1901 - 1990
Arthur Lee Samuel (December 5, 1901 – July 29, 1990) was an American pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He popularized the term "machine learning" in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Samuel has received more than 364,000 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Samuel is the 122nd most popular computer scientist (down from 92nd in 2019), the 6,953rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,575th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Arthur Samuel ranks 122 out of 201. Before him are John L. Hennessy, Vitalik Buterin, Annie Easley, Abraham Lempel, Paul G. Comba, and Liu Gang. After him are Kathleen Antonelli, Michael Dertouzos, Phil Zimmermann, Shafi Goldwasser, Richard E. Stearns, and Andy Rubin.
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 116
1994 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 117
1933 - 2011
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 118
1936 - 2023
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 119
1926 - 2017
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 120
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 121
1901 - 1990
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 122
1921 - 2006
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 123
1936 - 2001
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 124
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 125
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 126
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 127
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 128
Among people born in 1901, Arthur Samuel ranks 241. Before him are Mickey Marcus, Paul Martin, Louis Clarke, Malcolm MacDonald, Mildred Davis, and Frankie Genaro. After him are Heðin Brú, Gerald Finzi, Pyotr Novikov, László Németh, Mark Oliphant, and Aleksandr Andronov. Among people deceased in 1990, Arthur Samuel ranks 208. Before him are Frédéric Rossif, Oscarino Costa Silva, Chiara Badano, Max Bense, Giorgio Ghezzi, and Bahriye Üçok. After him are Georges Lacombe, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Malcolm Muggeridge, Heitor Canalli, Yevgeniya Sechenova, and Gary Merrill.
1901 - 1948
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 235
1901 - 1987
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 236
1901 - 1977
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 237
1901 - 1981
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 238
1901 - 1969
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 239
1901 - 1966
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 240
1901 - 1990
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 241
1901 - 1987
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 242
1901 - 1956
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 243
1901 - 1975
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 244
1901 - 1975
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 245
1901 - 2000
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 246
1901 - 1952
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 247
1922 - 1990
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 202
1907 - 1990
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 203
1971 - 1990
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 204
1910 - 1990
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 205
1930 - 1990
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 206
1919 - 1990
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 207
1901 - 1990
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 208
1902 - 1990
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 209
1904 - 1990
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 210
1903 - 1990
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 211
1910 - 1990
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 212
1918 - 1990
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 213
1915 - 1990
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 214
Among people born in United States, Arthur Samuel ranks 6,953 out of 18,182. Before him are Lynn Collins (1977), Jeremy Davies (1969), Evelyn Furtsch (1914), Robert Carradine (1954), Betty Carter (1929), and Seth Green (1974). After him are Arthur Freed (1894), Paula Prentiss (1938), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Ken Foree (1948), John P. Ryan (1936), and David Filo (1966).
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 6,947
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 6,948
1914 - 2015
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 6,949
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 6,950
1929 - 1998
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 6,951
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 6,952
1901 - 1990
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 6,953
1894 - 1973
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 6,954
1938 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 6,955
1907 - 2003
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 6,956
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 6,957
1936 - 2007
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 6,958
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 6,959
Among computer scientists born in United States, Arthur Samuel ranks 72. Before him are James H. Clark (1944), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Jean Bartik (1924), Adele Goldberg (1945), John L. Hennessy (1952), and Annie Easley (1933). After him are Phil Zimmermann (1954), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Richard E. Stearns (1936), Andy Rubin (1963), Anita Borg (1949), and Bill Joy (1954).
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 66
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 67
1924 - 2011
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 69
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 70
1933 - 2011
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 71
1901 - 1990
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 72
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 73
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 74
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 75
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 76
1949 - 2003
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 77
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 78