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Mikhail Koshkin
1898 - 1940
Mikhail Koshkin
Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin (Russian: Михаи́л Ильи́ч Ко́шкин; 3 December 1898, Brynchagi, Yaroslavl Oblast – 26 September 1940) was a Soviet tank designer, chief designer of the famous T-34 medium tank. The T-34 was the most produced tank of World War II. He started out in life as a confectioner, but then studied engineering. In 1937, the Red Army assigned him to lead design bureau KB-190 to design a replacement for the BT tanks at the Kharkiv Komintern Locomotive Plant (KhPZ) in Kharkiv. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Koshkin has received more than 113,559 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Koshkin is the 201st most popular engineer (down from 187th in 2019).
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Among ENGINEERS
Among engineers, Mikhail Koshkin ranks 201 out of 323. Before him are Vasily Mishin, Semyon Lavochkin, Adolphe Alphand, Eugen Sänger, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, and Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu. After him are Wilhelm Nusselt, Pierre-François Bouchard, Charles F. Brush, Preston Tucker, Ed Heinemann, and Charles Renard.
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Vasily Mishin
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HPI: 50.98
Rank: 195
Semyon Lavochkin
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HPI: 50.92
Rank: 196
Adolphe Alphand
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HPI: 50.84
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Eugen Sänger
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Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse
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Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu
1887 - 1973
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 200
Mikhail Koshkin
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 201
Wilhelm Nusselt
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HPI: 50.70
Rank: 202
Pierre-François Bouchard
1771 - 1822
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 203
Charles F. Brush
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HPI: 50.63
Rank: 204
Preston Tucker
1903 - 1956
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 205
Ed Heinemann
1908 - 1991
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 206
Charles Renard
1847 - 1905
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 207
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1898, Mikhail Koshkin ranks 136. Before him are Karl Koller, Alfons Gorbach, Albert Lutuli, Dámaso Alonso, Josep Sunyol, and Franz Bäke. After him are Erich Bey, Eduard Pütsep, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Lev Knipper, Pyotr Leshchenko, and Ira Sprague Bowen. Among people deceased in 1940, Mikhail Koshkin ranks 100. Before him are Walter Hasenclever, Helmut Wick, Pierre Weiss, Gunnar Höckert, Vítězslava Kaprálová, and Wehib Pasha. After him are Janusz Kusociński, Ernst Weiss, Janina Lewandowska, Tom Mix, Phoebus Levene, and Raymond Smith Dugan.
Others Born in 1898
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Karl Koller
1898 - 1951
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 130
Alfons Gorbach
1898 - 1972
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 131
Albert Lutuli
1898 - 1967
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 132
Dámaso Alonso
1898 - 1990
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 133
Josep Sunyol
1898 - 1936
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 134
Franz Bäke
1898 - 1978
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 135
Mikhail Koshkin
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 136
Erich Bey
1898 - 1943
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 137
Eduard Pütsep
1898 - 1960
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 138
Carl-Gustaf Rossby
1898 - 1957
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 139
Lev Knipper
1898 - 1974
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 140
Pyotr Leshchenko
1898 - 1954
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 141
Ira Sprague Bowen
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 142
Others Deceased in 1940
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Walter Hasenclever
1890 - 1940
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 94
Helmut Wick
1915 - 1940
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 95
Pierre Weiss
1865 - 1940
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 96
Gunnar Höckert
1910 - 1940
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 97
Vítězslava Kaprálová
1915 - 1940
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 98
Wehib Pasha
1877 - 1940
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 99
Mikhail Koshkin
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 100
Janusz Kusociński
1907 - 1940
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 101
Ernst Weiss
1882 - 1940
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 102
Janina Lewandowska
1908 - 1940
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 103
Tom Mix
1880 - 1940
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 104
Phoebus Levene
1869 - 1940
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 105
Raymond Smith Dugan
1878 - 1940
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 106
