mikhail kalashnikov
Lieutenant-General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников; 10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013)
Soviet/Russian general, inventor, military engineer and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the PK machine gun and RPK light machine gun.