# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitaly-popkov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:52:27.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitaly-popkov"
name: "Vitaly Popkov"
slug: "vitaly-popkov"
description: "Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov was a Soviet fighter pilot who became a flying ace during the Second World War. During the war, he was credited with around 40 aerial victories for which he was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the war he remained in the military and reached the rank of general-lieutenant, retiring in 1989. He died in 2010 at the age of 87."
tagline: "Soviet aviator, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1922-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vitaly_Popkov_portrait_with_one_gold_star.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1922-05-01"
deathDate: "2010-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.378045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Попков Віталій Іванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "ڤيتالى پوپكوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Попков Виталий Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Popkov"
    title: "Vitaly Popkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Popkov_(aviador)"
    title: "Vitali Popkov (aviador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witalij_Popkow_(lotnik)"
    title: "Witalij Popkow (lotnik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Попков, Виталий Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4372281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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