Andrei Tupolev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrei Tupolev

Russian and Soviet aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1888

Place of Birth: Pustomazovo, Tver Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1972

Profession: businessperson, engineer, politician, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ???????; 29 October [O.S.
10 November] 1888 – 23 December 1972) was a pioneering Soviet aircraft designer. During his career, he designed and oversaw the design of more than 100 types of aircraft, some of which set 78 world records.
In recognition of his work, he was made an honorary member of Britain's Royal Aeronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.He was honoured in his own country by being made an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1953), Colonel-General (1968), and three times a Hero of Socialist Labor (1945, 1957, 1972).