Kaplun Miron Iosifovich (1937, Zhytomyr) — mathematician, specialist in automated control systems, inventor.

In 1946 Kaplun family moved to Riga. In 1959 he graduated from the University of Latvia with a degree in mathematics, and in 1972 completed postgraduate studies at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. From 1959 to 1992 he worked at the Riga Semiconductor Devices Plant (later the Alfa Production Association) as a mathematician, head of the Information and Computing Centre, head of department, and deputy general director.

In 1992 Miron Kaplun emigrated to the United States. He was a specialist in automated control systems for the production of semiconductor devices, and one of the leaders in the development and launch of mass production of high-frequency conversion germanium transistors of medium power.

He was a laureate of the Latvian State Prize (1967), awarded the title of Honoured Worker of the Electronic Industry of the USSR (1989), the Order of the Badge of Honour, medals, and the silver medal of the All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh).

Miron Kaplun was also one of the authors of the major study Automated Control Systems: A Unified Information and Management System and other scientific publications.

A USSR Master of Sport in draughts, he was multiple champion of Latvia and Riga, and a finalist in the USSR national championship.