COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Fred Brooks

1931 - 2022

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Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Brooks has received more than 555,837 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Fred Brooks is the 50th most popular computer scientist (down from 45th in 2019), the 3,306th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,217th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Fred Brooks ranks 50 out of 245. Before him are J. C. R. Licklider, Joseph Weizenbaum, John Cocke, James Gosling, Brian Kernighan, and Nolan Bushnell. After him are Leslie Lamport, Geoffrey Hinton, Edwin Catmull, Vernor Vinge, Don Norman, and Warren Weaver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Fred Brooks ranks 190. Before him are Atsuko Ikeda, Ted Kotcheff, George Maciunas, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Iajuddin Ahmed, and Krzysztof Komeda. After him are John Gavin, Dritëro Agolli, George Vassiliou, Linda Nochlin, Mamie Van Doren, and Alda Merini. Among people deceased in 2022, Fred Brooks ranks 165. Before him are Bernd Bransch, Ivanka Khristova, Jimmy Wang Yu, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Birju Maharaj, and Patrick Demarchelier. After him are Maryan Wisniewski, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, Alec John Such, and Vadim Bakatin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Brooks ranks 3,306 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Armstrong (1912), Susanne Langer (1895), Steve Gadd (1945), Moondog (1916), Raymond Franz (1922), and Barbara Babcock (1937). After him are John Gavin (1931), Tracey Adams (1958), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Paul Giamatti (1967), P. J. Kennedy (1858), and Leslie Lamport (1941).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Fred Brooks ranks 30. Before him are Frances E. Allen (1932), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), Charles Bachman (1924), J. C. R. Licklider (1915), John Cocke (1925), and Nolan Bushnell (1943). After him are Leslie Lamport (1941), Edwin Catmull (1945), Vernor Vinge (1944), Don Norman (1935), Warren Weaver (1894), and Larry Wall (1954).

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