RACING DRIVER

Henri Toivonen

1956 - 1986

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Henri Pauli Toivonen (25 August 1956 – 2 May 1986) was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger brother, Harri, became a professional circuit racer. Toivonen's first World Rally Championship victory came with a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus at the 1980 Lombard RAC Rally in Great Britain, just after his 24th birthday. He had the record of being the youngest driver ever to win a world rally until his countryman Jari-Matti Latvala won the 2008 Swedish Rally at the age of 22. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Toivonen is the 106th most popular racing driver (down from 103rd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Finland (down from 80th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Henri Toivonen ranks 106 out of 1,080. Before him are Jo Schlesser, Luigi Musso, Björn Waldegård, Andrea de Cesaris, Jarno Saarinen, and Juha Kankkunen. After him are Max Verstappen, Colin McRae, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Rolf Stommelen, Stig Blomqvist, and Charles Leclerc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Henri Toivonen ranks 105. Before him are Taur Matan Ruak, Frances Arnold, Miguel Bosé, Bruce Greenwood, Fernando Gomes, and Charlie Baker. After him are Randy Rhoads, Alain Ducasse, Hans van Breukelen, Horacio Cartes, Ewa Kopacz, and Stevie Young. Among people deceased in 1986, Henri Toivonen ranks 85. Before him are Ellison Onizuka, André Leroi-Gourhan, Pierre Fournier, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Grumiaux, and Robert Stevenson. After him are Christa McAuliffe, Bernard Malamud, Christopher Isherwood, Alexandre Tansman, Ernst Neufert, and Mart Stam.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Henri Toivonen ranks 85 out of 751. Before him are Bernhard Crusell (1775), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), Juhani Aho (1861), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Jarno Saarinen (1945), and Juha Kankkunen (1959). After him are Edvard Westermarck (1862), Markku Alén (1951), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Harri Holkeri (1937), Eero Aarnio (1932), and Väinö Tanner (1881).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Henri Toivonen ranks 7. Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968), Ari Vatanen (1952), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Jarno Saarinen (1945), and Juha Kankkunen (1959). After him are Markku Alén (1951), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Timo Salonen (1951), and Leo Kinnunen (1943).

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