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Alexei Tupolev

1925 - 2001

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Aleksey Andreevich Tupolev (Russian: Алексе́й Андре́евич Ту́полев; 20 May 1925 – 12 May 2001) was a Soviet and later Russian aircraft designer who led the development of the first supersonic passenger jet, the Tupolev Tu-144. He also helped design the Buran space shuttle and the long-range heavy bomber Tu-2000, both of which were suspended for lack of funding. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexei Tupolev is the 170th most popular engineer (down from 152nd in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from Russia (down from 945th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alexei Tupolev ranks 170 out of 389. Before him are Essam Sharaf, Aurel Vlaicu, John Hughes, Hugo Eckener, Antoine de Chézy, and Peter Hirsch. After him are Riccardo Morandi, Gustave Whitehead, Louis Charles Breguet, Hanns Hörbiger, Alphonse Pénaud, and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alexei Tupolev ranks 200. Before him are Johnny Horton, Roy Medvedev, Theodore Hall, Andrei Sinyavsky, Solomon Perel, and Peter Hirsch. After him are Maureen Stapleton, Nina Lobkovskaya, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Zhores Medvedev, Sergei Salnikov, and David Warren. Among people deceased in 2001, Alexei Tupolev ranks 119. Before him are Ken Tyrrell, William T. Stearn, Michael Ritchie, Stefan Heym, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, and Aaliyah. After him are Barend Biesheuvel, Beatrice Straight, Josef Klaus, Edwin H. Colbert, Jason Miller, and Betty Everett.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexei Tupolev ranks 1,006 out of 3,761. Before him are Yusuf Akçura (1876), Kondraty Ryleyev (1795), Yakov Protazanov (1881), Yekaterina Furtseva (1910), Alexander Tcherepnin (1899), and Leah Goldberg (1911). After him are Zinaida Greceanîi (1956), Alexander Zinoviev (1922), Anatoli Boukreev (1958), Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov (1907), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), and Nikolai Zverev (1832).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Alexei Tupolev ranks 21. Before him are Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Ivan Sechenov (1829), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Georgy Shpagin (1897), Vitaly Abalakov (1906), and Mikhail Yangel (1911). After him are Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Alexander Lodygin (1847), Vasily Mishin (1917), Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921), and Vladimir Petlyakov (1891).

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