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Hal Finney

1956 - 2014

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Harold Thomas Finney II (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He later worked for PGP Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal Finney has received more than 25,620 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hal Finney is the 129th most popular computer scientist, the 6,965th most popular biography from United States and the 77th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Hal Finney ranks 129 out of 245. Before him are Jack Dongarra, Arthur Samuel, Bill Joy, Andy Rubin, Phil Zimmermann, and John L. Hennessy. After him are Jack Dorsey, Sudha Murty, James Rumbaugh, Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, Annie Easley, and Michael Stonebraker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Hal Finney ranks 310. Before him are Mima Jaušovec, Li Xi, Berit Aunli, Laurie Cunningham, Margarita Robles, and Oscar Garré. After him are Rüdiger Abramczik, Bruno Giordano, Koffi Olomide, Nobuko Kondo, Scholastique Mukasonga, and François Hesnault. Among people deceased in 2014, Hal Finney ranks 324. Before him are Suchitra Sen, Casey Kasem, Régine Deforges, Joe Sample, Jimmy Ellis, and Mary F. Lyon. After him are Bengt Eriksson, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Frans van der Lugt, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Dietmar Schönherr, and Helma Sanders-Brahms.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Finney ranks 6,965 out of 20,380. Before him are Heather Thomas (1957), Nancy Kovack (1935), Bruce Johnston (1942), Jennifer Ehle (1969), Louie Anderson (1953), and Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831). After him are Martha Rosler (1943), Richard S. Ewell (1817), Maggie Wheeler (1961), Dylan O'Brien (1991), Dina Merrill (1923), and Pauline Pfeiffer (1895).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Hal Finney ranks 77. Before him are Jack Dongarra (1950), Arthur Samuel (1901), Bill Joy (1954), Andy Rubin (1963), Phil Zimmermann (1954), and John L. Hennessy (1952). After him are Jack Dorsey (1976), James Rumbaugh (1947), Annie Easley (1933), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Robert Tarjan (1948), and Jaron Lanier (1960).

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