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Gordon Bell

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Chester Gordon Bell (born August 19, 1934) is an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later became Vice President of Engineering 1972–1983, overseeing the development of the VAX computer systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Bell has received more than 179,544 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gordon Bell is the 316th most popular engineer (down from 290th in 2019), the 9,297th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,415th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Engineer.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Gordon Bell ranks 316 out of 323. Before him are Kevin Warwick, Leon O. Chua, Chuck Peddle, Sidney Darlington, Pat Symonds, and Anatoly Blagonravov. After him are John Monash, Pat Fry, Robert Zubrin, Viktor Kozin, Tommy Flowers, and Vladimir Barmin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Gordon Bell ranks 438. Before him are Van Williams, Tina Louise, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Jagdish Bhagwati, Leon Rotman, and Norma Croker. After him are Richard Briers, Tom Bridger, Fredy Perlman, Todor Diev, Joe Williams, and Charles Jenkins Sr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gordon Bell ranks 9,297 out of 18,182. Before him are Anne Gwynne (1918), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Eric Mabius (1971), Huell Howser (1945), Harlan F. Stone (1872), and David Ramsey (1971). After him are Ann Harding (1902), Walt Davis (1931), Kevin Moore (1967), Buddy Van Horn (1928), Thomas Berger (1924), and Shawnee Smith (1969).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Gordon Bell ranks 38. Before him are Frances Spence (1922), Butler Lampson (1943), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), Robert H. Dennard (1932), Chuck Peddle (1937), and Sidney Darlington (1906). After him are Robert Zubrin (1952), Tom Dowd (1925), John Houbolt (1919), Ted Jensen (1954), Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), and Jonathan James (1983).

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