1961 - Today
Christopher Sawyer is a Scottish video game designer and programmer. He is best known for creating Transport Tycoon, which has been considered "one of the most important simulation games ever made", and the bestseller RollerCoaster Tycoon series. He began his career in the early 1980s producing small games for Memotech, and developing DOS ports of many Amiga games. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Sawyer has received more than 739,390 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Chris Sawyer is the 57th most popular game designer (down from 48th in 2019), the 5,971st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,248th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Game Designer.
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Among game designers, Chris Sawyer ranks 57 out of 56. Before him are Jordan Mechner, Mark Cerny, John Tobias, Neil Druckmann, Éric Chahi, and Chris Metzen. After him are Tom Hall, American McGee, Jeff Kaplan, Matt Harding, Johan Andersson, and Minh Le.
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 51
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 52
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 53
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.15
Rank: 54
1967 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 55
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 56
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 57
1964 - Present
HPI: 33.92
Rank: 58
1972 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 59
1972 - Present
HPI: 32.46
Rank: 60
1976 - Present
HPI: 30.38
Rank: 61
1974 - Present
HPI: 29.83
Rank: 62
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.44
Rank: 63
Among people born in 1961, Chris Sawyer ranks 640. Before him are Dirk De Wolf, Elzo Coelho, Jeffrey Dunn, Linda Manz, Sergei Fokin, and John Thune. After him are Anke Behmer, Bonita Friedericy, Jun Suzuki, Alan G. Poindexter, Yusuke Adachi, and Cornelia Oschkenat.
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.83
Rank: 634
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.78
Rank: 635
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.71
Rank: 636
1961 - 2020
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 637
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.69
Rank: 638
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 639
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 640
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 641
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 642
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.38
Rank: 643
1961 - 2012
HPI: 34.30
Rank: 644
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 645
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.22
Rank: 646
Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Sawyer ranks 5,971 out of 7,765. Before him are Mia Goth (1993), Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1974), Alexander Vlahos (1988), Andrea Leadsom (1963), and Ronnie Corbett (1930). After him are Aiden McGeady (1986), Daniel James (1997), Betty Nuthall (1911), O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Luke Roberts (1977), and Declan Rice (1999).
1993 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 5,965
1946 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 5,966
1974 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 5,967
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 5,968
1963 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 5,969
1930 - 2016
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 5,970
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 5,971
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.49
Rank: 5,972
1997 - Present
HPI: 34.45
Rank: 5,973
1911 - 1983
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 5,974
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 5,975
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 5,976
1999 - Present
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 5,977
Among game designers born in United Kingdom, Chris Sawyer ranks 2. Before him are Peter Molyneux (1959).