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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

1857 - 1935

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Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Russian: Константин Эдуардович Циолковский, IPA: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj] ; 17 September [O.S. 5 September] 1857 – 19 September 1935) was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the founding father of modern rocketry and astronautics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky has received more than 1,163,842 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is the 8th most popular engineer, the 103rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 98th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Engineer.

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 ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 8 out of 389. Before him are Gottlieb Daimler, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Zhuge Liang, Wernher von Braun, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, and Frederick Winslow Taylor. After him are Sergei Korolev, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Umberto Nobile, André Citroën, Otto Lilienthal, and Alexei Kosygin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 12. Before him are Clara Zetkin, Joseph Conrad, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Alfonso XII of Spain, and Henrik Pontoppidan. After him are William Howard Taft, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Alfred Binet, Theo van Gogh, Eugen Bleuler, and Alexander of Battenberg. Among people deceased in 1935, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 11. Before him are Józef Piłsudski, Fernando Pessoa, Paul Signac, Emmy Noether, Arthur Henderson, and Alban Berg. After him are Astrid of Sweden, André Citroën, Carlos Gardel, Auguste Escoffier, Victor Grignard, and Charles Richet.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 103 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Konev (1897), Alexander Glazunov (1865), Lev Kamenev (1883), Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850), Alexander Alekhine (1892), and Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893). After him are Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), Tokhtamysh (1342), Ilya Prigogine (1917), Sergey Lavrov (1950), Vladimir Komarov (1927), and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ranks 2. Before him are Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919). After him are Alexei Kosygin (1904), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Andrei Tupolev (1888), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Viktor Belenko (1947), Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847), Mikhail Gurevich (1892), Mikhail Mil (1909), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), and Fedor Tokarev (1871).

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