1947 - 2009
David Lance Arneson (; October 1, 1947 – April 7, 2009) was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s. Arneson's early work was fundamental to the role-playing game (RPG) genre, pioneering devices now considered to be archetypical, such as cooperative play to develop a storyline instead of individual competitive play to "win" and adventuring in dungeon, town, and wilderness settings as presented by a neutral judge who doubles as the voice and consciousness of all characters aside from the player characters.Arneson discovered wargaming as a teenager in the 1960s, and he began combining these games with the concept of role-playing. He was a University of Minnesota student when he met Gygax at the Gen Con gaming convention in the late 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Arneson has received more than 737,343 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Dave Arneson is the 30th most popular game designer (up from 33rd in 2019), the 9,171st most popular biography from United States (up from 9,206th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Game Designer.
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Among game designers, Dave Arneson ranks 30 out of 56. Before him are John Carmack, Hidetaka Miyazaki, John Romero, Yu Suzuki, Eiji Aonuma, and Tetsuya Nomura. After him are Yuji Horii, Yuji Naka, Hideki Kamiya, Ron Gilbert, Roberta Williams, and Scott Cawthon.
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 24
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 25
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 26
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 27
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 28
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 29
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 30
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 31
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 32
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 33
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 34
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 35
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1947, Dave Arneson ranks 614. Before him are Gregg Rolie, Charles Rabemananjara, Mumtaz, Theda Skocpol, Sally Struthers, and Ilona Gusenbauer. After him are Volodymyr Troshkin, Siegmar Wätzlich, Menachem Bello, Anne Fine, Shmuel Rosenthal, and Fabián Alarcón. Among people deceased in 2009, Dave Arneson ranks 302. Before him are Jackie Pretorius, Péter Bacsó, Francisco Valdés, Nizar Rayan, Uma Aaltonen, and Mildred Cohn. After him are Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Lou Albano, Nelson Demarco, Howard Zieff, Jacques Sylla, and Umaga.
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 608
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 609
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 610
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 611
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 612
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 613
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 614
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 615
1947 - 2019
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 616
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 617
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 618
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 619
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 620
1934 - 2009
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 296
1928 - 2009
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 297
1943 - 2009
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 298
1959 - 2009
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 299
1940 - 2009
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 300
1913 - 2009
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 301
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 302
1905 - 2009
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 303
1933 - 2009
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 304
1925 - 2009
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 305
1927 - 2009
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 306
1946 - 2009
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 307
1973 - 2009
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 308
Among people born in United States, Dave Arneson ranks 9,171 out of 18,182. Before him are Spring Byington (1886), Francis Hopkinson (1737), Shaun White (1986), Richard Florida (1957), Ken Burns (1953), and Tony Kushner (1956). After him are Edith McGuire (1944), Thomas C. Hart (1877), Dale Crover (1967), Charles B. Cory (1857), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), and Nestor Serrano (1955).
1886 - 1971
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 9,165
1737 - 1791
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 9,166
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,167
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,168
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,169
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,170
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,171
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,172
1877 - 1971
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,173
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9,174
1857 - 1921
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 9,175
1935 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 9,176
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 9,177
Among game designers born in United States, Dave Arneson ranks 9. Before him are Lizzie Magie (1866), Gary Gygax (1938), Steve Jackson (1953), Will Wright (1960), John Carmack (1970), and John Romero (1967). After him are Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), Scott Cawthon (1971), Ed Boon (1964), Carol Shaw (1955), and Tim Schafer (1967).
1866 - 1948
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 3
1938 - 2008
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 8
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 14
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 15