COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Gary McKinnon

1966 - Today

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Gary McKinnon (born February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused by a US prosecutor in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time". McKinnon said that he was looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary McKinnon has received more than 2,343,155 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary McKinnon is the 165th most popular computer scientist (down from 129th in 2019), the 4,972nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,908th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Computer Scientist.

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  • 51.10

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  • 23

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  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Gary McKinnon ranks 165 out of 245. Before him are Tim Paterson, Steve Russell, Andy Hertzfeld, Michael Dertouzos, Bruce Schneier, and Hal Abelson. After him are Grady Booch, Rob Pike, Jean E. Sammet, Ruzena Bajcsy, Brewster Kahle, and Jon Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Gary McKinnon ranks 347. Before him are Chiaki Yamada, Olaf Marschall, Alain Mabanckou, Gem Archer, Srđan Aleksić, and Fred Armisen. After him are Maria Canals-Barrera, Rim Banna, Taiji, Masahiro Fukuda, Richard Fortus, and Richie Jen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary McKinnon ranks 4,972 out of 8,785. Before him are Tanya Tate (1979), Nicky Butt (1975), Caroline Bliss (1961), John Aldridge (1958), Max Horton (1883), and Anne Heywood (1931). After him are Thomas Traherne (1636), George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Hammond Innes (1913), Mark Ronson (1975), Rupert Davies (1916), and Rebecca Mader (1977).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United Kingdom

Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Gary McKinnon ranks 15. Before him are Stephen Wolfram (1959), Richard Garriott (1961), Paul Graham (1964), David Marr (1945), Kathleen Booth (1922), and Martin Fowler (1963). After him are Andrew Morton (1959), Alan Cox (1968), Sophie Wilson (1957), Stuart J. Russell (1962), and Demis Hassabis (1976).

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