# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lauri-pekuri
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:41:28.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lauri-pekuri"
name: "Lauri Pekuri"
slug: "lauri-pekuri"
description: "Lauri Olavi Pekuri was a Finnish Air Force ace and jet aircraft pioneer as well as the first finnish pilot to break the sound barrier. In 1942, Pekuri changed his name from Ohukainen. This older name can still be found in aviation literature."
tagline: "Finnish flying ace (1916–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lauri_Olavi_Pekuri.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1916-11-06"
deathDate: "1999-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.607704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "لاورى پيكورى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Pekuri"
    title: "Lauri Pekuri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Pekuri"
    title: "Lauri Pekuri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA"
    title: "ラウリ・ペクリ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8"
    title: "Пекури, Лаури Олави"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1960327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump