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Max Jakobson

1923 - 2013

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Max Jakobson (September 30, 1923 – March 9, 2013) was a Finnish diplomat and journalist of Finnish-Jewish descent. Jakobson was an instrumental figure in shaping Finland's policy of neutrality during the Cold War. Max Jakobson was born in 1923 in Viipuri, Finland (now Vyborg, Russia), as son of Finnish-Jewish lawyer Jonas Jakobson and his ethnic Finnish wife Helmi (née Virtanen). He began his career as a journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Jakobson is the 72nd most popular diplomat (down from 66th in 2019), the 1,928th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,824th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Max Jakobson ranks 72 out of 90. Before him are Paul Schmidt, Filippo Grandi, Edward M. House, Seán Lester, Yasushi Akashi, and Jacques Diouf. After him are Bajrakitiyabha, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, Thomas A. Shannon Jr., Wendy Sherman, and Vasily Nebenzya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Max Jakobson ranks 347. Before him are Cesare Rubini, Donald Nicol, Sulamith Goldhaber, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Adãozinho, and Bernard Clavel. After him are Roy Dotrice, Medea Japaridze, Alina Janowska, Elizabeth Hawley, Gustaw Holoubek, and Piero D'Inzeo. Among people deceased in 2013, Max Jakobson ranks 349. Before him are David R. Ellis, Ersilio Tonini, Bill Sharman, Martí de Riquer i Morera, John Thomas, and György Gurics. After him are Janet Rowley, Silvi Vrait, Santiago Santamaría, Imants Ziedonis, Bert Stern, and Allal Benkassou.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Max Jakobson ranks 1,928 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Bazhenov (1737), Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Nikolay Milyutin (1818), Eugen Walaschek (1917), Daniil Medvedev (1996), and Tatyana Baramzina (1919). After him are Nikolai Menshutkin (1842), Nestor Kukolnik (1809), Victor Chizhikov (1935), Natalya Krachkovskaya (1938), Boris Kurakin (1676), and Otto von Böhtlingk (1815).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Russia

Among diplomats born in Russia, Max Jakobson ranks 4. Before him are Alexandra Kollontai (1872), Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938), and Vatslav Vorovsky (1871). After him are Vasily Nebenzya (1962).

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