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Aimo Lahti

1896 - 1970

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Aimo Johannes Lahti (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1970) was a self-taught Finnish weapons designer. Of the 50 weapons he designed, the best known is the Suomi KP/-31 SMG. Other well-known weapon designs of his include the Lahti-Saloranta M/26 LMG, Maxim M/32-33 and Sampo L-41 MMG, Lahti L-35 pistol, and Lahti L-39 anti-tank rifle. Lahti also designed the 7,62 ITKK 31 VKT anti-aircraft machine gun and the 20 ITK 40 VKT anti-aircraft cannon. His work is considered decisive in defending Finnish independence and increasing trust in the reliability of domestic weapons produced there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aimo Lahti is the 240th most popular inventor (up from 248th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Finland (down from 133rd in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Aimo Lahti ranks 240 out of 426. Before him are Fritz von Opel, John Wesley Hyatt, Aurel Stodola, Philo Farnsworth, Tivadar Puskás, and Robert Whitehead. After him are Henry Maudslay, Alexander Parkes, John Kemp Starley, Wan Hu, Charles Martin Hall, and Georges Hébert.

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Among people born in 1896, Aimo Lahti ranks 137. Before him are Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Ira Gershwin, Nobuko Yoshiya, Robert Gerhard, Ramón Franco, and Josephine Tey. After him are Dodie Smith, Alberto Demicheli, Maurice De Waele, Árpád Weisz, D. R. Bendre, and Ken Myers. Among people deceased in 1970, Aimo Lahti ranks 136. Before him are Fernand Crommelynck, Peter Doi, Ștefan Barbu, Robert Gerhard, Jacques Pills, and Louisa Bolus. After him are Henri Queuille, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Heino Eller, Alla Horska, A. H. M. Jones, and René Schneider.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Aimo Lahti ranks 140 out of 751. Before him are Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), Christian von Steven (1781), Lydia Wideman (1920), Paavo Aaltonen (1919), Antti Rinne (1962), and Emil Väre (1885). After him are Jörn Donner (1933), Petter Adolf Karsten (1834), Mari Kiviniemi (1968), Hugo Österman (1892), Timo Salonen (1951), and Taina Elg (1930).

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Among INVENTORS In Finland

Among inventors born in Finland, Aimo Lahti ranks 1. After him are Jarkko Oikarinen (1967).

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