1912 - 2011
Boris Yevseyevich Chertok (Russian: Бори́с Евсе́евич Черто́к; 14 March [O.S. 1 March] 1912 – 14 December 2011) was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, mainly working in control systems, and later found employment in Roscosmos. Major responsibility under his guidance was primarily based on computerized control system of the Russian missiles and rocketry system, and authored the four-volume book Rockets and People– the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program. From 1974, he was the deputy chief designer of the Korolev design bureau, the space aircraft designer bureau which he started working for in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Chertok has received more than 64,578 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Boris Chertok is the 254th most popular engineer (down from 246th in 2019), the 861st most popular biography from Poland (down from 787th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Engineer.
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Among engineers, Boris Chertok ranks 254 out of 323. Before him are Oskar von Miller, Robert Mallet, Peter Chen, Gerhard Fieseler, Essam Sharaf, and Robert W. Paul. After him are James B. Francis, Rudy Van Gelder, Frederick Terman, Louis Vicat, Hans Moravec, and Louis Pouzin.
1855 - 1934
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 248
1810 - 1881
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 249
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 250
1896 - 1987
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 251
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 252
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 253
1912 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 254
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 255
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 256
1900 - 1982
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 257
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 258
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 259
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 260
Among people born in 1912, Boris Chertok ranks 240. Before him are Iuliu Bodola, Tadashi Imai, Michael Wilding, Givi Javakhishvili, Viviane Romance, and John Frost. After him are Roberto Emílio da Cunha, José Iraragorri, Albert Richter, Morris Louis, Miklós Szabados, and Jean Vilar. Among people deceased in 2011, Boris Chertok ranks 246. Before him are Maurice Guigue, Karl Aage Præst, Nilla Pizzi, Juan Arza, Jeff Conaway, and Tatyana Lioznova. After him are Héctor Núñez, Bert Jansch, Jean Tabary, Theodore Roszak, Luiz Bueno, and Tura Satana.
1912 - 1992
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 234
1912 - 1991
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 235
1912 - 1979
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 236
1912 - 1985
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 237
1912 - 1991
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 238
1912 - 1993
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 239
1912 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 240
1912 - 1977
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 241
1912 - 1983
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 242
1912 - 1940
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 243
1912 - 1962
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 244
1912 - 1962
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 245
1912 - 1971
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 246
1912 - 2011
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 240
1922 - 2011
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 241
1919 - 2011
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 242
1923 - 2011
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 243
1950 - 2011
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 244
1924 - 2011
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 245
1912 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 246
1936 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 247
1943 - 2011
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 248
1930 - 2011
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 249
1933 - 2011
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 250
1937 - 2011
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 251
1938 - 2011
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 252
Among people born in Poland, Boris Chertok ranks 861 out of 1,454. Before him are Jacob Talmon (1916), Józef Szmidt (1935), O. E. Hasse (1903), Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621), Mascha Kaléko (1907), and Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886). After him are Hanna Krall (1935), Władysław Taczanowski (1819), Fritz Stern (1926), Otto Toeplitz (1881), Heinrich Göppert (1800), and Max Berg (1870).
1916 - 1980
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 855
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 856
1903 - 1978
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 857
1621 - 1693
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 858
1907 - 1975
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 859
1886 - 1981
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 860
1912 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 861
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 862
1819 - 1890
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 863
1926 - 2016
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 864
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 865
1800 - 1884
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 866
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 867
Among engineers born in Poland, Boris Chertok ranks 9. Before him are Hans Kammler (1901), Adam Czerniaków (1880), Józef Bem (1794), Henryk Dembiński (1791), Walter Thiel (1910), and Johannes Winkler (1897).
1901 - 1945
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 3
1880 - 1942
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 4
1794 - 1850
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 5
1791 - 1864
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 6
1910 - 1943
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 7
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 8
1912 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 9