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Charles Geschke

1939 - 2021

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Charles Matthew "Chuck" Geschke (September 11, 1939 – April 16, 2021) was an American businessman and computer scientist best known for founding the graphics and publishing software company Adobe Inc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Geschke has received more than 491,081 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Charles Geschke is the 349th most popular businessperson (up from 421st in 2019), the 4,025th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,695th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Charles Geschke ranks 349 out of 847. Before him are Arthur D. Levinson, Lei Jun, Thierry Breton, Akshata Murty, Arnold Rothstein, and Lee Shau-kee. After him are J. C. Jacobsen, Paul Sacher, Wang Jianlin, Gennady Timchenko, Haim Saban, and Oleg Deripaska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Charles Geschke ranks 234. Before him are Jaime Paz Zamora, Abdelmajid Lakhal, Carlos do Carmo, Panajot Pano, Dean Corll, and Elena Obraztsova. After him are Heinrich Messner, Sandro Salvadore, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Igor Chislenko, Marek Janowski, and Phil Read. Among people deceased in 2021, Charles Geschke ranks 236. Before him are Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Justo Tejada, Lee Evans, Judith Reisman, and Justo Gallego Martínez. After him are Pachín, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Nino Vaccarella, Roberto Calasso, Yitzhak Arad, and Yvon Douis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Geschke ranks 4,025 out of 20,380. Before him are Gilbert Baker (1951), Allen Iverson (1975), Penny Marshall (1943), Edwin H. Land (1909), Marky Ramone (1952), and Marla Maples (1963). After him are T-Bone Walker (1910), Jennifer Tilly (1958), Harvey Cushing (1869), Denis O'Hare (1962), Ambrose Burnside (1824), and Luther Burbank (1849).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Charles Geschke ranks 107. Before him are Roy E. Disney (1930), Edwin Drake (1819), Timothy Dexter (1747), Chris Gardner (1954), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), and Arnold Rothstein (1882). After him are Allen Klein (1931), John D. Rockefeller III (1906), Maxwell Perkins (1884), Tommy Mottola (1949), Ray Dalio (1949), and Cyrus West Field (1819).

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