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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

1857 - 1935

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Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovski (em russo: Константин Эдуардович Циолковский; Izhevskoye, 17 de setembro [Calend. juliano: 5 de setembro] de 1857 — Kaluga, 19 de setembro de 1935) foi um cientista de foguetes russo e soviético e pioneiro na teoria astronáutica. Junto do francês Robert Esnault-Pelterie, o alemão Hermann Oberth e o americano Robert H. Goddard, ele é considerado como sendo um dos pais fundadores do foguetismo e astronáutica moderna. Seus trabalhos posteriormente inspiraram engenheiros como Sergei Korolev e Valentin Glushko e contribuiu para o sucesso do programa espacial soviético. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2024). Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is the 10th most popular engenheiro (down from 8th in 2024), the 133rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Engenheiro.

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is most famous for his work in rocketry and space exploration. He was a pioneer in the field of astronautics and is often called "the father of rocketry."

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Among Engenheiros

Among engenheiros, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 10 out of 389Before him are Mikhail Kalashnikov, Zhuge Liang, Wernher von Braun, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, William John Macquorn Rankine, and Frederick Winslow Taylor. After him are Alexei Kosygin, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, José Echegaray, Sergei Korolev, André Citroën, and Otto Lilienthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 15Before him are Joseph Conrad, Henrik Pontoppidan, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Alfonso XII of Spain, William Howard Taft, and Ronald Ross. After him are Alfred Binet, Theo van Gogh, Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, and Paul Doumer. Among people deceased in 1935, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 13Before him are T. E. Lawrence, Paul Signac, Victor Grignard, Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, and Auguste Escoffier. After him are Astrid of Sweden, Charles Richet, André Citroën, Henri Barbusse, Carlos Gardel, and Hugo de Vries.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 133 out of 3,761Before him are Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Mily Balakirev (1837), Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Pavel Cherenkov (1904), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), and Vasily Chuikov (1900). After him are Valery Legasov (1936), Alexei Kosygin (1904), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alexei Rykov (1881), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), and Ivan V of Russia (1666).

Among Engenheiros In Russia

Among engenheiros born in Russia, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 2Before him are Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919). After him are Alexei Kosygin (1904), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Andrei Tupolev (1888), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Mikhail Gurevich (1892), Viktor Belenko (1947), Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847), Vasily Degtyaryov (1880), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), and Fedor Tokarev (1871).

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