1930 - 2006
Alan Field Shugart (September 27, 1930 – December 12, 2006) was an American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive whose career defined the modern computer disk drive industry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Shugart has received more than 134,254 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Shugart is the 277th most popular engineer (down from 91st in 2019), the 6,971st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,520th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Engineer.
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Among engineers, Alan Shugart ranks 277 out of 323. Before him are Peter Schreyer, Othmar Ammann, K. Eric Drexler, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Da-Wen Sun, and Eilmer of Malmesbury. After him are Mikhail Tikhonravov, Arthur E. Kennelly, Hideo Itokawa, Geoffrey de Havilland, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, and Frances Spence.
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 271
1879 - 1965
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 272
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 273
1892 - 1981
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 274
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 275
985 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 276
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 277
1900 - 1974
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 278
1861 - 1939
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 279
1912 - 1999
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 280
1882 - 1965
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 281
1810 - 1900
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 282
1922 - 2012
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 283
Among people born in 1930, Alan Shugart ranks 383. Before him are Alakbar Mammadov, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Giorgio Ghezzi, Clarke Scholes, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, and Françoise Mallet-Joris. After him are Leonid Abalkin, Vera T. Sós, Innes Ireland, Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, Henry Lincoln, and Polly Bergen. Among people deceased in 2006, Alan Shugart ranks 244. Before him are Kenneth Lay, Duygu Asena, Viktor Pavlov, Mirko Marjanović, Karl Hugo Strunz, and Ondina Valla. After him are Valentin Muratov, Kathleen Antonelli, Zdravko Rajkov, Teresa Ciepły, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, and Ivar Formo.
1930 - 2014
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 377
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 378
1930 - 1990
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 379
1930 - 2010
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 380
1930 - 2021
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 381
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 382
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 383
1930 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 384
1930 - 2023
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 385
1930 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 386
1930 - 2017
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 387
1930 - 2022
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 388
1930 - 2014
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 389
1942 - 2006
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 238
1946 - 2006
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 239
1940 - 2006
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 240
1937 - 2006
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 241
1910 - 2006
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 242
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 243
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 244
1928 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 245
1921 - 2006
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 246
1927 - 2006
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 247
1937 - 2006
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 248
1919 - 2006
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 249
1951 - 2006
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 250
Among people born in United States, Alan Shugart ranks 6,971 out of 18,182. Before him are Kathy Acker (1947), McLean Stevenson (1927), Garrick Ohlsson (1948), David E. Kelley (1956), Richmond Landon (1898), and Ronda Rousey (1987). After him are Jocelyn Brando (1919), Bob Einstein (1942), Art Acord (1890), John Varley (1947), Richard Henry Lee (1732), and David Bryan (1962).
1947 - 1997
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 6,965
1927 - 1996
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 6,966
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 6,967
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 6,968
1898 - 1971
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 6,969
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,970
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,971
1919 - 2005
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,972
1942 - 2019
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,973
1890 - 1931
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,974
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,975
1732 - 1794
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,976
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6,977
Among engineers born in United States, Alan Shugart ranks 31. Before him are Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Frederick Terman (1900), Jack Parsons (1914), Ransom E. Olds (1864), K. Eric Drexler (1955), and Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892). After him are Frances Spence (1922), Butler Lampson (1943), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), Robert H. Dennard (1932), Chuck Peddle (1937), and Sidney Darlington (1906).
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 25
1900 - 1982
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 26
1914 - 1952
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 27
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 28
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 29
1892 - 1981
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 30
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 31
1922 - 2012
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 32
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 33
1898 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 34
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 35
1937 - 2019
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 36
1906 - 1997
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 37