GAME DESIGNER

Ed Boon

1964 - Today

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Edward "Ed" Boon (born February 22, 1964) is an American video game programmer, voice actor, and director. Boon was employed for over 15 years at Midway Games. Since 2011, he has worked for Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Boon has received more than 1,355,959 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Boon is the 35th most popular game designer (up from 37th in 2019), the 9,148th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,525th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Ed Boon ranks 35 out of 77. Before him are Scott Cawthon, Masahiro Sakurai, John Carmack, Hideki Kamiya, John Romero, and Steve Jackson. After him are Ron Gilbert, Yuji Naka, David Cage, Tetsuya Nomura, Roberta Williams, and Yuji Horii.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Ed Boon ranks 354. Before him are Marco Ballotta, Molly Shannon, Jakob Hlasek, Mark Esper, Stephen Colbert, and Lauren Vélez. After him are Lisa Franchetti, Tim Miller, Pernell Whitaker, Chokri Belaid, Miguel Alcubierre, and Herman Gref.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Boon ranks 9,148 out of 20,380. Before him are Betty Blythe (1893), Lucy Shapiro (1940), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Neil Hamilton (1899), Royal Dano (1922), and Red Skelton (1913). After him are Rufus Thomas (1917), Geraldo Rivera (1943), Marion Jones Farquhar (1879), Akiva Goldsman (1962), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), and Jeanne Shaheen (1947).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Ed Boon ranks 12. Before him are Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), Scott Cawthon (1971), John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), and Steve Jackson (1953). After him are Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), Todd Howard (1971), Jordan Mechner (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), and Amy Hennig (1964).

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