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Pavel Sukhoi

1895 - 1975

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Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (Russian: Павел Осипович Сухой; Belarusian: Павел Восіпавіч Сухі, Paviel Vosipavič Suchi; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Sukhoi designed military aircraft with Tupolev and Sukhoi for 50 years, and produced many notable Soviet planes such as the Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17, and Su-24. His planes set two altitude world records (1959, 1962) and two world speed records (1960, 1962). Sukhoi was honored in the Soviet Union as a Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded the Order of Lenin three times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Sukhoi is the 48th most popular engineer (down from 36th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Engineer.

Pavel Sukhoi is most famous for designing the Su-27, a Soviet fighter jet.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Pavel Sukhoi ranks 48 out of 389. Before him are Hugo Junkers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Villard de Honnecourt, Howard H. Aiken, Sergey Ilyushin, and Felix Wankel. After him are Viktor Bryukhanov, Bjarne Stroustrup, Marcello Gandini, Ernst Heinkel, Godfrey Hounsfield, and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Pavel Sukhoi ranks 69. Before him are Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Lewis Milestone, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Edna Purviance, Clara Haskil, and Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria. After him are Wilhelm Gustloff, Friedrich Jeckeln, Robert Graves, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Marcel Pagnol, and Lin Yutang. Among people deceased in 1975, Pavel Sukhoi ranks 34. Before him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Dong Biwu, Chivu Stoica, François Tombalbaye, Shojiro Sugimura, and Erich Kempka. After him are Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, G. I. Taylor, Éamon de Valera, Gottlob Berger, Julian Huxley, and P. G. Wodehouse.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Pavel Sukhoi ranks 24 out of 368. Before him are Zalman Shazar (1889), Yanka Kupala (1882), Léon Bakst (1866), Ossip Zadkine (1888), Isser Harel (1912), and Alexander Parvus (1867). After him are Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Zhores Alferov (1930), Yakub Kolas (1882), Raphael Lemkin (1900), Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), and Sophia of Minsk (1140).

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Among ENGINEERS In Belarus

Among engineers born in Belarus, Pavel Sukhoi ranks 1. After him are Ivan Yarkovsky (1844), and Sergei Tumansky (1901).

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