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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Annie Easley

1933 - 2011

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Annie Easley was an African American computer scientist and accomplished mathematician who made critical contributions to NASA's rocket systems and energy technologies over her 34-year career. As a black female in America during the 1950s, she faced heavy adversity throughout her career and was often underrepresented and disregarded. Despite these barriers Easley demonstrated perseverance and determination to make a name for herself in a line of work dominated by males. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Annie Easley has received more than 428,053 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Annie Easley is the 118th most popular computer scientist (up from 167th in 2019), the 6,808th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,617th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 430k

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  • 46.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Annie Easley ranks 118 out of 201Before her are Karen Spärck Jones, Robin Milner, Jean Bartik, Adele Goldberg, John L. Hennessy, and Vitalik Buterin. After her are Abraham Lempel, Paul G. Comba, Liu Gang, Arthur Samuel, Kathleen Antonelli, and Michael Dertouzos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Annie Easley ranks 324Before her are Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Akira Endo, Franco Marini, Nicette Bruno, Galina Volchek, and Valentin Bubukin. After her are Imants Ziedonis, Harve Presnell, Mary Ure, Abdon Pamich, Chuck Grassley, and Gino Pivatelli. Among people deceased in 2011, Annie Easley ranks 285Before her are Robert Lamoureux, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Maurice Goldhaber, Jack LaLanne, Edmundo Ros, and Daniel Quillen. After her are Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Joanna Russ, Michael Sarrazin, Gonzalo Rojas, Marie Ljalková, and Thorbjørn Svenssen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Annie Easley ranks 6,808 out of 18,182Before her are Kate Bosworth (1983), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Lee Barnes (1906), Telma Hopkins (1948), and C. Gordon Fullerton (1936). After her are Judy Greer (1975), Julia Ward Howe (1819), Daniel Pearl (1963), David Ray Griffin (1939), Louis Clarke (1901), and Akebono Tarō (1969).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Annie Easley ranks 71Before her are Scott Fahlman (1948), James H. Clark (1944), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Jean Bartik (1924), Adele Goldberg (1945), and John L. Hennessy (1952). After her are Arthur Samuel (1901), Phil Zimmermann (1954), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Richard E. Stearns (1936), Andy Rubin (1963), and Anita Borg (1949).