1926 - 1998
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf], 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Naval officer who is known for preventing a Soviet nuclear torpedo launch during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The course of events that would have followed such a launch cannot be known, but various speculations have been advanced, up to and including global thermonuclear war. As flotilla chief of staff as well as executive officer of the diesel powered submarine B-59, Arkhipov refused to authorize the captain and the political officer to use nuclear torpedoes against the United States Navy, a decision that required the agreement of all three officers. In 2002, Thomas S. Blanton, then director of the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Arkhipov has received more than 1,135,787 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Vasily Arkhipov is the 366th most popular military personnel (up from 414th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Russia (up from 350th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Military Personnel.
Vasily Arkhipov was a Soviet naval officer who is most famous for refusing to authorize the use of nuclear weapons against the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Among military personnels, Vasily Arkhipov ranks 366 out of 1,468. Before him are Thrasybulus, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Otto Kretschmer, Huang Zhong, Kul Tigin, and Georg von Frundsberg. After him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Datis, Henri Giraud, Choe Yeong, and Luigi Cadorna.
440 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 360
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 361
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 362
148 - 220
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 363
685 - 731
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 364
1473 - 1528
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 365
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 366
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 367
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 368
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 369
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 370
1316 - 1388
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 371
1850 - 1928
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 372
Among people born in 1926, Vasily Arkhipov ranks 54. Before him are Steve Reeves, Alcides Ghiggia, Tony Bennett, Murray Rothbard, Paul Berg, and Tsung-Dao Lee. After him are Ingrid Thulin, George Martin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Sergio Corbucci, Noah Gordon, and Abdus Salam. Among people deceased in 1998, Vasily Arkhipov ranks 20. Before him are Vladimir Prelog, Raymond Cattell, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Theodore Schultz, Frederick Reines, and Otto Kretschmer. After him are Alfred Schnittke, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Falco, Bob Kane, George H. Hitchings, and Galina Ulanova.
1926 - 2000
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 48
1926 - 2015
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 49
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 50
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 51
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 52
1926 - Present
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 53
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 54
1926 - 2004
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 55
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 56
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 57
1926 - 1990
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 58
1926 - 2021
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 59
1926 - 1996
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 60
1906 - 1998
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 14
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 15
1907 - 1998
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 16
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 17
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 18
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 19
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 20
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 21
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 22
1957 - 1998
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 23
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 24
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 25
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 26
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Arkhipov ranks 306 out of 3,262. Before him are Mykola Azarov (1947), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), and Lydia Litvyak (1921). After him are Varlam Shalamov (1907), Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), and Pavlik Morozov (1918).
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 300
1831 - 1891
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 301
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 302
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 303
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 304
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 305
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 306
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 307
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 308
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 309
1784 - 1803
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 310
1848 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 311
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 312
Among military personnels born in Russia, Vasily Arkhipov ranks 29. Before him are Dmitry Yazov (1924), Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Andrei Grechko (1903), Kirill Meretskov (1897), and Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737). After him are Leonid Govorov (1897), Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), and Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848).
1924 - 2020
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 23
1894 - 1949
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 24
1862 - 1933
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 25
1903 - 1976
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 26
1897 - 1968
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 27
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 28
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 29
1897 - 1955
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 30
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 31
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 32
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 33
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 34
1848 - 1909
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 35