1932 - Today
Dana Stewart Scott (born October 11, 1932) is an American logician who is the emeritus Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy, and Mathematical Logic at Carnegie Mellon University; he is now retired and lives in Berkeley, California. His work on automata theory earned him the Turing Award in 1976, while his collaborative work with Christopher Strachey in the 1970s laid the foundations of modern approaches to the semantics of programming languages. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dana Scott has received more than 245,551 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Dana Scott is the 66th most popular computer scientist (down from 60th in 2019), the 4,245th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,156th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Dana Scott ranks 66 out of 201. Before him are Sergey Lebedev, Larry Wall, Ole-Johan Dahl, Larry Tesler, Gary Kildall, and Adam Osborne. After him are Mary Kenneth Keller, John Draper, John Henry Holland, John Cocke, Ron Rivest, and Judea Pearl.
1902 - 1974
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 60
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 61
1931 - 2002
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 62
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 63
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 64
1939 - 2003
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 65
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 66
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 67
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 68
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 69
1925 - 2002
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 70
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 71
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 72
Among people born in 1932, Dana Scott ranks 212. Before him are Francis Arinze, Max Gallo, Walter Cunningham, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Vitold Fokin, and Per Nørgård. After him are Tiny Tim, Henri Nouwen, Stefanie Zweig, On Kawara, Siegfried Rauch, and Henri Namphy.
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 206
1932 - 2017
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 207
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 208
1932 - 2002
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 209
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 210
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 211
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 212
1932 - 1996
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 213
1932 - 1996
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 214
1932 - 2014
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 215
1932 - 2014
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 216
1932 - 2018
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 217
1932 - 2018
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 218
Among people born in United States, Dana Scott ranks 4,245 out of 18,182. Before him are Tatum O'Neal (1963), David Cassidy (1950), Anthony Zerbe (1936), Frank Serpico (1936), Chris Dickerson (1939), and Berry Berenson (1948). After him are Black Elk (1863), Julian Beck (1925), Duane Hanson (1925), June Squibb (1929), Jane Badler (1953), and Tiny Tim (1932).
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 4,239
1950 - 2017
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 4,240
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,241
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,242
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,243
1948 - 2001
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,244
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,245
1863 - 1950
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,246
1925 - 1985
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,247
1925 - 1996
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4,248
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 4,249
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 4,250
1932 - 1996
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 4,251
Among computer scientists born in United States, Dana Scott ranks 40. Before him are Edwin Catmull (1945), Vernor Vinge (1944), Gil Amelio (1943), Larry Wall (1954), Larry Tesler (1945), and Gary Kildall (1942). After him are Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), John Henry Holland (1929), John Cocke (1925), Ron Rivest (1947), Leonard Adleman (1945), and Ed Roberts (1941).
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 34
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 35
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 36
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 37
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 38
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 39
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 40
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 41
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 42
1925 - 2002
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 44
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 45
1941 - 2010
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 46