Pilota
Mathias Rust
1968 - presente

Mathias Rust
Mathias Rust (Wedel, 1º giugno 1968) è un aviatore e attivista tedesco, noto per l'impresa compiuta nel 1987 in piena guerra fredda, quando, pilotando un piccolo aereo da turismo, volò sino a Mosca riuscendo ad atterrare indenne sulla piazza Rossa, luogo simbolico del potere dell'Unione Sovietica. Studente e aviatore per passione, aveva intrapreso quel volo illegale dalla Germania Ovest, fino al cuore dell'Unione Sovietica, al fine di mostrare al mondo quello che lui intendeva come «un gesto simbolico, un volo come un ponte ideale: per comunicare ai leader dei due blocchi che la gente dalle due parti della cortina di ferro voleva solo vivere in pace». Il volo di Rust violò un sistema di difesa aerea ritenuto impenetrabile e per questo determinò grandi conseguenze sugli assetti di potere e di comando delle forze armate sovietiche, in quanto portò al licenziamento di molti alti ufficiali, tra cui il Sergej Sokolov, ministro della difesa e maresciallo dell'URSS, e il comandante in capo delle truppe di difesa aerea, Aleksandr Koldunov maresciallo di corpo, ex pilota e asso della grande guerra patriottica durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Leggi di più su Wikipedia
His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2024). Mathias Rust is the 17th most popular pilota (up from 20th in 2024), the 2,144th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,230th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Pilota.
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Among Pilotas
Among pilotas, Mathias Rust ranks 17 out of 71. Before him are Francis Gary Powers, Ivan Kozhedub, Hermann Graf, Chuck Yeager, Marina Raskova, and Valery Chkalov. After him are Joseph Kittinger, Amy Johnson, René Fonck, Igor Volk, Sarla Thakral, and Carl Gustaf von Rosen.
Most Popular Pilotas in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsFrancis Gary Powers
1929 - 1977
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 11
Ivan Kozhedub
1920 - 1991
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 12
Hermann Graf
1912 - 1988
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 13
Chuck Yeager
1923 - 2020
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 14
Marina Raskova
1912 - 1943
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 15
Valery Chkalov
1904 - 1938
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 16
Mathias Rust
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 17
Joseph Kittinger
1928 - 2022
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 18
Amy Johnson
1903 - 1941
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 19
René Fonck
1894 - 1953
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 20
Igor Volk
1937 - 2017
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 21
Sarla Thakral
1914 - 2008
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 22
Carl Gustaf von Rosen
1909 - 1977
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 23
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1968, Mathias Rust ranks 59. Before him are Ashley Judd, Sadyr Japarov, Mswati III, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Abdul Ghani Baradar, and DJ BoBo. After him are Évariste Ndayishimiye, Josh Brolin, Hervé Renard, Mateusz Morawiecki, Colin McRae, and Tracy Morgan.
Others Born in 1968
Go to all RankingsAshley Judd
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 53
Sadyr Japarov
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 54
Mswati III
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 55
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
NOBLEMAN
1968 - 2013
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 56
Abdul Ghani Baradar
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 57
DJ BoBo
MUSICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 58
Mathias Rust
PILOT
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 59
Évariste Ndayishimiye
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 60
Josh Brolin
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 61
Hervé Renard
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 62
Mateusz Morawiecki
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 63
Colin McRae
RACING DRIVER
1968 - 2007
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 64
Tracy Morgan
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 65
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Mathias Rust ranks 2,145 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (1795), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Princess Mathilde of Saxony (1863), Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (1772), Philipp Veit (1793), and Richard Hauptmann (1899). After him are Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Bruno Loerzer (1891), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Arp Schnitger (1648), Basil Valentine (1394), and Nicholas Mercator (1620).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsPrince Karl Theodor of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1875
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 2,139
Thomas C. Südhof
CHEMIST
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2,140
Princess Mathilde of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1933
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2,141
Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1772 - 1840
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,142
Philipp Veit
PAINTER
1793 - 1877
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,143
Richard Hauptmann
MAFIOSO
1899 - 1936
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,144
Mathias Rust
PILOT
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,145
Christian Ludwig Brehm
BIOLOGIST
1787 - 1864
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 2,146
Bruno Loerzer
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1960
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 2,147
Wilhelm Dörpfeld
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1853 - 1940
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 2,148
Arp Schnitger
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1648 - 1719
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 2,149
Basil Valentine
WRITER
1394 - 1450
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 2,150
Nicholas Mercator
MATHEMATICIAN
1620 - 1687
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 2,151
Among Pilotas In Germany
Among pilotas born in Germany, Mathias Rust ranks 4. Before him are Adolf Galland (1912), Ernst Udet (1896), and Hermann Graf (1912). After him are Helmut Wick (1915), and Gotthard Handrick (1908).
Adolf Galland
1912 - 1996
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 1
Ernst Udet
1896 - 1941
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 2
Hermann Graf
1912 - 1988
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 3
Mathias Rust
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 4
Helmut Wick
1915 - 1940
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 5
Gotthard Handrick
1908 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 6








































