Yuri Knorozov, Soviet linguist who was instrumental in decoding Mayan script, holding his co-author, Asya, 1980s?

This is who every cat owner strives to be.

This is one of the top image results when you google his name, and I think it's important that you all see it.

And that's his happy face.

Knorozov was born in the village of Yuzhny near Kharkiv, at that time the capital of the newly formed Ukrainian SSR

Please, I can only get so turned on...