Igor Sikorsky
Born
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky

(1889-05-25)May 25, 1889
Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
DiedOctober 26, 1972(1972-10-26) (aged 83)
Easton, Connecticut, United States
NationalityRussian-American
Alma materKiev Polytechnic Institute
ETACA (now ESTACA [fr])
OccupationAircraft designer
Known forFirst successful mass-produced helicopter
Spouse(s)Olga Fyodorovna Simkovitch
Elisabeth Semion
Children5
AwardsOrder of St. Vladimir
Howard N. Potts Medal (1933)
Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1951)
ASME Medal (1963)
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1966)
National Medal of Science (1967)
John Fritz Medal (1968)