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- Died
- Birth nameIgor Ivanovich Sikorsky
- Igor Sikorsky was born on May 24, 1889 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was married to Elisabeth Semion and Olga Fyodorovna Simkovitch. He died on October 26, 1972 in Easton, Connecticut, USA.
- SpousesElisabeth Semion(1924 - October 26, 1972) (his death, 4 children)Olga Fyodorovna Simkovitch (divorced, 1 child)
- Inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. 1968.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1987.
- Designed the world's first successful multimotor airplane and the world's first true production helicopter.
- Pictured on a 36¢ US definitive postage stamp in the Great Americans series, issued 23 June 1988.
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