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Vladimir Ilyushin

1927 - 2010

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Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin (Russian: Владимир Серге́евич Ильюшин; 31 March 1927 – 1 March 2010) was a Russian military officer and a test pilot in the former Soviet space program. Ilyushin was son of Sergey Ilyushin whose career spent mostly as a test pilot for the Sukhoi OKB (a rival of Ilyushin OKB). After retiring from the space program, Ilyushin became a sport administrator and was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame (then known as the IRB Hall of Fame) in 2013.In 1961, Ilyushin was the subject of a conspiracy theory that he, rather than Yuri Gagarin, was the first cosmonaut in space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Ilyushin has received more than 326,806 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Vladimir Ilyushin is the 23rd most popular pilot, the 862nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 818th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Pilot.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vladimir Ilyushins by language

Over the past year Vladimir Ilyushin has had the most page views in the with 30,188 views, followed by Russian (20,897), and German (4,599). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (285.71%), Javanese (69.57%), and Slovak (61.85%)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Vladimir Ilyushin ranks 23 out of 71. Before him are Joseph Kittinger, Valery Chkalov, René Fonck, Mathias Rust, Claire Lee Chennault, and Janina Lewandowska. After him are Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Amy Johnson, Amet-khan Sultan, Igor Volk, Leyla Mammadbeyova, and Carl Gustaf von Rosen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vladimir Ilyushin ranks 135. Before him are Mirtha Legrand, Bernard Vukas, Roy Chiao, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Ahmad Jannati, and Joe Turkel. After him are Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Gordon Cooper, L. K. Advani, Chandra Shekhar, Althea Gibson, and Coretta Scott King. Among people deceased in 2010, Vladimir Ilyushin ranks 109. Before him are Nasr Abu Zayd, Howard Zinn, Andrei Voznesensky, Robert Culp, Raimon Panikkar, and Georges Wilson. After him are Theo Albrecht, Rasim Delić, Tomáš Špidlík, Miguel Delibes, Captain Beefheart, and Caterina Boratto.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Ilyushin ranks 862 out of 3,761. Before him are Erich von Drygalski (1865), Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), Walter Krupinski (1920), Alexander Kotov (1913), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), and Pavel Tretyakov (1832). After him are Semyon Kurkotkin (1917), Aino Kallas (1878), Anatoli Bugorski (1942), Fyodor Rostopchin (1763), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), and Marfa Sobakina (1552).

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Among PILOTS In Russia

Among pilots born in Russia, Vladimir Ilyushin ranks 3. Before him are Marina Raskova (1912), and Valery Chkalov (1904). After him are Olga Sanfirova (1917), Pyotr Nesterov (1887), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), Nikolai Kamanin (1908), Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Nikolai Gastello (1907), Mariya Dolina (1922), Anna Yegorova (1916), and Tatyana Makarova (1920).

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