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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Anita Borg

1949 - 2003

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Anita Borg (January 17, 1949 – April 6, 2003) was an American computer scientist celebrated for advocating for women’s representation and professional advancement in technology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anita Borg has received more than 198,415 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Anita Borg is the 130th most popular computer scientist (up from 131st in 2019), the 7,638th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,950th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Anita Borg ranks 130 out of 201Before her are Michael Dertouzos, Phil Zimmermann, Shafi Goldwasser, Richard E. Stearns, Andy Rubin, and Gary McKinnon. After her are Bill Joy, Charles P. Thacker, Randy Pausch, Audrey Tang, Jaron Lanier, and James Rumbaugh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Anita Borg ranks 450Before her are Keith Rowley, Nasser Hejazi, Vladimír Martinec, James Rivière, Jon Avnet, and María Teresa Fernández de la Vega. After her are Olga Morozova, Shlomo Artzi, Emma Kirkby, Viktor Klimenko, Jiří Drahoš, and Anatoliy Konkov. Among people deceased in 2003, Anita Borg ranks 243Before her are Bruno Heim, Stan Brakhage, Buddy Hackett, Buddy Ebsen, Donald Regan, and Vladimir Bogomolov. After her are Dave DeBusschere, Naftali Temu, Willem Slijkhuis, Joseph Saidu Momoh, Jim Siedow, and Mike Larrabee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anita Borg ranks 7,638 out of 18,182Before her are Henry Flagler (1830), Nella Larsen (1891), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Andy Stanfield (1927), Leigh Harline (1907), and Nancy Kress (1948). After her are Don McNeill (1918), Arlo Guthrie (1947), John Patrick Foley (1935), Deontay Wilder (1985), Mel Tormé (1925), and Michael Steele (1955).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Anita Borg ranks 77Before her are Annie Easley (1933), Arthur Samuel (1901), Phil Zimmermann (1954), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Richard E. Stearns (1936), and Andy Rubin (1963). After her are Bill Joy (1954), Charles P. Thacker (1943), Randy Pausch (1960), Jaron Lanier (1960), James Rumbaugh (1947), and David Patterson (1947).