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Danny Hillis

1956 - Today

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William Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny Hillis has received more than 341,951 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Danny Hillis is the 230th most popular computer scientist (down from 206th in 2019), the 16,403rd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,347th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Danny Hillis ranks 230 out of 245. Before him are Shawn Fanning, Gottfrid Svartholm, Ninoslav Marina, Jenova Chen, Mihalis Yannakakis, and Lex Fridman. After him are Jon Lech Johansen, Theodore Ts'o, David Heinemeier Hansson, Katie Bouman, Larry Ewing, and Denny Vrandečić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Danny Hillis ranks 769. Before him are Kevin Burnham, Dianne Fromholtz, Gita Ramjee, Valerie Jarrett, Phil Ford, and Tim Flannery. After him are Sue Barker, Garry Birtles, Kevin Moran, Rajkumar Santoshi, Lloyd Sherr, and S. Scott Bullock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danny Hillis ranks 16,403 out of 20,380. Before him are Dalilah Muhammad (1990), Patrick Kane (1988), Brooke Burke (1971), Khris Middleton (1991), Mack 10 (1971), and Tim Russert (1950). After him are Mariana Klaveno (1979), Charlie McDermott (1990), Mike Castle (1939), Craig Mack (1970), Josie Loren (1987), and Nathan Kress (1992).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Danny Hillis ranks 118. Before him are John Ousterhout (1954), Eric Allman (1955), Phil Katz (1962), Bram Cohen (1975), Steve Wilhite (1948), and Shawn Fanning (1980). After him are Theodore Ts'o (1968), Katie Bouman (1989), David Karp (1986), John Resig (1984), Rosalind Picard (1962), and Virgil Griffith (1983).

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