# Simo Häyhä

> The deadliest sniper in history: a Finnish farmer who killed over 500 Soviet soldiers in fewer than 100 days during the Winter War, earning the nickname The White Death.

*Finnish military sniper (1905-2002)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/simo-hayha

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Finland
- **Born:** 1905-12-17
- **Died:** 2002-04-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Simo Häyhä was born 17 December 1905 and lived as a farmer before the Soviet Union invaded Finland in November 1939. Armed with a Finnish M/28-30 rifle and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun, he estimated in his private war memoir - written in 1940, months after being wounded, and hidden until its 2017 discovery - that he shot around 500 enemy soldiers between 13 November 1939 and 13 March 1940. He survived the war and lived until 1 April 2002. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Finland's NATO membership have revived attention to his story, while his cult reputation has spread into metal lyrics and Japanese manga.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 28.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 29.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Other, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2002** - Died
- **1941** - Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class
- **1941** - Memorial medal of the Winter War
- **1940** - Medal of Liberty, 2nd Class
- **1940** - Cross of Liberty, 4th Class
- **1940** - Medal of Liberty, 1st Class
- **1905** - Born

## Sources
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- [シモ・ヘイヘ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%83%98)
- [席摩·海赫](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%AD%E6%91%A9%C2%B7%E6%B5%B7%E8%B5%AB)
- [Хяюхя, Симо](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8F%D1%8E%D1%85%D1%8F%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE)
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- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185489)
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- [Σίμο Χέιχε](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BF_%CE%A7%CE%AD%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B5)
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- [سیمو هایها](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7)
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- [시모 해위해](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EB%AA%A8_%ED%95%B4%EC%9C%84%ED%95%B4)
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