COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alan Cooper

1952 - Today

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Alan Cooper (born June 3, 1952) is an American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the "Father of Visual Basic", Cooper is also known for his books About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design and The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High-Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Cooper has received more than 393,852 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Cooper is the 175th most popular computer scientist, the 10,806th most popular biography from United States and the 101st most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Alan Cooper ranks 175 out of 245. Before him are Ruzena Bajcsy, Brewster Kahle, Jon Hall, Evan Williams, Ralph Merkle, and Dave Cutler. After him are Peter Shor, Yoshua Bengio, Audrey Tang, Henriette Avram, Luis von Ahn, and Sugata Mitra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Alan Cooper ranks 578. Before him are Dahir Riyale Kahin, Adrian Biddle, Mabel Rivera, Ivo Papazov, Pierluigi Marzorati, and Inese Vaidere. After him are Clayton Christensen, Mirandinha, Raúl González, John Hiatt, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, and Harald Konopka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Cooper ranks 10,806 out of 20,380. Before him are Wallace Stegner (1909), James Workman (1908), Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947), Wiley Post (1898), Frank Perry (1930), and Paul Stewart (1908). After him are Victor Wooten (1964), Peter Shor (1959), Pauline Betz (1919), David Rice Atchison (1807), Joseph Mazzello (1983), and Clayton Christensen (1952).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Alan Cooper ranks 101. Before him are Jean E. Sammet (1928), Brewster Kahle (1960), Jon Hall (1950), Evan Williams (1972), Ralph Merkle (1952), and Dave Cutler (1942). After him are Peter Shor (1959), Henriette Avram (1919), Edward F. Moore (1925), Brian Acton (1972), Hans Reiser (1963), and Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931).

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