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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. According to Yle News, ″Loiri was one of Finland's most beloved cultural figures over six decades, playing comic and tragic roles on screen and stage, alongside a musical career″. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vesa-Matti Loiri has received more than 170,806 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vesa-Matti Loiri is the 4,309th most popular actor (up from 4,432nd in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Finland (up from 258th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Actor.

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  • 170k

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  • 46.76

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 4,309 out of 9,996Before him are Harry Shearer, Dean Butler, Kazuo Hasegawa, Sam Riley, Courtney B. Vance, and Don Knotts. After him are Al St. John, Erick Avari, Cristine Rose, Wendy Makkena, Branko Đurić, and Emilie de Ravin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 357Before him are Raila Odinga, Alan Ball Jr., Modestas Paulauskas, Bob Welch, Fuad Muzurović, and Jean-Marie Poiré. After him are Betty Stöve, Sam Webb, Saharon Shelah, Francisco Sá, Patricia Crone, and Gennady Khazanov. Among people deceased in 2022, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 292Before him are L. Q. Jones, Zofia Posmysz, Gerben Karstens, Eileen Ryan, Alan White, and Norman Mineta. After him are Oleksandr Sydorenko, Arne Åhman, Aleksandr Gorshkov, Yoshio Kikugawa, Georgi Atanasov, and John Landy.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 244 out of 642Before him are Alexander Stubb (1968), Ralf Törngren (1899), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Emil Väre (1885), and Leo Makkonen (1948). After him are Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Paavo Johansson (1895), Rosa Liksom (1958), Olavi Virta (1915), Teemu Sippo (1947), and Oskari Mantere (1874).

Among ACTORS In Finland

Among actors born in Finland, Vesa-Matti Loiri ranks 8Before him are Gustaf Molander (1888), Tapio Rautavaara (1915), Peter Franzén (1971), Stina Ekblad (1954), Matti Pellonpää (1951), and Taina Elg (1930). After him are Kati Outinen (1961), Tauno Palo (1908), Jasper Pääkkönen (1980), Pihla Viitala (1982), Krista Kosonen (1983), and Laura Birn (1981).

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