Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)

Soviet aircraft designer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1892

Place of Birth: Sudzha, Kursk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1976

Profession: engineer, inventor, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich (Russian: ?????´? ??´??????? ????´???) (12 January 1893 [O.S.
31 December 1892] – 12 November 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer who co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich military aviation bureau along with Artem Mikoyan.
The bureau is famous for its fighter aircraft, rapid interceptors and multi-role combat aircraft which were staples of the Soviet Air Forces throughout the Cold War.
The bureau designed 170 projects of which 94 were made in series.
In total, 45,000 MiG aircraft have been manufactured domestically, of which 11,000 aircraft were exported.
The last plane which Gurevich personally worked on before his retirement was the MiG-25.