1942 - 1994
Gary Arlen Kildall (; May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the CP/M operating system among other operating systems and programming tools, and subsequently founded Digital Research, Inc. (or "DRI") to market and sell his software products. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Kildall has received more than 825,564 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gary Kildall is the 64th most popular computer scientist (up from 70th in 2019), the 4,186th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,633rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Gary Kildall ranks 64 out of 201. Before him are Jacques Vallée, Alfred Aho, Sergey Lebedev, Larry Wall, Ole-Johan Dahl, and Larry Tesler. After him are Adam Osborne, Dana Scott, Mary Kenneth Keller, John Draper, John Henry Holland, and John Cocke.
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 58
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 59
1902 - 1974
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 60
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 61
1931 - 2002
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 62
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 63
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 64
1939 - 2003
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 65
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 66
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 67
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 68
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 69
1925 - 2002
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 70
Among people born in 1942, Gary Kildall ranks 288. Before him are Gianfranco Ravasi, Vera Alentova, Andrew Robinson, Roberto Perfumo, Toyohiro Akiyama, and Anatolijs Gorbunovs. After him are Galina Kulakova, Casimir Oyé-Mba, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Carol Lynley, Carlos Hathcock, and Philip Catherine. Among people deceased in 1994, Gary Kildall ranks 158. Before him are Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Nick Cravat, Paul Grimault, Oldřich Černík, Cyprien Ntaryamira, and Cameron Mitchell. After him are Jersey Joe Walcott, Bassel al-Assad, Helen Stephens, Jiří Sobotka, Elga Andersen, and Nicky Hopkins.
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 282
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 283
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 284
1942 - 2016
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 285
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 286
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 287
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 288
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 289
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 290
1942 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 291
1942 - 2019
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 292
1942 - 1999
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 293
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 294
1903 - 1994
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 152
1912 - 1994
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 153
1905 - 1994
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 154
1921 - 1994
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 155
1955 - 1994
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 156
1918 - 1994
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 157
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 158
1914 - 1994
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 159
1962 - 1994
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 160
1918 - 1994
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 161
1911 - 1994
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 162
1935 - 1994
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 163
1944 - 1994
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 164
Among people born in United States, Gary Kildall ranks 4,186 out of 18,182. Before him are Kerry King (1964), Kathy Baker (1950), Moses Finley (1912), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Steven Hill (1922), and Christopher Cross (1951). After him are Erika Eleniak (1969), Elbert Hubbard (1856), Thomas Jane (1969), Frank Carlucci (1930), Roy Sullivan (1912), and Jersey Joe Walcott (1914).
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,180
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,181
1912 - 1986
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,182
1927 - 2013
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,183
1922 - 2016
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,184
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,185
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,186
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,187
1856 - 1915
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 4,188
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 4,189
1930 - 2018
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 4,190
1912 - 1983
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 4,191
1914 - 1994
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 4,192
Among computer scientists born in United States, Gary Kildall ranks 39. Before him are Alan Perlis (1922), Edwin Catmull (1945), Vernor Vinge (1944), Gil Amelio (1943), Larry Wall (1954), and Larry Tesler (1945). After him are Dana Scott (1932), Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), John Henry Holland (1929), John Cocke (1925), Ron Rivest (1947), and Leonard Adleman (1945).
1922 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 33
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 34
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 35
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 36
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 37
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 38
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 39
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 40
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 41
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 42
1925 - 2002
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 44
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 45