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Alan Cox

1968 - Today

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Alan Cox (born 22 July 1968) is a British computer programmer who has been a key figure in the development of Linux. He maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in its development, an association that dates back to 1991. He lives in Swansea, Wales, where he lived with his wife Telsa Gwynne, who died in 2015 and now lives with author Tara Neale, whom he married in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Cox has received more than 257,592 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alan Cox is the 193rd most popular computer scientist (down from 162nd in 2019), the 5,779th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,924th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Computer Scientist.

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  • 260k

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  • 40.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Alan Cox ranks 193 out of 245. Before him are Brian Acton, Bruce Perens, Hans Reiser, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Douglas Crockford, and Erich Gamma. After him are Chieko Asakawa, Ian Murdock, Sophie Wilson, Gilles Brassard, Alexandra Elbakyan, and Daphne Koller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Alan Cox ranks 467. Before him are Ha Seok-ju, Bui Simon, Cătălin Predoiu, Scott Wolf, Gheorghe Craioveanu, and Pavel Srníček. After him are Nate Mendel, Eric Van Meir, Marco Pezzaiuoli, Kimiko Shiratori, Olga Neuwirth, and Wu Bai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Cox ranks 5,779 out of 8,785. Before him are Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), Allenby Chilton (1918), Jasper Fforde (1961), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Ninian Stephen (1923), and Edward Andrade (1887). After him are John Lydgate (1370), Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868), Dave Greenfield (1949), Hablot Knight Browne (1815), Emily Beecham (1984), and Daniel Kaluuya (1989).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United Kingdom

Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Alan Cox ranks 17. Before him are Paul Graham (1964), David Marr (1945), Kathleen Booth (1922), Martin Fowler (1963), Gary McKinnon (1966), and Andrew Morton (1959). After him are Sophie Wilson (1957), Stuart J. Russell (1962), and Demis Hassabis (1976).

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