# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-nikiforovich-stepanenko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:37:08.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-nikiforovich-stepanenko"
name: "Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko"
slug: "ivan-nikiforovich-stepanenko"
description: "Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko was a Soviet pilot who became a flying ace with over 30 solo shootdowns during World War II. He remained in the military after the end of the war and went on to fly a variety of MiG aircraft and become a Major-General."
tagline: "Soviet aviator (1920-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1920-04-13"
deathDate: "2007-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.012708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Степаненко Іван Никифорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايڤان نيكيفوروڤيتش ستيپانينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Степаненко Иван Никифорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Stepanenko"
    title: "Ivan Stepanenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Stepanenko"
    title: "Iván Stepanenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Степаненко Иван Никифорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Stepanenko"
    title: "Iwan Stepanenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Степаненко, Иван Никифорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4441712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump