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Andrew Viterbi

1935 - Today

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Andrew James Viterbi (born Andrea Giacomo Viterbi, March 9, 1935) is an Italian Jewish–American electrical engineer and businessman who co-founded Qualcomm Inc. and invented the Viterbi algorithm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Viterbi has received more than 487,098 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Viterbi is the 349th most popular inventor, the 3,569th most popular biography from Italy and the 8th most popular Italian Inventor.

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  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Andrew Viterbi ranks 349 out of 354Before him are Gary Fisher, Kamil Tolon, Granville Woods, Kazimierz Prószyński, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, and Karl Jatho. After him are Dean Kamen, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Robin Li, Edward Craven Walker, Elizabeth Holmes, and Charles Darrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Andrew Viterbi ranks 371Before him are Győző Forintos, Vicente Lucas, Larry Williams, Nancy Kovack, Frank Robinson, and Carol Kaye. After him are Alberto Mariotti, Bahaa Taher, Billy Whelan, Larry Kramer, Assar Rönnlund, and José Antonio Labordeta.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrew Viterbi ranks 3,569 out of 4,668Before him are Den Harrow (1962), Iginio Straffi (1965), Raf (1959), Marco Tullio Giordana (1950), Alessandro Gassmann (1965), and Gianni Morbidelli (1968). After him are Cristiano Lucarelli (1975), Marco Di Vaio (1976), Riccardo Scamarcio (1979), Alexia (1967), Omero Tognon (1924), and Andrea Stramaccioni (1976).

Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Andrew Viterbi ranks 8Before him are Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Antonio Meucci (1808), Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), and Max Valier (1895).