COMPUTER SCIENTIST
Christos Papadimitriou
1949 - Today
Christos Papadimitriou
Christos Charilaos Papadimitriou (Greek: Χρήστος Χαρίλαος "Χρίστος" Παπαδημητρίου; born August 16, 1949) is a Greek-American theoretical computer scientist and the Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christos Papadimitriou has received more than 335,696 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Christos Papadimitriou is the 144th most popular computer scientist (up from 151st in 2019), the 797th most popular biography from Greece (down from 769th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Computer Scientist.
Memorability Metrics
340k
Page Views (PV)
45.43
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
3.62
Effective Languages (L*)
2.90
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Among computer scientists, Christos Papadimitriou ranks 144 out of 245. Before him are Jaron Lanier, Silvio Micali, Subhash Kak, Robert Tappan Morris, Thomas E. Kurtz, and David Patterson. After him are Leslie Valiant, Richard Garriott, Kent Beck, Paul Graham, Rudolf Bayer, and Vitalik Buterin.
Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJaron Lanier
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 138
Silvio Micali
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 139
Subhash Kak
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 140
Robert Tappan Morris
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 141
Thomas E. Kurtz
1928 - 2024
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 142
David Patterson
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 143
Christos Papadimitriou
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 144
Leslie Valiant
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 145
Richard Garriott
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 146
Kent Beck
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 147
Paul Graham
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 148
Rudolf Bayer
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 149
Vitalik Buterin
1994 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 150
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1949, Christos Papadimitriou ranks 537. Before him are Pauline Marois, Jeannie Berlin, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Enrique Wolff, Jan Egil Storholt, and Ian Charleson. After him are Emma Kirkby, Sanja Iveković, Christian Dalger, Leslie Valiant, Bohuslav Šťastný, and Paruyr Hayrikyan.
Others Born in 1949
Go to all RankingsPauline Marois
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 531
Jeannie Berlin
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 532
Bonnie J. Dunbar
ASTRONAUT
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 533
Enrique Wolff
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 534
Jan Egil Storholt
ATHLETE
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 535
Ian Charleson
ACTOR
1949 - 1990
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 536
Christos Papadimitriou
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 537
Emma Kirkby
SINGER
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 538
Sanja Iveković
PHOTOGRAPHER
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 539
Christian Dalger
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - 2023
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 540
Leslie Valiant
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 541
Bohuslav Šťastný
HOCKEY PLAYER
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 542
Paruyr Hayrikyan
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 543
In Greece
Among people born in Greece, Christos Papadimitriou ranks 797 out of 1,024. Before him are Diomidis Kyriakos (1811), Spyridon Athanasopoulos (1900), Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (1890), Dimitris Koutsoumpas (1955), Jerry Falwell (1933), and Perikles Kakousis (1879). After him are Oganes Zanazanyan (1946), Nikolaos Morakis (1900), Margaritis Schinas (1962), Ilias Tsirimokos (1907), Nikos Koundouros (1926), and Carl Anderson (1945).
Others born in Greece
Go to all RankingsDiomidis Kyriakos
WRITER
1811 - 1869
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 791
Spyridon Athanasopoulos
POLITICIAN
1900 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 792
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1973
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 793
Dimitris Koutsoumpas
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 794
Jerry Falwell
WRITER
1933 - 2007
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 795
Perikles Kakousis
ATHLETE
1879 - 1939
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 796
Christos Papadimitriou
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 797
Oganes Zanazanyan
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2015
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 798
Nikolaos Morakis
POLITICIAN
1900 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 799
Margaritis Schinas
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 800
Ilias Tsirimokos
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1968
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 801
Nikos Koundouros
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2017
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 802
Carl Anderson
ACTOR
1945 - 2004
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 803
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Greece
Among computer scientists born in Greece, Christos Papadimitriou ranks 2. Before him are Joseph Sifakis (1946). After him are Michael Dertouzos (1936), and Mihalis Yannakakis (1953).
Joseph Sifakis
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 1
Christos Papadimitriou
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 2
Michael Dertouzos
1936 - 2001
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 3
Mihalis Yannakakis
1953 - Present
HPI: 33.75
Rank: 4