Taisto Mäki

Taisto Armas Mäki was a Finnish long-distance runner – one of the so-called "Flying Finns". Like his coach and close friend, Paavo Nurmi, Mäki broke world records over two miles, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres – holding the records simultaneously between 1939 and 1942. Mäki was the first man to run 10,000 metres in less than 30 minutes, breaking his own world record in a time of 29:52.6 on 17 September 1939.

2 December 1910

Born on the same birth date (2 December 1910): Russell Lynes

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Cahir Healy • Christos Karipidis • Dan Jenkins • James Edward Smith (botanist) • Jason Collins • Matteo Darmian • Monica Seles • Randy Gardner (figure skater) • Tal Wilkenfeld • Yahya Kemal Beyatlı • Yusuf Akçura

Born in the same month (December 1910): Abe Burrows • Abraham Polonsky • Alicia Markova • Ambrosio Padilla • Billy Williams (singer) • Carl Dudley • Eknath Easwaran • Ellen Braumüller • Enrique Maier • Eric Tindill • Freddie Brown (cricketer) • Fritz Leiber • Jean Genet • Kurt Meyer • Marguerite Churchill • Mildred Cleghorn • Ronald Coase • Russell Lynes • Sy Oliver