Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis, (Greek: ????a?d??? ?????d?? ???sta?t???? ?s?????? Alexandros Arnoldos Konstantinos Isigonis; 18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was an English-Greek designer of cars, widely noted for the groundbreaking and influential development of the Mini, launched by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) in 1959, and in 1999 voted the second most influential car of the twentieth century.