ENGINEER

Alexander Kemurdzhian

1921 - 2003

Photo of Alexander Kemurdzhian

Icon of person Alexander Kemurdzhian

Aleksandr Leonovich Kemurdzhian (Russian: Александр Леонович Кемурджиан; 4 October 1921 – 25 February 2003) was a Soviet mechanical engineer who worked at the VNIITransmash institute for most of the second half of the 20th century. He is best known for designing the metal chases for Lunokhod 1—the first ever planetary rover for space exploration in the Soviet space program. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Kemurdzhian is the 208th most popular engineer (up from 242nd in 2019), the 1,248th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,432nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Alexander Kemurdzhian by language

Loading...

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alexander Kemurdzhian ranks 208 out of 389. Before him are Eugene Stoner, Arthur Morin, Evgeny Paton, Franz Grashof, William Playfair, and Emily Warren Roebling. After him are Michele Besso, Robert Maillart, Émile Levassor, Vladimir Petlyakov, Michel Chevalier, and Robert Esnault-Pelterie.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Alexander Kemurdzhian ranks 219. Before him are Rashid Karami, Max Noether, Andrzej Munk, Lis Hartel, Blaže Koneski, and Søren Kam. After him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Gunnar Eriksson, Wadih El Safi, Augusto Monterroso, Walter Laqueur, and Milorad Pavić. Among people deceased in 2003, Alexander Kemurdzhian ranks 167. Before him are Ahmadou Kourouma, Sadegh Khalkhali, João César Monteiro, Pierre Poujade, Kir Bulychev, and Jorge Oteiza. After him are Jean Yanne, Françoise Giroud, Rosalyn Tureck, Walter Zapp, Augusto Monterroso, and Flóra Kádár.

Others Born in 1921

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2003

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Kemurdzhian ranks 1,248 out of 3,761. Before him are Fyodor Rostopchin (1763), Mikhail Prokhorov (1965), Yevhen Rudakov (1942), Ludvig Faddeev (1934), Ivan Mosjoukine (1889), and Boris Polevoy (1908). After him are Ekaterina Maximova (1939), Veijo Meri (1928), Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia (1906), Natalya Kovshova (1920), Anatoly Marchenko (1938), and Stanislav Govorukhin (1936).

Others born in Russia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Alexander Kemurdzhian ranks 26. Before him are Mikhail Yangel (1911), Alexei Tupolev (1925), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Alexander Lodygin (1847), and Vasily Mishin (1917). After him are Vladimir Petlyakov (1891), Semyon Lavochkin (1900), Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), Sergey Chaplygin (1869), Mikhail Simonov (1929), and Nikolay Kamov (1902).

Russian born Engineers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous