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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Arfa Karim

1995 - 2012

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Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎, Punjabi: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎; 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records for her achievement. Arfa kept the title until 2008 and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the TechEd Developers Conference. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arfa Karim has received more than 1,183,331 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Arfa Karim is the 216th most popular computer scientist (down from 201st in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 157th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 19.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Arfa Karim ranks 216 out of 201. Before her are David Heinemeier Hansson, Maria Klawe, David Karp, Gottfrid Svartholm, Manindra Agrawal, and Blake Ross. After her are Virgil Griffith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Arfa Karim ranks 646. Before her are Daisuke Takagi, Kadeisha Buchanan, Will Hughes, André Moreira, Dragana Stanković, and Tsuyoshi Miyaichi. After her are Rika Masuya, Shogo Yoshikawa, Gabriele Rossetti, Timothy Cheruiyot, Sterling Beaumon, and Yu Doan. Among people deceased in 2012, Arfa Karim ranks 472. Before her are Doris Singleton, Ghazala Javed, Jaspal Bhatti, Gary Ablett, Mark Lenzi, and Víctor Cabedo. After her are Ted Curson and Taruni Sachdev.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Arfa Karim ranks 178 out of 180. Before her are Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978), Shoaib Malik (1982), Veena Malik (1984), Misbah-ul-Haq (1974), Waqar Younis (1971), and Muniba Mazari (1987). After her are Meera (1977) and Mohammad Amir (1992).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Pakistan

Among computer scientists born in Pakistan, Arfa Karim ranks 1. 

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