# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-vernikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:50:08.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yakov-vernikov"
name: "Yakov Vernikov"
slug: "yakov-vernikov"
description: "Yakov Ilyich Vernikov was a Soviet flying ace during the Second World War who went on to become a major-general of aviation and test pilot, working for the Gromov Flight Research Institute as well as the Ilyushin Design Bureau. During his career he mastered piloting an estimated 140 aircraft and glider types."
tagline: "Soviet test pilot (1920-1993)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Yakov_Ilyich_Vernikov.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1920-10-31"
deathDate: "1993-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.85
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           7.205328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%86%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%87"
    title: "Верніков Яків Ілліч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Верников Яков Ильич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Vernikov"
    title: "Yakov Vernikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%A1kov_Vernikov"
    title: "Yákov Vernikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "יעקב ורניקוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Wiernikow"
    title: "Jakow Wiernikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Верников, Яков Ильич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Ilji%C4%8D_Vernikov"
    title: "Jakov Iljič Vernikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4107930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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