GAME DESIGNER

Gabe Newell

1962 - Today

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Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American businessman. He is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation. Newell was born in Colorado and grew up in Davis, California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabe Newell has received more than 5,525,500 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Gabe Newell is the 8th most popular game designer (down from 5th in 2019), the 2,025th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,058th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Gabe Newell ranks 8 out of 77Before him are Hideo Kojima, Alexey Pajitnov, Markus Persson, Ralph H. Baer, Jeff Kinney, and Gunpei Yokoi. After him are Satoru Iwata, Satoshi Tajiri, Lizzie Magie, Klaus Teuber, Sid Meier, and Shinji Mikami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Gabe Newell ranks 58Before him are Marcia Cross, Andreas Köpke, Imad Mughniyah, Ally McCoist, Black, and Jorge Burruchaga. After him are Bob Odenkirk, Peng Liyuan, Dina Boluarte, Lance Reddick, Flea, and Viola Amherd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gabe Newell ranks 2,025 out of 20,380Before him are Jessica Alba (1981), Woody Guthrie (1912), Suzanne Somers (1946), Arthur Kennedy (1914), Katharine Ross (1940), and Solomon Burke (1936). After him are Elijah Muhammad (1897), Teri Hatcher (1964), Ira Levin (1929), Pinetop Perkins (1913), Martin Gardner (1914), and Bob Odenkirk (1962).

Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Gabe Newell ranks 2Before him are Jeff Kinney (1971). After him are Lizzie Magie (1866), Gary Gygax (1938), Dave Arneson (1947), Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), Scott Cawthon (1971), John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), and Ed Boon (1964).