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Alexander P. de Seversky

1894 - 1974

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Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Проко́фьев-Се́верский) (June 7, 1894 (N.S.) – August 24, 1974) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander P. de Seversky has received more than 153,802 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander P. de Seversky is the 291st most popular inventor (down from 273rd in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 140th in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alexander P. de Seversky ranks 291 out of 426Before him are Walter Zapp, Jacob Perkins, Nils Bohlin, Lester Allan Pelton, Kenjiro Takayanagi, and Ivan Kulibin. After him are Alexandre Alexeieff, Jacob Ellehammer, Henry M. Leland, Štefan Banič, Rowland Hill, and George Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Alexander P. de Seversky ranks 169Before him are Vladimir Triandafillov, Goro Yamada, Edgar Jung, Oskar Maria Graf, Wilhelm Hasse, and Norma Talmadge. After him are Lisa Tetzner, Kurt Blome, Yakov Frenkel, Henryk Sławik, Edwin Linkomies, and Jack Benny. Among people deceased in 1974, Alexander P. de Seversky ranks 146Before him are Hertta Kuusinen, Carl Spaatz, Karl Sesta, José Miró Cardona, Cora Sandel, and Wolfgang Windgassen. After him are Elisabeth Abegg, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma, Jack Benny, Kick Smit, and Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Alexander P. de Seversky ranks 174 out of 406Before him are Tamar Abakelia (1905), Tengiz Sigua (1934), Kakhi Asatiani (1947), Grigol Abashidze (1914), Gurgen Dalibaltayan (1926), and Alexander Kazbegi (1848). After him are Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888), Ioane Petritsi (1050), Tengiz Sulakvelidze (1956), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Lado Gudiashvili (1896), and Vasily Abaev (1900).

Among INVENTORS In Georgia

Among inventors born in Georgia, Alexander P. de Seversky ranks 1