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Brewster Kahle

1960 - Today

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Brewster Lurton Kahle ( BROO-stər KAYL; born October 21, 1960) is an American digital librarian, computer engineer, and Internet entrepreneur. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering. Kahle founded the Internet Archive (including Wayback Machine) and co-founded Alexa Internet in 1996. He was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Brewster Kahle is the 167th most popular computer scientist (up from 170th in 2024), the 10,418th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,519th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Brewster Kahle ranks 167 out of 245. Before him are Silvio Micali, Henriette Avram, Liu Gang, Yoshua Bengio, James H. Clark, and Leslie Valiant. After him are Audrey Tang, Noga Alon, Edward F. Moore, Randy Pausch, Andy Hertzfeld, and Luis von Ahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Brewster Kahle ranks 450. Before him are Justus von Dohnányi, Gary Gordon, Greg Iles, Tony MacAlpine, Simon Fuller, and Elizabeth Avellán. After him are Neal Morse, Barbara De Rossi, Cha Hwa-yeon, Philippe Jourdan, David Simon, and Ton Roosendaal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brewster Kahle ranks 10,420 out of 20,380. Before him are Glenn Medeiros (1970), Mildred Cohn (1913), Tiffany Young (1989), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Larry Williams (1935), and Taboo (1975). After him are Ethan Phillips (1955), Neal Morse (1960), Janine Turner (1962), Christine Darden (1942), Richard Shelby (1934), and Asia Kate Dillon (1984).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Brewster Kahle ranks 94. Before him are Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Kent Beck (1961), Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931), Annie Easley (1933), Henriette Avram (1919), and James H. Clark (1944). After him are Edward F. Moore (1925), Randy Pausch (1960), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Bruce Schneier (1963), Katie Bouman (1989), and David Karp (1986).

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