COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Anita Borg

1949 - 2003

Photo of Anita Borg

Icon of person Anita Borg

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 196,791 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Anita Borg is the 104th most popular computer scientist (up from 130th in 2019), the 5,672nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,623rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Anita Borgs by language

Over the past year Anita Borg has had the most page views in the with 18,851 views, followed by Italian (2,265), and German (1,874). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swahili (153.13%), Sinhalese (113.79%), and Catalan (92.40%)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Anita Borg ranks 104 out of 245Before her are Karen Spärck Jones, Ed Roberts, Betty Holberton, Jean Bartik, Stephen Wolfram, and Paul G. Comba. After her are Adele Goldberg, Robert W. Floyd, Kristen Nygaard, Eugene Kaspersky, John Hopcroft, and Robert Taylor.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Anita Borg ranks 348Before her are Leivinha, Julian Fellowes, Kriengsak Kovitvanit, Manny Mori, Shelley Long, and Marilyn Burns. After her are Jupp Kapellmann, Wayne Wang, Ed O'Ross, Alexander Gradsky, William Shepherd, and Jean-Michel Aulas. Among people deceased in 2003, Anita Borg ranks 209Before her are Piet Dankert, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Fedora Barbieri, Viguen, Lev Kerbel, and Art Carney. After her are Yuriy Voynov, Jesse Carver, Tomáš Pospíchal, Dorothee Sölle, Winston Graham, and Leonid Filatov.

Others Born in 1949

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 2003

Go to all Rankings

In United States

Among people born in United States, Anita Borg ranks 5,672 out of 20,380Before her are Gavin MacLeod (1931), George Saling (1909), Harry Morgan (1915), Carl Lumbly (1951), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), and Kenneth Noland (1924). After her are Forrest Smithson (1884), Henry Knox (1750), Paul Sweezy (1910), Roger Sherman (1721), Emerson Spencer (1906), and Allen Woodring (1898).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Anita Borg ranks 61Before her are Eric S. Raymond (1957), John Henry Holland (1929), Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), Ed Roberts (1941), Betty Holberton (1917), and Jean Bartik (1924). After her are Adele Goldberg (1945), Robert W. Floyd (1936), John Hopcroft (1939), Robert Taylor (1932), David A. Huffman (1925), and Scott Fahlman (1948).