# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yrjo-a-rantanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:41:01.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yrjo-a-rantanen"
name: "Yrjo A. Rantanen"
slug: "yrjo-a-rantanen"
description: "Yrjö Aukusti Rantanen was a Finnish chess player, who was awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE in 1981. He was a two-time Finnish chess champion, and won three medals at the Chess Olympiad."
tagline: "Finnish chess player (1950–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen_(Schacholympiade_Luzern_1982).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1950-04-23"
deathDate: "2021-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.33
  momentum:             3.304347826086956
  historical:           9.402808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%91"
    title: "Рантанен, Юрьё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%88_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "يارچو رانتانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irje_Rantanens"
    title: "Irje Rantanens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Rantanen"
    title: "Yrjö Rantanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1338668"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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