ENGINEER
Sergei Korolev
1906 - 1966
Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (12 January 1907 [O.S. 30 December 1906] – 14 January 1966) was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He invented the R-7 Rocket, Sputnik 1, and was involved in the launching of Laika, Sputnik 3, the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body, Belka and Strelka, the first human being, Yuri Gagarin, into space, Voskhod 1, and the first person, Alexei Leonov, to conduct a spacewalk. Although Korolev trained as an aircraft designer, his greatest strengths proved to be in design integration, organization and strategic planning. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Korolev has received more than 1,927,320 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Sergei Korolev is the 9th most popular engineer, the 32nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Engineer.
Sergei Korolev was a Russian engineer and one of the key figures in the Soviet space program. He is most famous for being the chief designer of the first satellite, Sputnik 1, and the first human-made object to orbit the Earth.
Memorability Metrics
1.9M
Page Views (PV)
70.27
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
69
Languages Editions (L)
5.28
Effective Languages (L*)
4.57
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Among ENGINEERS
Among engineers, Sergei Korolev ranks 9 out of 389. Before him are Mikhail Kalashnikov, Zhuge Liang, Wernher von Braun, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Frederick Winslow Taylor, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. After him are Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Umberto Nobile, André Citroën, Otto Lilienthal, Alexei Kosygin, and Leslie Groves.
Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMikhail Kalashnikov
1919 - 2013
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 3
Zhuge Liang
181 - 234
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 4
Wernher von Braun
1912 - 1977
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 5
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
1796 - 1832
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 6
Frederick Winslow Taylor
1856 - 1915
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 7
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 8
Sergei Korolev
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 9
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
1633 - 1707
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 10
Umberto Nobile
1885 - 1978
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 11
André Citroën
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 12
Otto Lilienthal
1848 - 1896
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 13
Alexei Kosygin
1904 - 1980
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 14
Leslie Groves
1896 - 1970
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 15
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1906, Sergei Korolev ranks 18. Before him are Albert Hofmann, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Victor Vasarely, Josephine Baker, Hassan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb. After him are Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Billy Wilder, Henri Charrière, Hans Bethe, Roberto Rossellini, and Ernst Ruska. Among people deceased in 1966, Sergei Korolev ranks 8. Before him are André Breton, Buster Keaton, Alberto Giacometti, Anna Akhmatova, Georges Lemaître, and Sayyid Qutb. After him are Ken Miles, Sepp Dietrich, Chester W. Nimitz, Jean Arp, Peter Debye, and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Others Born in 1906
Go to all RankingsAlbert Hofmann
CHEMIST
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 12
Maria Goeppert Mayer
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1972
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 13
Victor Vasarely
ARTIST
1906 - 1997
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 14
Josephine Baker
DANCER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 15
Hassan al-Banna
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1906 - 1949
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 16
Sayyid Qutb
WRITER
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 17
Sergei Korolev
ENGINEER
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 18
Faisal of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1975
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 19
Billy Wilder
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 2002
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 20
Henri Charrière
WRITER
1906 - 1973
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 21
Hans Bethe
PHYSICIST
1906 - 2005
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 22
Roberto Rossellini
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1977
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 23
Ernst Ruska
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1988
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 24
Others Deceased in 1966
Go to all RankingsAndré Breton
WRITER
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 2
Buster Keaton
ACTOR
1895 - 1966
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 3
Alberto Giacometti
SCULPTOR
1901 - 1966
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 4
Anna Akhmatova
WRITER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 5
Georges Lemaître
PHYSICIST
1894 - 1966
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 6
Sayyid Qutb
WRITER
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 7
Sergei Korolev
ENGINEER
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 8
Ken Miles
RACING DRIVER
1918 - 1966
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 9
Sepp Dietrich
COMPANION
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 10
Chester W. Nimitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 11
Jean Arp
ARTIST
1886 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 12
Peter Debye
PHYSICIST
1884 - 1966
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 13
Lal Bahadur Shastri
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1966
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 14
In Ukraine
Among people born in Ukraine, Sergei Korolev ranks 32 out of 1,365. Before him are Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Ludwig von Mises (1881), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), Vaslav Nijinsky (1889), and Edgar de Wahl (1867). After him are Wilhelm Reich (1897), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Moshe Sharett (1894), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836), and Leonid Kravchuk (1934).
Others born in Ukraine
Go to all RankingsÉlie Metchnikoff
BIOLOGIST
1845 - 1916
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 26
Ludwig von Mises
ECONOMIST
1881 - 1973
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 27
Kliment Voroshilov
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1969
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 28
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1916 - 1974
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 29
Vaslav Nijinsky
DANCER
1889 - 1950
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 30
Edgar de Wahl
LINGUIST
1867 - 1948
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 31
Sergei Korolev
ENGINEER
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 32
Wilhelm Reich
PSYCHOLOGIST
1897 - 1957
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 33
Ivan Mazepa
POLITICIAN
1639 - 1709
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 34
Moshe Sharett
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1965
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 35
Grigory Zinoviev
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1936
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 36
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
WRITER
1836 - 1895
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 37
Leonid Kravchuk
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2022
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 38
Among ENGINEERS In Ukraine
Among engineers born in Ukraine, Sergei Korolev ranks 1. After him are Valentin Glushko (1908), Yuri Kondratyuk (1897), Stephen Timoshenko (1878), Borys Paton (1918), Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), Markus Reiner (1886), Georgy Langemak (1898), and Sergey Volkov (1973).
Sergei Korolev
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 1
Valentin Glushko
1908 - 1989
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 2
Yuri Kondratyuk
1897 - 1942
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 3
Stephen Timoshenko
1878 - 1972
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 4
Borys Paton
1918 - 2020
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 5
Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov
1896 - 1964
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 6
Arkhip Lyulka
1908 - 1984
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 7
Markus Reiner
1886 - 1976
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 8
Georgy Langemak
1898 - 1938
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 9
Sergey Volkov
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 10