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Brian Acton

1972 - Today

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Brian Acton is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. Acton is the executive chairman of the Signal Technology Foundation, which he co-founded with Moxie Marlinspike in 2018. As of January 10, 2022, Acton also serves as interim CEO of Signal Messenger LLC. He was formerly employed at Yahoo!, and co-founded WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for US$19 billion, with Jan Koum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Acton has received more than 2,786,761 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Acton is the 197th most popular computer scientist, the 13,953rd most popular biography from United States and the 105th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 34.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Brian Acton ranks 197 out of 201. Before him are Rodney Brooks, Peter Norvig, Shawn Fanning, John Ousterhout, Martin Odersky, and Tron. After him are Jon Lech Johansen, Ruzena Bajcsy, Jenova Chen, Nancy Lynch, Bram Moolenaar, and Bram Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Brian Acton ranks 626. Before him are Ilya Markov, Bárður á Steig Nielsen, Krassimir Avramov, Teruo Iwamoto, Gabriel Braga Nunes, and Nikola Dimitrov. After him are Michael Boogerd, Kevin Ullyett, Nino Katamadze, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Peder Fredricson, and Filiberto Azcuy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Acton ranks 13,953 out of 18,182. Before him are Louis Ozawa Changchien (1975), Jim O'Rourke (1969), Ann Patchett (1963), Jamie Walters (1969), Tammy Blanchard (1976), and Aaron Peirsol (1983). After him are Aarti Mann (1978), Josh Pence (1982), Mary Lou Retton (1968), Jake Kasdan (1974), Alysia Reiner (1970), and Nipsey Russell (1918).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Brian Acton ranks 105. Before him are Phil Katz (1962), Douglas Crockford (1955), Hans Reiser (1963), Craig Federighi (1969), Shawn Fanning (1980), and John Ousterhout (1954). After him are Nancy Lynch (1948), Bram Cohen (1975), Danny Hillis (1956), Katie Bouman (1989), John Resig (1984), and David Karp (1986).

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