Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel, was a Soviet engineer born in Irkutsk who was the leading designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union.

Pivdenne Design Office, located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), established by Mikhail Yangel. During the Soviet era the bureau's OKB designation was OKB-586.