INVENTOR
Bill Atkinson
1951 - Today
Bill Atkinson
William "Bill" D. Atkinson (born March 17, 1951) is an American computer engineer and photographer. Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990. Atkinson was the principal designer and developer of the graphical user interface (GUI) of the Apple Lisa and, later, one of the first thirty members of the original Apple Macintosh development team, and was the creator of the MacPaint application. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Atkinson has received more than 363,635 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Atkinson is the 337th most popular inventor.
Memorability Metrics
360k
Page Views (PV)
45.49
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
4.51
Effective Languages (L*)
2.22
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Bill Atkinsons by language
Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Bill Atkinson ranks 337 out of 354. Before him are John Philip Holland, Frank Piasecki, Amar Bose, George Graham, George Stibitz, and Hary Gunarto. After him are John Shepherd-Barron, Dan Bricklin, Arthur Wynne, Patricia Bath, Yvonne Brill, and Gary Fisher.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
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John Philip Holland
1840 - 1914
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 331
Frank Piasecki
1919 - 2008
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 332
Amar Bose
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 333
George Graham
1673 - 1751
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 334
George Stibitz
1904 - 1995
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 335
Hary Gunarto
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 336
Bill Atkinson
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 337
John Shepherd-Barron
1925 - 2010
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 338
Dan Bricklin
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 339
Arthur Wynne
1871 - 1945
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 340
Patricia Bath
1942 - 2019
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 341
Yvonne Brill
1924 - 2013
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 342
Gary Fisher
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 343
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1951, Bill Atkinson ranks 358. Before him are Sally Mann, Peter Withe, Freundel Stuart, Zakir Hussain, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, and Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov. After him are Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Bill Moseley, Yardena Arazi, Daniel Lanois, Paul Carrack, and Patricia Richardson.
Others Born in 1951
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Sally Mann
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 352
Peter Withe
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 353
Freundel Stuart
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 354
Zakir Hussain
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 355
Hans-Georg Aschenbach
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 356
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 357
Bill Atkinson
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 358
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
1951 - 2023
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 359
Bill Moseley
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 360
Yardena Arazi
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 361
Daniel Lanois
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 362
Paul Carrack
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 363
Patricia Richardson
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 364
