1941 - Today
Alfred Vaino Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming.Aho was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 for his contributions to the fields of algorithms and programming tools. He and his long-time collaborator Jeffrey Ullman are the recipients of the 2020 Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Aho has received more than 288,988 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alfred Aho is the 59th most popular computer scientist (up from 67th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Canada (up from 216th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Alfred Aho ranks 59 out of 201. Before him are Vernor Vinge, Gil Amelio, James Gosling, Amir Pnueli, Juris Hartmanis, and Jacques Vallée. After him are Sergey Lebedev, Larry Wall, Ole-Johan Dahl, Larry Tesler, Gary Kildall, and Adam Osborne.
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
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 58
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 59
1902 - 1974
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 60
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 61
1931 - 2002
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 62
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 63
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 64
1939 - 2003
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 65
Among people born in 1941, Alfred Aho ranks 242. Before him are Prince William of Gloucester, Robert McKee, Desmond Dekker, Silvio Moser, David Johnston, and Jiří Raška. After him are Mike Love, John Williams, Gregory Benford, Lothar Bisky, Lothar Emmerich, and Vlado Milunić.
1941 - 1972
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 236
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 237
1941 - 2006
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 238
1941 - 1974
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 239
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 240
1941 - 2012
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 241
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 242
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 243
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 244
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 245
1941 - 2013
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 246
1941 - 2003
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 247
1941 - 2022
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 248
Among people born in Canada, Alfred Aho ranks 190 out of 1,350. Before him are Ann Rutherford (1917), Jean Béliveau (1931), David Johnston (1941), Oliver Platt (1960), René Lévesque (1922), and Bret Hart (1957). After him are Ian Hacking (1936), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Barry Pepper (1970), Phil Hartman (1948), and Harold Innis (1894).
1917 - 2012
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 184
1931 - 2014
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 185
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 186
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 187
1922 - 1987
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 188
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 189
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 190
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 191
1909 - 1983
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 192
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 193
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 194
1948 - 1998
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 195
1894 - 1952
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 196
Among computer scientists born in Canada, Alfred Aho ranks 3. Before him are Brian Kernighan (1942) and James Gosling (1955). After him are John Draper (1943), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Rob Pike (1956), and Maria Klawe (1951).
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 4
1920 - 2004
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 5
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 29.81
Rank: 7