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Fernando J. Corbató

1926 - 2019

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Fernando José "Corby" Corbató (July 1, 1926 – July 12, 2019) was an American computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando J. Corbató has received more than 176,438 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Fernando J. Corbató is the 463rd most popular physician (down from 413th in 2019), the 4,702nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,214th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Fernando J. Corbató ranks 463 out of 726. Before him are Ernst von Bergmann, Robert Liston, Kazimierz Bein, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, John Crawfurd, and Charles Best. After him are Friedrich von Huene, Arnold Pick, Aleksandr Bogomolets, Hiroshi Nakajima, James Young Simpson, and Julius Vincenz von Krombholz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Fernando J. Corbató ranks 245. Before him are Heinz Kwiatkowski, Baltazar, Julie Adams, Salvador Jorge Blanco, Driss Chraïbi, and Richard Yates. After him are Theo Adam, Janet Asimov, Heriberto Herrera, Stanley Cavell, Tadeusz Konwicki, and Ladislav Pavlovič. Among people deceased in 2019, Fernando J. Corbató ranks 232. Before him are Johnny Clegg, Peter Snell, Luciano De Crescenzo, Carlo Maria Abate, Julie Adams, and Ram Dass. After him are Ndaye Mulamba, Theo Adam, Robert Waseige, Janet Asimov, Eva Mozes Kor, and David Hedison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fernando J. Corbató ranks 4,702 out of 20,380. Before him are Sanford Meisner (1905), Louise Brough (1923), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Adam Driver (1983), William B. Travis (1809), and Barry Corbin (1940). After him are Barney Kessel (1923), Dimebag Darrell (1966), Bob Rafelson (1933), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Randy Meisner (1946), and Ed Heinemann (1908).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Fernando J. Corbató ranks 51. Before him are William Stewart Halsted (1852), Harvey Cushing (1869), Helen B. Taussig (1898), William Kaelin Jr. (1957), Crawford Long (1815), and Charles Best (1899). After him are George Huntington (1850), Benjamin Rush (1745), Frank H. Netter (1906), Vivien Thomas (1910), Alfred Blalock (1899), and Kenneth H. Cooper (1931).

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