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Bruce Schneier

1963 - Today

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Bruce Schneier (; born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist, and writer. Schneier is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society as of November, 2013. He is a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access Now, and The Tor Project; and an advisory board member of Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Schneier has received more than 1,010,330 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Schneier is the 163rd most popular computer scientist (down from 147th in 2019), the 9,893rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,927th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

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  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Bruce Schneier ranks 163 out of 245. Before him are James H. Clark, Bertrand Meyer, Tim Paterson, Steve Russell, Andy Hertzfeld, and Michael Dertouzos. After him are Hal Abelson, Gary McKinnon, Grady Booch, Rob Pike, Jean E. Sammet, and Ruzena Bajcsy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Bruce Schneier ranks 439. Before him are Pamela Bach, Rob Estes, Jonny Jakobsen, Betsy Russell, Pavel Vrba, and Joaquim Cruz. After him are Rand Paul, Anne Consigny, Jan Zahradil, Roland Wohlfarth, Maria Walliser, and Tracey Emin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Schneier ranks 9,893 out of 20,380. Before him are Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847), Kevin Alejandro (1976), Tenskwatawa (1775), Alexander Wetmore (1886), Charles Colson (1931), and Andrea Leeds (1914). After him are Jessica Jung (1989), Hope Sandoval (1966), Scott Turow (1949), Robert Morse (1931), Patty Jenkins (1971), and Avery Dulles (1918).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Bruce Schneier ranks 93. Before him are Kent Beck (1961), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Randy Pausch (1960), James H. Clark (1944), Steve Russell (1937), and Andy Hertzfeld (1953). After him are Grady Booch (1955), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Brewster Kahle (1960), Jon Hall (1950), Evan Williams (1972), and Ralph Merkle (1952).

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