hackzell (1881), Arvo Askola (1909), Vilho Lampi (1898), and August Ahlqvist (1826).

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Among ACTORS In Finland

Among actors born in Finland, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 6. Before him are George Gaynes (1917), Matti Pellonpää (1951), Kati Outinen (1961), Gustaf Molander (1888), and Tapio Rautavaara (1915). After him are Siri von Essen (1850), Peter Franzén (1971), Stina Ekblad (1954), Taina Elg (1930), Tauno Palo (1908), and Jasper Pääkkönen (1980).

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