INVENTOR
Oleg Antonov
1906 - 1984
Oleg Antonov
Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Russian: Олег Константинович Антонов, Ukrainian: Олег Костянтинович Антонов, romanized: Oleh Kostiantynovych Antonov; 7 February 1906 – 4 April 1984) was a Soviet aeroplane designer, and the founder of the Antonov Design Bureau in Kyiv, Ukraine, named in his honour. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oleg Antonov has received more than 45,155 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Oleg Antonov is the 70th most popular inventor (up from 71st in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Russia (up from 236th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Inventor.
Oleg Antonov is most famous for his Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.
Memorability Metrics
45k
Page Views (PV)
64.44
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
42
Languages Editions (L)
6.88
Effective Languages (L*)
3.06
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Oleg Antonov ranks 70 out of 426. Before him are Cornelis Drebbel, John Browning, Étienne Lenoir, John Deere, Jacques Piccard, and Paul Gottlieb Nipkow. After him are Josephine Cochrane, Les Paul, George Eastman, Claude Chappe, Charles K. Kao, and Kōnosuke Matsushita.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsCornelis Drebbel
1572 - 1633
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 64
John Browning
1855 - 1926
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 65
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 66
John Deere
1804 - 1886
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 67
Jacques Piccard
1922 - 2008
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 68
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 69
Oleg Antonov
1906 - 1984
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 70
Josephine Cochrane
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 71
Les Paul
1915 - 2009
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 72
George Eastman
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 73
Claude Chappe
1763 - 1805
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 74
Charles K. Kao
1933 - 2018
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 75
Kōnosuke Matsushita
1894 - 1989
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 76
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1906, Oleg Antonov ranks 46. Before him are Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Albert Sabin, Vladimir Prelog, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marcel Carné, and Clyde Tombaugh. After him are Empress Wanrong, John Huston, James E. Webb, Robert E. Howard, Marie José of Belgium, and Marcelo Caetano. Among people deceased in 1984, Oleg Antonov ranks 25. Before him are Karl Wolff, Irwin Shaw, Sam Peckinpah, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Anna Anderson, and Truman Capote. After him are Pyotr Kapitsa, Marvin Gaye, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Dmitry Ustinov, Stanley Milgram, and Vicente Aleixandre.
Others Born in 1906
Go to all RankingsShin'ichirō Tomonaga
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1979
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 40
Albert Sabin
PHYSICIAN
1906 - 1993
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 41
Vladimir Prelog
CHEMIST
1906 - 1998
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 42
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1989
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 43
Marcel Carné
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1996
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 44
Clyde Tombaugh
ASTRONOMER
1906 - 1997
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 45
Oleg Antonov
INVENTOR
1906 - 1984
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 46
Empress Wanrong
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1946
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 47
John Huston
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1987
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 48
James E. Webb
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1992
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 49
Robert E. Howard
WRITER
1906 - 1936
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 50
Marie José of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1906 - 2001
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 51
Marcelo Caetano
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 52
Others Deceased in 1984
Go to all RankingsKarl Wolff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 19
Irwin Shaw
WRITER
1913 - 1984
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 20
Sam Peckinpah
FILM DIRECTOR
1925 - 1984
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 21
Ahmed Sékou Touré
POLITICIAN
1922 - 1984
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 22
Anna Anderson
CELEBRITY
1896 - 1984
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 23
Truman Capote
WRITER
1924 - 1984
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 24
Oleg Antonov
INVENTOR
1906 - 1984
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 25
Pyotr Kapitsa
PHYSICIST
1894 - 1984
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 26
Marvin Gaye
SINGER
1939 - 1984
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 27
Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
PILOT
1892 - 1984
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 28
Dmitry Ustinov
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1984
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 29
Stanley Milgram
PSYCHOLOGIST
1933 - 1984
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 30
Vicente Aleixandre
WRITER
1898 - 1984
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 31
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Oleg Antonov ranks 227 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Alexander Oparin (1894), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Nikolay Basov (1922), Vasily I of Moscow (1371), and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883). After him are Bruno Taut (1880), Sabina Spielrein (1885), Ivan Kramskoi (1837), Gennady Yanayev (1937), Algirdas Julien Greimas (1917), and Ilya Frank (1908).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsGrand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 221
Alexander Oparin
BIOLOGIST
1894 - 1980
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 222
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1827 - 1892
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 223
Nikolay Basov
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2001
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 224
Vasily I of Moscow
POLITICIAN
1371 - 1425
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 225
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
WRITER
1883 - 1945
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 226
Oleg Antonov
INVENTOR
1906 - 1984
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 227
Bruno Taut
ARCHITECT
1880 - 1938
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 228
Sabina Spielrein
PSYCHOLOGIST
1885 - 1942
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 229
Ivan Kramskoi
PAINTER
1837 - 1887
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 230
Gennady Yanayev
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2010
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 231
Algirdas Julien Greimas
LINGUIST
1917 - 1992
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 232
Ilya Frank
PHYSICIST
1908 - 1990
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 233
Among INVENTORS In Russia
Among inventors born in Russia, Oleg Antonov ranks 1. After him are Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), Léon Theremin (1896), Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), Lucien Olivier (1838), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Ivan Kulibin (1735), Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), Ivan Polzunov (1728), and Rostislav Alexeyev (1916).
Oleg Antonov
1906 - 1984
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 1
Vladimir K. Zworykin
1888 - 1982
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 2
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
1859 - 1906
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 3
Léon Theremin
1896 - 1993
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 4
Nikolai Kardashev
1932 - 2019
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 5
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
1862 - 1919
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 6
Lucien Olivier
1838 - 1883
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 7
Pavel Yablochkov
1847 - 1894
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 8
Ivan Kulibin
1735 - 1818
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 9
Alexandre Alexeieff
1901 - 1982
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 10
Ivan Polzunov
1728 - 1766
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 11
Rostislav Alexeyev
1916 - 1980
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 12