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David A. Huffman

1925 - 1999

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David Albert Huffman (August 9, 1925 – October 7, 1999) was an American pioneer in computer science, known for his Huffman coding. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David A. Huffman has received more than 220,366 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. David A. Huffman is the 111th most popular computer scientist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 6,051st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,935th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, David A. Huffman ranks 111 out of 245. Before him are Adele Goldberg, Robert W. Floyd, Kristen Nygaard, Eugene Kaspersky, John Hopcroft, and Robert Taylor. After him are Liu Gang, Rasmus Lerdorf, Scott Fahlman, Peter Norton, Kenneth E. Iverson, and Kateryna Yushchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, David A. Huffman ranks 303. Before him are William Wharton, Burkhard Heim, Bert Bolin, Michal Vičan, Carlo Di Palma, and Amparo Rivelles. After him are Peter R. Hunt, José Parra Martínez, Joseph Engelberger, Roy Haynes, Luis E. Miramontes, and Henri Oreiller. Among people deceased in 1999, David A. Huffman ranks 177. Before him are Teuvo Aura, Quentin Crisp, John Bromwich, Greg, Jürgen Moser, and Olga Orozco. After him are Giuseppe Delfino, Paris Pişmiş, Toninho, Anahit Tsitsikian, Birgit Cullberg, and Rafael Iglesias.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David A. Huffman ranks 6,051 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony Downs (1930), Justin Gatlin (1982), Roger McGuinn (1942), Jack Northrop (1895), Nicky Hayden (1981), and Anna Harrison (1775). After him are Larry Brown (1940), Delia Owens (1949), Mike Todd (1909), Carol Channing (1921), Wynton Kelly (1931), and Brian Greene (1963).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, David A. Huffman ranks 66. Before him are Jean Bartik (1924), Anita Borg (1949), Adele Goldberg (1945), Robert W. Floyd (1936), John Hopcroft (1939), and Robert Taylor (1932). After him are Scott Fahlman (1948), Peter Norton (1943), Lynn Conway (1938), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Jack Dongarra (1950), and Arthur Samuel (1901).

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