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 147,271 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles P. Thacker is the 65th most popular computer scientist (up from 132nd in 2019), the 3,905th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,968th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Charles P. Thacker ranks 65 out of 245. Before him are James H. Wilkinson, Alfred Aho, Pierre Bézier, Ron Rivest, Jay Wright Forrester, and Edward Feigenbaum. After him are Dana Scott, Martin Hellman, Gary Kildall, Leonard Adleman, Evelyn Berezin, and Adi Shamir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Charles P. Thacker ranks 276. Before him are Michel Ocelot, António Simões, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, Milan Nenadić, Leo Kinnunen, and Ronnie Spector. After him are Robert Crumb, Antal Dunai, Gary Burton, Kirin Kiki, Grover Washington Jr., and Ramón Grosso. Among people deceased in 2017, Charles P. Thacker ranks 204. Before him are Jimmy Snuka, Michael Ballhaus, Gilberto Agustoni, Laura Biagiotti, Ricardo Piglia, and Leo Kinnunen. After him are Waldir Peres, Octavio Lepage, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Allan Holdsworth, Gilbert Baker, and Mike Connors.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles P. Thacker ranks 3,905 out of 20,380. Before him are Muse Watson (1948), Jack Sharkey (1902), Edwin Sutherland (1883), Kathleen Freeman (1919), Reginald VelJohnson (1952), and Elizabeth Monroe (1768). After him are Anne Applebaum (1964), Tommy Franks (1945), John Rogan (1867), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Clarence Thomas (1948), and Nick Bollettieri (1931).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Charles P. Thacker ranks 40. Before him are Don Norman (1935), Warren Weaver (1894), Larry Wall (1954), Ron Rivest (1947), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), and Edward Feigenbaum (1936). After him are Dana Scott (1932), Martin Hellman (1945), Gary Kildall (1942), Leonard Adleman (1945), Evelyn Berezin (1925), and Stephen Cook (1939).

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