Aleksandr Popov

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What Wikipedia says

Alexander Stepanovich Popov (sometimes spelled Popoff; Russian: Александр Степанович Попов; 16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1859 – 13 January 1906 [O.S. 31 December 1905]) was a Russian physicist who was one of the first people to invent a radio receiving device.

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