Simo Häyhä

Simo Häyhä, often referred to by his nickname, The White Death, was a Finnish military sniper during World War II in the 1939–1940 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun. Häyhä is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers during the conflict, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Consequently, he is often regarded as the deadliest sniper in history.

17 December 1905

Born on the same birth date (17 December 1905): Erico Verissimo • Mohammad Hidayatullah

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Alexander Agassiz • Andrew Simpson (sailor) • Armin Mueller-Stahl • Aubrey Faulkner • Bernard Hill • Elizaveta Tuktamysheva • James Booker • James McGaugh • Mansoor al-Jamri • Neil Sanderson • Nir Davidovich • Paula Radcliffe • Prince Joachim of Prussia • Quinton de Kock • Richard Long (actor) • Sara Dallin • Syed Mushtaq Ali • William Safire

Born in the same month (December 1905): Erico Verissimo • Gilbert Roland • Giovanni Lurani • Helen Dodson Prince • Howard Hughes • Irving Kahn • Les Ames • Mohammad Hidayatullah • Pierre Levegh