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): Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) • Alfred Enoch • Charles H. Wesley • Else Marie Pade • Fernando Consag • Gary Becker • George Minot • Guy Bourdin • Harry Burleigh • Jaime Durán • Lucy Liu • Monica Seles • Péter Máté (footballer, born 1984) • Razzle (musician) • Renee Montgomery • Tal Wilkenfeld • Tom McGuinness (musician) • Warren William • Wayne Allard • William Shirley

Born in the same month (December 1910): Abraham Polonsky • Alex North • Ambrosio Padilla • Charles Olson • Eknath Easwaran • Ellen Braumüller • Freddie Brown (cricketer) • Imperio Argentina • John Hammond (record producer) • Kurt Meyer • Louis Prima • Paul Bowles • Ramaswamy Venkataraman • Ronald Coase • Russell Lynes • Sy Oliver • Vere Bird