1922 - 1990
Alan Jay Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist and professor at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Perlis has received more than 238,857 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Perlis is the 51st most popular computer scientist (down from 50th in 2019), the 3,514th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,328th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Alan Perlis ranks 51 out of 201. Before him are Fred Brooks, Warren Weaver, Pierre Bézier, Charles Bachman, Joseph Weizenbaum, and Jay Wright Forrester. After him are Edwin Catmull, Vernor Vinge, Gil Amelio, James Gosling, Amir Pnueli, and Juris Hartmanis.
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 45
1894 - 1978
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 46
1910 - 1999
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 47
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 48
1923 - 2008
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 49
1918 - 2016
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 50
1922 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 51
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 52
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 53
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 54
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 55
1941 - 2009
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 56
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1922, Alan Perlis ranks 176. Before him are Adil Çarçani, Artemio Franchi, Günter Behnisch, John Christopher, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, and Gilberto Agustoni. After him are Otl Aicher, Egon Bahr, William Baumol, Hal Clement, Joan Copeland, and Michael Ansara. Among people deceased in 1990, Alan Perlis ranks 109. Before him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Aldo Fabrizi, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Mariano Rumor, Edmund Conen, and Michael Powell. After him are Hayedeh, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Matvey Blanter, Andrei Kirilenko, Hans Freudenthal, and Kelly Johnson.
1922 - 1997
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 170
1922 - 1983
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 171
1922 - 2010
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 172
1922 - 2012
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 173
1922 - 2010
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 174
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 175
1922 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 176
1922 - 1991
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 177
1922 - 2015
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 178
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 179
1922 - 2003
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 180
1922 - 2022
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 181
1922 - 2013
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 182
1921 - 1990
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 103
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 104
1929 - 1990
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 105
1915 - 1990
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 106
1914 - 1990
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 107
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 108
1922 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 109
1942 - 1990
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 110
1938 - 1990
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 111
1903 - 1990
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 112
1906 - 1990
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 113
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 114
1910 - 1990
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 115
Among people born in United States, Alan Perlis ranks 3,514 out of 18,182. Before him are John Paul Getty III (1956), Tim Buckley (1947), Michael Graves (1934), Tracey Adams (1958), Sam Francis (1923), and Eleanor F. Helin (1932). After him are Natacha Rambova (1897), Vince Vaughn (1970), Richard E. Bellman (1920), William P. Rogers (1913), Peter Senge (1947), and Lisa Edelstein (1966).
1956 - 2011
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 3,508
1947 - 1975
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 3,509
1934 - 2015
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 3,510
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 3,511
1923 - 1994
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 3,512
1932 - 2009
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 3,513
1922 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 3,514
1897 - 1966
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 3,515
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 3,516
1920 - 1984
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 3,517
1913 - 2001
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 3,518
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 3,519
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 3,520
Among computer scientists born in United States, Alan Perlis ranks 33. Before him are Don Norman (1935), Leslie Lamport (1941), Fred Brooks (1931), Warren Weaver (1894), Charles Bachman (1924), and Jay Wright Forrester (1918). After him are Edwin Catmull (1945), Vernor Vinge (1944), Gil Amelio (1943), Larry Wall (1954), Larry Tesler (1945), and Gary Kildall (1942).
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 27
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 28
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 29
1894 - 1978
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 30
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 31
1918 - 2016
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 32
1922 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 33
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 34
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 35
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 36
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 37
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 38
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 39