Ruben Nirvi
Ruben Erik Nirvi was a Finnish linguist. He was the deputy of Finnish philology at the University of Helsinki from 1955 to 1957 and the personal additional professor of the Finnish language from 1957 to 1972. He was a special expert on Finnish, especially the Ingrian dialects. He defended his thesis Sanankieltoja ja niihin liittyviä kielenilmiöitä itämerensuomalaisissa kielissä: Riista- ja kotieläintalous.
16 December 1905
Born on the same birth date (16 December 1905): Piet Hein (scientist)
Born on the same birth day (16 December): Alexey Shved • Danish Kaneria • Dennis Wise • Frederick Rotimi Williams • Gunter Van Handenhoven • Hallee Hirsh • Jon Tenney • Liv Ullmann • Léon Walras • Mark Heard • Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (gardener) • Max Linder • Morris Dees • Patti Deutsch • Piet Hein (scientist) • Reanna Solomon • Sam Robards • Stuart Donaldson • Sylvain Distin • Viktor Bunyakovsky
Born in the same month (December 1905): Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter) • Anthony Powell • Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) • Cliff Arquette • Dalton Trumbo • Daniil Kharms • Francisco Javier Arana • Gerard Kuiper • Gilbert Roland • Howard Hughes • Irving Kahn • Les Ames • Otto Preminger • Pierre Brasseur • Robert Henriques • Simo Häyhä • William Loeb III