Pavel Sukhoi

Pavel Sukhoi
Павел Сухой
Sukhoi on a 2020 stamp of Belarus
Born22 July 1895[1]
Died15 September 1975(1975-09-15) (aged 80)[1]
NationalityRussia/Belarusian
Soviet Union (after 1922)
OccupationEngineer
SpouseSofia Tenchinskaya (1895-1982)
Engineering career
DisciplineAeronautical Engineering
Employer(s)Sukhoi Design Bureau

Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi[2] (Russian: Па́вел О́сипович Сухо́й; Belarusian: Па́вел Во́сіпавіч Сухі́, Paviel Vosipavič Suchi; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau.[3] Sukhoi designed military aircraft with Tupolev and Sukhoi for 50 years, and produced many notable Soviet planes such as the Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17, and Su-24. His planes set two altitude world records (1959, 1962) and two world speed records (1960, 1962). Sukhoi was honored in the Soviet Union as a Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded the Order of Lenin three times.[1]