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James Gosling

1955 - Today

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James Gosling (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for the conception and development of the architecture for the Java programming language and for contributions to window systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Gosling has received more than 2,061,499 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). James Gosling is the 55th most popular computer scientist (down from 44th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Canada (down from 146th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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  • 52.25

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  • 50

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  • 4.05

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  • 5.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, James Gosling ranks 55 out of 201. Before him are Joseph Weizenbaum, Jay Wright Forrester, Alan Perlis, Edwin Catmull, Vernor Vinge, and Gil Amelio. After him are Amir Pnueli, Juris Hartmanis, Jacques Vallée, Alfred Aho, Sergey Lebedev, and Larry Wall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, James Gosling ranks 137. Before him are Anatoly Chubais, Philippe Troussier, Sándor Puhl, Kim Hae-sook, Ildikó Enyedi, and Mayumi Tanaka. After him are Alan Sokal, Paul Greengrass, Mika Kaurismäki, Edwin Moses, Daniel Bertoni, and Yasmina Khadra.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, James Gosling ranks 165 out of 1,350. Before him are Stephen Harper (1959), Michael Bublé (1975), David Shore (1959), Cobie Smulders (1982), John Ireland (1914), and Elisha Cuthbert (1982). After him are Maud Menten (1879), Neve Campbell (1973), Robert Langlands (1936), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Hayden Christensen (1981), and Walter Pidgeon (1897).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, James Gosling ranks 2. Before him are Brian Kernighan (1942). After him are Alfred Aho (1941), John Draper (1943), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Rob Pike (1956), and Maria Klawe (1951).

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