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Sergey Ilyushin

1894 - 1977

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Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Ильюшин; 30 March [O.S. 18 March] 1894 – 9 February 1977) was a Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau. He designed the Il-2 Shturmovik, which made its maiden flight in 1939. It is the most produced warplane, and remains the second most-produced aircraft in history, with some 36,000+ built, behind the US Cessna 172. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergey Ilyushin is the 46th most popular engineer (down from 42nd in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 325th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Engineer.

Sergey Ilyushin was a Russian aircraft designer who designed many Soviet planes. He is most famous for his work on the IL-2 Sturmovik, which was the best fighter plane in World War II.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Sergey Ilyushin ranks 46 out of 389. Before him are Loránd Eötvös, Ildefons Cerdà, Hugo Junkers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Villard de Honnecourt, and Howard H. Aiken. After him are Felix Wankel, Pavel Sukhoi, Viktor Bryukhanov, Bjarne Stroustrup, Marcello Gandini, and Ernst Heinkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Sergey Ilyushin ranks 45. Before him are Wäinö Aaltonen, Martha Graham, Josef von Sternberg, Elisabeth of Romania, Nazli Sabri, and Walter Brennan. After him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Norman Rockwell, Paul Blobel, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Bessie Smith. Among people deceased in 1977, Sergey Ilyushin ranks 37. Before him are Ali Shariati, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Alexander Luria, Peter Finch, Modibo Keïta, and Steve Biko. After him are Groucho Marx, Francis Gary Powers, Gary Gilmore, John Dickson Carr, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Alia Al-Hussein.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergey Ilyushin ranks 333 out of 3,761. Before him are Pavlik Morozov (1918), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Yury of Moscow (1281), Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), and Nikolai Kondratiev (1892). After him are Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), Valery Leontiev (1949), Kirill Meretskov (1897), Henri Troyat (1911), and Nikolai Rubinstein (1835).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Sergey Ilyushin ranks 6. Before him are Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919), Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857), Alexei Kosygin (1904), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), and Andrei Tupolev (1888). After him are Mikhail Gurevich (1892), Viktor Belenko (1947), Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847), Vasily Degtyaryov (1880), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), and Fedor Tokarev (1871).

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