Artem Mikoyan

Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (Armenian: Արտյոմ Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան Artyom Hovhannesi Mikoyan or Անուշավան Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան Anushavan Hovhannesi Mikoyan; Russian: Артём Ива́нович Микоя́н) (5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 — December 9, 1970) was a Soviet aircraft designer of Armenian descent. In partnership with Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich he designed many of the famous MiG military aircraft. His older brother was Anastas Mikoyan, a Soviet politician and one-time associate of Joseph Stalin.

Artem Mikoyan in Joe Steele
Stas Mikoian's brother was a top aeronautical engineer with Donald Douglas, proof that brains ran in the Mikoian family.

Literary comment
Artem Mikoyan is referenced in both the novel and the story. He does not have an Americanized first name in either version.