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Stephen Timoshenko

1878 - 1972

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Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko (Ukrainian: Степан Прокопович Тимошенко, romanized: Stepan Prokopovych Tymoshenko, Ukrainian pronunciation: [steˈpan proˈkɔpoʋet͡ʃ tɪmoˈʃɛnko]; Russian: Степан Прокофьевич Тимошенко, romanized: Stepan Prokofyevich Timoshenko, [sʲtʲɪˈpan prɐˈkofʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪmɐˈʂɛnkə]; December 22 [O.S. December 10] 1878 – May 29, 1972), later known as Stephen Timoshenko, was a Ukrainian and later an American engineer and academician. He is considered to be the father of modern engineering mechanics. An inventor and one of the pioneering mechanical engineers at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Timoshenko is the 103rd most popular engineer (up from 107th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 279th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Stephen Timoshenko ranks 103 out of 389. Before him are Vasily Degtyaryov, Paul Cornu, Hans Ledwinka, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, André Courrèges, and Jimmy Doolittle. After him are Fedor Tokarev, Herman Potočnik, Viktor Kaplan, John A. Roebling, Álvaro del Portillo, and Lu Ban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Stephen Timoshenko ranks 73. Before him are Upton Sinclair, Edward Kasner, Hans Ledwinka, Franz Schreker, Lionel Barrymore, and Felix Bernstein. After him are Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Charles Joughin, Mikhail Artsybashev, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Alexander Tamanian. Among people deceased in 1972, Stephen Timoshenko ranks 75. Before him are René Mayer, George Sanders, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Viktor Barna, Paul Goodman, and Maximus V of Constantinople. After him are Prescott Bush, Harold Rainsford Stark, Alejandra Pizarnik, Ross Bagdasarian, Watchman Nee, and Chen Yi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Stephen Timoshenko ranks 278 out of 1,365. Before him are Moisei Uritsky (1873), Igor II of Kiev (1100), Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101), Natan Sharansky (1948), Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941), and Igor Svyatoslavich (1151). After him are Joseph Kobzon (1937), Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842), Naftali Herz Imber (1856), Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), Arseny Tarkovsky (1907), and Polina Zhemchuzhina (1897).

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Among ENGINEERS In Ukraine

Among engineers born in Ukraine, Stephen Timoshenko ranks 4. Before him are Sergei Korolev (1906), Valentin Glushko (1908), and Yuri Kondratyuk (1897). After him are Borys Paton (1918), Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), Markus Reiner (1886), Georgy Langemak (1898), and Sergey Volkov (1973).

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