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Wäinö Aaltonen

1894 - 1966

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Wäinö Valdemar Aaltonen (8 March 1894 – 30 May 1966) was a Finnish artist and sculptor. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "one of the leading Finnish sculptors". He was born to a tailor in the village of Karinainen, Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wäinö Aaltonen has received more than 68,361 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Wäinö Aaltonen is the 60th most popular sculptor (up from 64th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Finland (up from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Sculptor.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Wäinö Aaltonen ranks 60 out of 258. Before him are Andreas Schlüter, Adriaen de Vries, Ageladas, Robert Smithson, Lars Vilks, and Isamu Noguchi. After him are Antenor, Andrea Sansovino, Paeonius, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Bernardo Rossellino, and Francesco Laurana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Wäinö Aaltonen ranks 62. Before him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Américo Tomás, Walter Warlimont, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Anton Mussert, and Hans Kramers. After him are Thorleif Haug, Hans Langsdorff, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Frank Borzage, Wilhelm Schepmann, and King Vidor. Among people deceased in 1966, Wäinö Aaltonen ranks 55. Before him are L. E. J. Brouwer, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Evelyn Waugh, Georges Duhamel, Sadao Araki, and Demchugdongrub. After him are Bai Chongxi, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Margaret Sanger, Hendrik Verwoerd, Yasuji Okamura, and Gustavo Marzi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Wäinö Aaltonen ranks 58 out of 751. Before him are Armi Kuusela (1934), Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Ville Ritola (1896), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Alexander Stubb (1968), and Lasse Virén (1949). After him are Eino Leino (1878), Bengt Holmström (1949), Tarja Turunen (1977), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Bernhard Crusell (1775), and Väinö Linna (1920).

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Among SCULPTORS In Finland

Among sculptors born in Finland, Wäinö Aaltonen ranks 1. 

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