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Mikhail Yangel

1911 - 1971

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Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (Russian: Михаил Кузьмич Янгель; 7 November 1911 – 25 October 1971), was a Soviet engineer born in Irkutsk who was the leading designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Yangel is the 151st most popular engineer, the 933rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 934th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Mikhail Yangel ranks 151 out of 389. Before him are Vitaly Abalakov, Franz Reuleaux, John Scott Russell, Hellmuth Walter, Marc Seguin, and Sherif Ismail. After him are Walter Hohmann, Gabriel Voisin, Giuseppe Colombo, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Mstislav Keldysh, and Anton Flettner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Mikhail Yangel ranks 139. Before him are Otto Baum, Leopold Kielholz, Carlos Marighella, David Ogilvy, Sidney Wood, and José María Arguedas. After him are Merle Oberon, Mstislav Keldysh, Aliya bint Ali, Maclyn McCarty, William T. Stearn, and Tilly Fleischer. Among people deceased in 1971, Mikhail Yangel ranks 96. Before him are Frank Wolff, H. A. R. Gibb, Georgi Asparuhov, James Alberione, Mikhail Romm, and Antonio Bacci. After him are James Waddell Alexander II, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Koichi Kudo, Fritz von Opel, Philo Farnsworth, and Dimitrios Loundras.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Yangel ranks 933 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Sobyanin (1958), Nikolai Luzin (1883), Oskari Friman (1893), Viktoria Brezhneva (1907), Alexander Shliapnikov (1885), and Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin (1734). After him are Konstantin Feoktistov (1926), Walter Krupinski (1920), Franz Overbeck (1837), Yuri Temirkanov (1938), Emil Wiechert (1861), and Andrey Myagkov (1938).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Mikhail Yangel ranks 20. Before him are Sergei Khrushchev (1935), Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Ivan Sechenov (1829), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Georgy Shpagin (1897), and Vitaly Abalakov (1906). After him are Alexei Tupolev (1925), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Alexander Lodygin (1847), Vasily Mishin (1917), and Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921).

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