COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Brewster Kahle

1960 - Today

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Brewster Lurton Kahle ( KAYL; born October 21, 1960) is an American digital librarian, computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, and advocate of universal access to all knowledge. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982. Kahle founded the Internet Archive and co-founded Alexa Internet in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brewster Kahle has received more than 594,123 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Brewster Kahle is the 170th most popular computer scientist (down from 150th in 2019), the 10,523rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,992nd in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Brewster Kahle ranks 170 out of 245. Before him are Hal Abelson, Gary McKinnon, Grady Booch, Rob Pike, Jean E. Sammet, and Ruzena Bajcsy. After him are Jon Hall, Evan Williams, Ralph Merkle, Dave Cutler, Alan Cooper, and Peter Shor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Brewster Kahle ranks 445. Before him are Christoph Schlingensief, Claudia Losch, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Alexander Bashlachev, Ton Roosendaal, and Mustapha El Biyaz. After him are Roger Taylor, Khadija Arib, Günter Hermann, Pip Torrens, Juan Simón, and Komi Sélom Klassou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brewster Kahle ranks 10,523 out of 20,380. Before him are Rick Adelman (1946), Scott Steiner (1962), Michelle Hurst (1953), Milton Sills (1882), Ricardo Cortez (1900), and Brett Kavanaugh (1965). After him are Aaron Swartz (1986), Vanness Wu (1978), Margaret Lindsay (1910), Jane Sibbett (1962), Frank Albertson (1909), and Steve Walsh (1951).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Brewster Kahle ranks 96. Before him are James H. Clark (1944), Steve Russell (1937), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Bruce Schneier (1963), Grady Booch (1955), and Jean E. Sammet (1928). After him are Jon Hall (1950), Evan Williams (1972), Ralph Merkle (1952), Dave Cutler (1942), Alan Cooper (1952), and Peter Shor (1959).

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