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Mikhail Simonov

1929 - 2011

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Mikhail Petrovich Simonov (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Си́монов; 19 October 1929 – 4 March 2011) was a Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber, the Soviet Union's answer to the American F-15 Eagle. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Simonov coordinated the Su-27's sale to foreign governments, providing badly needed hard currency to the Russian government. In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1999.Simonov was born 19 October 1929 in Rostov-on-Don. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Simonov has received more than 28,040 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mikhail Simonov is the 267th most popular engineer (down from 262nd in 2019), the 1,658th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,619th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Russian Engineer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Mikhail Simonov has had the most page views in the with 21,064 views, followed by English (3,028), and Chinese (1,626). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (1,061.43%), Spanish (210.00%), and Malagasy (117.56%)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Mikhail Simonov ranks 267 out of 389Before him are Butler Lampson, Markus Reiner, Eugene Polley, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Ernest Goüin, and Sergey Chaplygin. After him are Boris Chertok, Verghese Kurien, Marcel Deprez, Hendrik Wade Bode, Fulgence Bienvenüe, and Louis Pouzin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Mikhail Simonov ranks 333Before him are Henri Pousseur, Rafael Chimishkyan, Halyna Sevruk, Azzeddine Laraki, Lúcio Lara, and Carlo Clerici. After him are Jeremy Thorpe, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Germain Derycke, Karin Lindberg, Princess Alix of Luxembourg, and Birgitta Trotzig. Among people deceased in 2011, Mikhail Simonov ranks 276Before him are Geraldine Ferraro, Clemar Bucci, Tura Satana, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Wilson Greatbatch, and Hans Apel. After him are Filoimea Telito, Boris Chertok, Gary Speed, Birgitta Trotzig, Milivoj Ašner, and Iya Savvina.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Simonov ranks 1,658 out of 3,761Before him are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1857), Inna Makarova (1926), Aleksandr Belyavsky (1932), Sergey Shakurov (1942), Vatslav Vorovsky (1871), and Nikolai Gastello (1907). After him are Dmitry Lavrinenko (1914), Alexander Gorbatov (1891), Vladimir Spivakov (1944), Ivan Kireyevsky (1806), Lev Chernyi (1890), and M. Ageyev (1898).

Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Mikhail Simonov ranks 37Before him are Yuri Artsutanov (1929), Alexander Mikulin (1895), Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921), Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902), and Sergey Chaplygin (1869). After him are Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900), Pavel Solovyov (1917), Marina Popovich (1931), Boris Lisunov (1898), Vladimir Barmin (1909), and Viktor Kozin (1953).