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Douglas Crockford

1955 - Today

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Douglas Crockford is an American computer programmer who is involved in the development of the JavaScript language. He specified the data format JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), and has developed various JavaScript related tools such as the static code analyzer JSLint and minifier JSMin. He wrote the book JavaScript: The Good Parts, published in 2008, followed by How JavaScript Works in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Crockford has received more than 800,054 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Douglas Crockford is the 191st most popular computer scientist (down from 182nd in 2019), the 11,980th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,109th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Douglas Crockford ranks 191 out of 245. Before him are Pat Hanrahan, Geir Ivarsøy, Brian Acton, Bruce Perens, Hans Reiser, and Elizabeth J. Feinler. After him are Erich Gamma, Alan Cox, Chieko Asakawa, Ian Murdock, Sophie Wilson, and Gilles Brassard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Douglas Crockford ranks 557. Before him are Barbara Kingsolver, Natalya Petrusyova, David Murray, Dorji Wangmo, Thelma Aldana, and Hans-Jürgen Riediger. After him are Egidio Miragoli, Galina Murašova, Jürg Röthlisberger, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Don Hahn, and Juha Tiainen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 11,980 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Dupree (1927), Frank Press (1924), Joseph W. Tobin (1952), Dave Sabo (1964), Albert Charles Smith (1906), and Hughie Thomasson (1952). After him are Jake Lloyd (1989), Christa Miller (1964), R-Truth (1972), Joan Severance (1958), Bruce Furniss (1957), and Dave Bartholomew (1918).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 108. Before him are Peter Shor (1959), Henriette Avram (1919), Edward F. Moore (1925), Brian Acton (1972), Hans Reiser (1963), and Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931). After him are Paul Buchheit (1977), Craig Federighi (1969), Nancy Lynch (1948), John Ousterhout (1954), Eric Allman (1955), and Phil Katz (1962).

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