1911 - 1978
Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (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 120,248 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mstislav Keldysh is the 152nd most popular engineer (up from 174th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Latvia (up from 68th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Engineer.
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Among engineers, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 152 out of 323. Before him are Philippe LeBon, Riccardo Morandi, Gabriel Voisin, Li Kui, Kerim Kerimov, and Jorge Chávez. After him are Hellmuth Walter, Menno van Coehoorn, John Loudon McAdam, Alexander Mozhaysky, Georges Leclanché, and Ivan Yarkovsky.
1767 - 1804
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 146
1902 - 1989
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 147
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 148
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 149
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 150
1887 - 1910
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 151
1911 - 1978
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 152
1900 - 1980
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 153
1641 - 1704
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 154
1756 - 1836
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 155
1825 - 1890
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 156
1836 - 1882
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 157
1844 - 1902
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 158
Among people born in 1911, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 120. Before him are Renato Guttuso, Mikhail Yangel, Joseph Luns, Paul Goodman, Koçi Xoxe, and Brunhilde Pomsel. After him are Merle Oberon, Gustave Gilbert, Paul Carell, Anatoly Rybakov, Grote Reber, and Theodore Romzha. Among people deceased in 1978, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 87. Before him are Jacques Bergier, Edmundo Suárez, Emilio Portes Gil, Misao Tamai, George Maciunas, and Warren Weaver. After him are Jens Otto Krag, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Louis Prima, Jean Acker, Gunnar Nilsson, and Lucius D. Clay.
1911 - 1987
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 114
1911 - 1971
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 115
1911 - 2002
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 116
1911 - 1972
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 117
1911 - 1949
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 118
1911 - 2017
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 119
1911 - 1978
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 120
1911 - 1979
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 121
1911 - 1977
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 122
1911 - 1997
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 123
1911 - 1998
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 124
1911 - 2002
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 125
1911 - 1947
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 126
1912 - 1978
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 81
1916 - 1978
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 82
1890 - 1978
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 83
1903 - 1978
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 84
1931 - 1978
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 85
1894 - 1978
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 86
1911 - 1978
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 87
1914 - 1978
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 88
1906 - 1978
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 89
1910 - 1978
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 90
1893 - 1978
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 91
1948 - 1978
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 92
1898 - 1978
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 93
Among people born in Latvia, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 61 out of 284. Before him are Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Viktors Arājs (1910), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), and Pēteris Stučka (1865). After him are Aspazija (1865), Vasiliy Ulrikh (1889), Annie Londonderry (1870), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Herberts Cukurs (1900), and Vizma Belševica (1931).
1884 - 1923
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 55
1932 - 2011
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 56
1891 - 1945
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 57
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 58
1764 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 59
1865 - 1932
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 60
1911 - 1978
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 61
1865 - 1943
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 62
1889 - 1951
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 63
1870 - 1947
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 64
1894 - 1943
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 65
1900 - 1965
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 66
1931 - 2005
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 67
Among engineers born in Latvia, Mstislav Keldysh ranks 2. Before him are Eduard Totleben (1818).