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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Charles P. Thacker

1943 - 2017

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Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles P. Thacker has received more than 141,120 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles P. Thacker is the 132nd most popular computer scientist (down from 125th in 2019), the 7,983rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,559th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Charles P. Thacker ranks 132 out of 201. Before him are Shafi Goldwasser, Richard E. Stearns, Andy Rubin, Gary McKinnon, Anita Borg, and Bill Joy. After him are Randy Pausch, Audrey Tang, Jaron Lanier, James Rumbaugh, David Patterson, and Rob Pike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Charles P. Thacker ranks 484. Before him are Kenny Barron, Walter Murch, Richard Eyre, Sly Stone, Willie Davenport, and Wilfried Puis. After him are Manfred Schnelldorfer, Joan Van Ark, Tony Christie, Shinobu Sekine, David Clennon, and Leslie Uggams. Among people deceased in 2017, Charles P. Thacker ranks 404. Before him are Ty Hardin, Robert Alt, Anthony Harvey, Liam Cosgrave, Jared Martin, and Richard Wilbur. After him are Gunnar Birkerts, Ruth Perry, Joseph Nicolosi, Joy Fleming, Friedel Rausch, and Habib Thiam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles P. Thacker ranks 7,983 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Wilbur (1921), Armin Shimerman (1949), Jaleel White (1976), Charles Sands (1865), Frederica von Stade (1945), and Chill Wills (1902). After him are Jo Stafford (1917), Ray Evans (1915), Paul Fix (1901), Nancy Cartwright (1957), Wes Borland (1975), and Ted McGinley (1958).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Charles P. Thacker ranks 79. Before him are Phil Zimmermann (1954), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Richard E. Stearns (1936), Andy Rubin (1963), Anita Borg (1949), and Bill Joy (1954). After him are Randy Pausch (1960), Jaron Lanier (1960), James Rumbaugh (1947), David Patterson (1947), Robert Tarjan (1948), and Steve Russell (1937).

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