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Mstislav Keldysh

1911 - 1978

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Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (Russian: Мстисла́в Все́володович Ке́лдыш; 10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1911 – 24 June 1978) was a Soviet mathematician who worked as an engineer in the Soviet space program. He was the academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1946), President of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1961–1975), three-time Hero of Socialist Labour (1956, 1961, 1971), and fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1968). He was one of the key figures behind the Soviet space program. Among scientific circles of the USSR Keldysh was known by the epithet "the Chief Theoretician" in analogy with epithet "the Chief Designer" used for Sergei Korolev. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mstislav Keldysh is the 156th most popular engineer (down from 153rd in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Latvia (down from 62nd in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 156 out of 389. Before him are Sherif Ismail, Mikhail Yangel, Walter Hohmann, Gabriel Voisin, Giuseppe Colombo, and Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu. After him are Anton Flettner, John Bagot Glubb, Alec Issigonis, Ivan Yarkovsky, Pierre Berthier, and Ferdinand Alexander Porsche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 141. Before him are Carlos Marighella, David Ogilvy, Sidney Wood, José María Arguedas, Mikhail Yangel, and Merle Oberon. After him are Aliya bint Ali, Maclyn McCarty, William T. Stearn, Tilly Fleischer, George Borg Olivier, and Leah Goldberg. Among people deceased in 1978, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 104. Before him are Ángel Bossio, Jacques Bergier, Max Mallowan, Joe Davis, Jens Otto Krag, and George Maciunas. After him are Louis Prima, Gig Young, Carlos Chávez, Ivan Tyulenev, Jean Acker, and Lucius D. Clay.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 71 out of 323. Before him are Ferdinand Kettler (1655), Anatole Abragam (1914), Evika Siliņa (1975), Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884), Karl Eichwald (1795), and Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824). After him are Valdis Dombrovskis (1971), Morris Halle (1923), Vilis Lācis (1904), Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973), Alexander Kovalevsky (1840), and Vasiliy Ulrikh (1889).

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Among ENGINEERS In Latvia

Among engineers born in Latvia, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 1. After him are Eduard Totleben (1818).

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