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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. He was a senior JavaScript architect at PayPal until 2019, and is also a writer and speaker on JavaScript, JSON, and related web technologies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Douglas Crockford is the 221st most popular computer scientist (down from 191st in 2024), the 15,135th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,975th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Douglas Crockford ranks 221 out of 245. Before him are Alexandra Elbakyan, Phil Katz, Bram Cohen, Terry A. Davis, Eric Allman, and Nancy Lynch. After him are Steve Wilhite, Werner Koch, Gottfrid Svartholm, Vincent Rijmen, John Ousterhout, and Tron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Douglas Crockford ranks 680. Before him are Evans Paul, Richard Burr, René Valenzuela, Eric Allman, Polly Draper, and Dietmar Schauerhammer. After him are Sheldon Whitehouse, José Pilar Reyes, Kenth Eldebrink, Mark Howe, Hiroshi Hayano, and Adam Curtis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 15,141 out of 20,380. Before him are Gertrude Berg (1899), Kevin Rahm (1971), Jerry Moran (1954), Chelsi Smith (1973), Neil Shubin (1960), and Willie Banks (1956). After him are Ramon Estevez (1963), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), Al Jean (1961), George W. Norris (1861), Kara Walker (1969), and Edith Windsor (1929).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 117. Before him are Hans Reiser (1963), Phil Katz (1962), Bram Cohen (1975), Terry A. Davis (1969), Eric Allman (1955), and Nancy Lynch (1948). After him are Steve Wilhite (1948), John Ousterhout (1954), Shawn Fanning (1980), Greg Kroah-Hartman (null), Theodore Ts'o (1968), and Jeff Dean (1968).

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