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Semyon Lavochkin

1900 - 1960

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Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin (Russian: Семён Алексе́евич Ла́вочкин; 11 September 1900 - 9 June 1960) was a Soviet aerospace engineer, Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Lavochkin aircraft design bureau. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Semyon Lavochkin has received more than 62,816 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Semyon Lavochkin is the 208th most popular engineer (down from 194th in 2019), the 1,264th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,167th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Semyon Lavochkin ranks 208 out of 389Before him are Vladimir Petlyakov, Bassel al-Assad, Mikhail Koshkin, Alexey Sudayev, Arthur Morin, and Nikolay Makarov. After him are Benoît Fourneyron, François Hennebique, Agustín de Betancourt, Émile Lemoine, Louis Dollo, and Yuri Artsutanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Semyon Lavochkin ranks 160Before him are Catherine Hessling, Serge Poliakoff, Roberto Arlt, Jean Duvieusart, Boris Yefimov, and Jiří Wolker. After him are Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Bing Xin, Roy Harrod, Madeleine Renaud, Lee Beom-seok, and Juan d'Arienzo. Among people deceased in 1960, Semyon Lavochkin ranks 109Before him are Catherine Desnitski, Joseph Vendryes, Harry Schell, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Maud Menten, and Hisamuddin of Selangor. After him are Pavel Peter Gojdič, Móric Esterházy, Massimo Bontempelli, Zora Neale Hurston, Marcello Piacentini, and Auguste Herbin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Semyon Lavochkin ranks 1,264 out of 3,761Before him are Victor Pelevin (1962), Dmitry Karbyshev (1880), Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1878), Nina Bari (1901), Nikolay Makarov (1914), and Ekaterina Maximova (1939). After him are Valerian Zorin (1902), Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Mikhail Prishvin (1873), Hermann von Struve (1854), Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (1825), and Sergei Bodrov (1948).

Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Semyon Lavochkin ranks 30Before him are Vasily Mishin (1917), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexander Lodygin (1847), Vladimir Petlyakov (1891), Alexey Sudayev (1912), and Nikolay Makarov (1914). After him are Yuri Artsutanov (1929), Alexander Mikulin (1895), Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921), Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902), and Sergey Chaplygin (1869).