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Mstislav Keldysh

1911 - 1978

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Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (‹See Tfd›Russian: Мстисла́в Все́володович Ке́лдыш; 10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1911 – 24 June 1978) was a Soviet mathematician who worked as an engineer in the Soviet space program. He was the academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1946), President of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1961–1975), three-time Hero of Socialist Labour (1956, 1961, 1971), and fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1968). He was one of the key figures behind the Soviet space program. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mstislav Keldysh has received more than 136,585 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Mstislav Keldysh is the 153rd most popular engineer (down from 147th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Latvia and the 2nd most popular Latvian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 153 out of 389. Before him are Yahya Ayyash, Joseph Strauss, Georgy Babakin, William Playfair, Mikhail Yangel, and Alexei Tupolev. After him are Adolphe Alphand, Léon Charles Thévenin, Henryk Dembiński, Gérard Larrousse, Philippe LeBon, and Anton Flettner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 124. Before him are Carlos Marighella, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Mark Bernes, Joseph Alcazar, Mikhail Yangel, and Peter van Eyck. After him are Tilly Fleischer, Pierre Harmel, Harry Andrews, Randolph Churchill, Birger Ruud, and Nikolai Kuznetsov. Among people deceased in 1978, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 93. Before him are Edmundo Suárez, Leo Genn, Hans Stuck, Emilio Portes Gil, Max Mallowan, and George Maciunas. After him are Henryk Zygalski, Jacques Brugnon, Joe Davis, Semyon Krivoshein, Ivan Tyulenev, and Gig Young.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 61 out of 323. Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Ferdinand Kettler (1655), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), Jānis Pujats (1930), Pēteris Stučka (1865), and Paul Walden (1863). After him are Max Weinreich (1894), Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973), Vilis Lācis (1904), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Alfred Neuland (1895), and Vasiliy Ulrikh (1889).

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Among ENGINEERS In Latvia

Among engineers born in Latvia, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 2. Before him are Eduard Totleben (1818).

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