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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 526,378 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Brooks is the 45th most popular computer scientist (up from 51st in 2019), the 3,225th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,364th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Fred Brooks ranks 45 out of 201Before him are Nolan Bushnell, Allen Newell, Jack Dorsey, Frances E. Allen, Don Norman, and Leslie Lamport. After him are Warren Weaver, Pierre Bézier, Charles Bachman, Joseph Weizenbaum, Jay Wright Forrester, and Alan Perlis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Fred Brooks ranks 166Before him are Atsuko Ikeda, George Maciunas, Uri Orlev, Aleksei Gubarev, Guido de Marco, and Norberto Boggio. After him are Lisbeth Palme, Moshé Mizrahi, Reizo Fukuhara, Manolo Escobar, Yoji Yamada, and Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk. Among people deceased in 2022, Fred Brooks ranks 156Before him are Mark Forest, Reine Wisell, Ciriaco De Mita, David Cox, Uri Orlev, and Carmela Corren. After him are Keto Losaberidze, Kay Parker, Bujar Nishani, Mwai Kibaki, Raymond Damadian, and Maximilian, Margrave of Baden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Brooks ranks 3,225 out of 18,182Before him are Isiah Thomas (1961), Paul Winfield (1939), Richard Wright (1908), Orson Bean (1928), James Forrestal (1892), and William A. Wheeler (1819). After him are Abel Ferrara (1951), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Martin Ritt (1914), John Zerzan (1943), Warner Baxter (1889), and Taylor Hackford (1944).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Fred Brooks ranks 29Before him are Nolan Bushnell (1943), Allen Newell (1927), Jack Dorsey (1976), Frances E. Allen (1932), Don Norman (1935), and Leslie Lamport (1941). After him are Warren Weaver (1894), Charles Bachman (1924), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), Alan Perlis (1922), Edwin Catmull (1945), and Vernor Vinge (1944).