Computer Scientist

Ian Murdock

American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur

1973 - 2015

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His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Murdock is the 76th most popular computer scientist (up from 195th in 2024), the 3,186th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,818th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Computer Scientist.

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Despite a life of just 42 years, Ian Murdock ranks #76 among all Computer Scientists in history.

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Ian Murdock's biography appears in 40 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 84% of all Computer Scientists.

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Ian Murdock shares a April 28 birthday with Edward IV of England, Saddam Hussein, and Oskar Schindler.

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Among Computer Scientists

Among computer scientists, Ian Murdock ranks 76 out of 245. Before him are James H. Wilkinson, Jef Raskin, Richard M. Karp, Fred Brooks, Alfred Aho, and Martin Fowler. After him are Adi Shamir, Warren Weaver, Evelyn Berezin, Ruzena Bajcsy, Edwin Catmull, and Larry Tesler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ian Murdock ranks 78. Before him are Juliette Lewis, Savo Milošević, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Sami Hyypiä, Haile Gebrselassie, and Li Bingbing. After him are Pharrell Williams, Stacey Abrams, Yorgos Lanthimos, Luís Montenegro, Stephenie Meyer, and Xavier Bettel. Among people deceased in 2015, Ian Murdock ranks 169. Before him are Nek Chand, Erik De Vlaeminck, Percy Sledge, Adrian Frutiger, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, and Dragan Holcer. After him are Giacomo Biffi, E. L. Doctorow, Fred Anton Maier, Moses Malone, Galina Prozumenshchikova, and Chris Squire.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ian Murdock ranks 3,186 out of 7,253. Before him are Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (1537), Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1354), Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617), Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths (1759), Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1826), and Fritz von Opel (1899). After him are Wilhelm Kühne (1837), Fritz Bleyl (1880), Paul Friedrich August Ascherson (1834), Princess Marie of Baden (1834), William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1651), and Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801).

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Among Computer Scientists In Germany

Among computer scientists born in Germany, Ian Murdock ranks 2. Before him is Joseph Weizenbaum (1923). After him are Rudolf Bayer (1939), Werner Koch (1961), Tron (1972), Daniel Domscheit-Berg (1978), Denny Vrandečić (1978), and Coraline Ada Ehmke (2000).

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