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Artem Mikoyan

1905 - 1970

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Artem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan (Russian: Артём Ива́нович Микоя́н; Armenian: Արտյոմ (Անուշավան) Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան, romanized: Artyom (Anushavan) Hovhannesi Mikoyan; 5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 – 9 December 1970) was a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer, who cofounded the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau along with Mikhail Gurevich. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artem Mikoyan is the 22nd most popular engineer (up from 24th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Engineer.

Artem Mikoyan is most famous for his contributions to the Soviet aviation industry. He was a major player in the design of the MiG-15, MiG-21, and MiG-25 fighters.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Artem Mikoyan ranks 22 out of 389. Before him are Otto Lilienthal, Umberto Nobile, Fritz Todt, Anatoly Dyatlov, Jack Kilby, and Andrei Tupolev. After him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Banū Mūsā, Leslie Groves, Hans Albert Einstein, August Horch, and Willy Messerschmitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Artem Mikoyan ranks 25. Before him are Felix Bloch, Marcel Lefebvre, Vasily Grossman, Arthur Koestler, Raymond Aron, and Ulf von Euler. After him are Guillermo Stábile, Władysław Gomułka, Gerard Kuiper, Gertrude Ederle, C. P. Snow, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Among people deceased in 1970, Artem Mikoyan ranks 29. Before him are Rudolf Carnap, Heinrich Brüning, Alfred Newman, Jochen Rindt, Napoleon Hill, and Eric Berne. After him are Vladimir Propp, Leslie Groves, Hugh Dowding, Bruce McLaren, Italo Gariboldi, and Frances Farmer.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Artem Mikoyan ranks 6 out of 163. Before him are George Gurdjieff (1866), Tigranes the Great (-140), Gregory the Illuminator (257), Leo V the Armenian (775), and Anastas Mikoyan (1895). After him are Shirkuh (1100), Tiridates III of Armenia (255), Hayk (410), Vologases V (130), Najm ad-Din Ayyub (1100), and Servatius of Tongeren (400).

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Among ENGINEERS In Armenia

Among engineers born in Armenia, Artem Mikoyan ranks 1. 

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