The Most Famous

Engineers from Ukraine

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This page contains a list of the greatest Ukrainians Engineers. The pantheon dataset contains 389 Engineers, 11 of which were born in Ukraine. This makes Ukraine the birth place of the 6th most number of Engineers behind Russia and Germany.

Top 10 Engineers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Ukrainians Engineers of all time. This list of famous Ukrainians Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Ukrainians Engineers.

  1. #1
    Photo of Sergei Korolev

    Sergei Korolev

    1906 - 1966

    HPI 73.6173 langs
    Sergei Korolev was a Russian engineer and one of the key figures in the Soviet space program. He is most famous for being the chief designer...Read moreShow less

    Sergei Korolev was a Russian engineer and one of the key figures in the Soviet space program. He is most famous for being the chief designer of the first satellite, Sputnik 1, and the first human-made object to orbit the Earth.

  2. #2
    Photo of Valentin Glushko

    Valentin Glushko

    1908 - 1989

    HPI 66.7945 langs
    Valentin Glushko was a Russian rocket engineer and the head of the Soviet space program for many years. He is most famous for his work on...Read moreShow less

    Valentin Glushko was a Russian rocket engineer and the head of the Soviet space program for many years. He is most famous for his work on the Soviet Union's first intercontinental ballistic missile, the R-7.

  3. #5
    Photo of Borys Paton

    Borys Paton

    1918 - 2020

    HPI 62.6929 langs
    Boris Paton is most famous for his work on the theory of the electron. He was a Soviet physicist who was a member of the Soviet Academy of...Read moreShow less

    Boris Paton is most famous for his work on the theory of the electron. He was a Soviet physicist who was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the author of many books and articles.

  4. #8
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    Leonid Toptunov

    1960 - 1986

    HPI 55.6715 langs
    Leonid Toptunov was a Soviet senior nuclear engineer best known for his role in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, where he was the...Read moreShow less

    Leonid Toptunov was a Soviet senior nuclear engineer best known for his role in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, where he was the shift supervisor during the ill-fated safety test that led to the reactor explosion. His actions and decisions during the incident have been the subject of extensive analysis regarding the disaster's causes.

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Ukrainians Engineers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Engineers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Engineers since 1700.

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