Artem Mikoyan

Artem Mikoyan
Արտյոմ Միկոյան
Mikoyan on a 2005 stamp of Armenia
Born
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan

5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905[1]
Died9 December 1970(1970-12-09) (aged 65)[1]
Moscow, Soviet Union[1]
NationalityArmenian
EducationZhukovsky Air Force Academy
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineAeronautical engineering
Employer(s)Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau
Significant designMiG-1
MiG-3
MiG-15
MiG-17
MiG-19
MiG-21
MiG-23
MiG-25
AwardsHero of Socialist Labor (twice)
Stalin Prize (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953)

Artem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan (Russian: Артём Ива́нович Микоя́н; Armenian: Արտյոմ (Անուշավան) Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան, romanizedArtyom (Anushavan) Hovhannesi Mikoyan; 5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 – 9 December 1970) was a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer, who cofounded the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau along with Mikhail Gurevich.