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Jay Miner

1932 - 1994

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Jay Glenn Miner (May 31, 1932 – June 20, 1994) was an American integrated circuit designer, known primarily for developing graphics and audio chips for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit family and as the "father of the Amiga". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay Miner has received more than 131,187 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jay Miner is the 308th most popular inventor (down from 288th in 2019), the 6,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,414th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 17

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  • 2.35

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jay Miner ranks 308 out of 354Before him are Jacob Ellehammer, Ivan Polzunov, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Lynn Conway, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., and John Fitch. After him are William Friese-Greene, Isaac Pitman, Oleg Losev, Robert S. Langer, An Wang, and Jozef Murgaš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Jay Miner ranks 295Before him are Javier Ambrois, Atef Ebeid, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Robert B. Parker, Marc Fumaroli, and Casey Kasem. After him are Monte Hellman, Pauline Oliveros, Soon-Tek Oh, Jacques Roubaud, Antti Hyvärinen, and Michel Leblond. Among people deceased in 1994, Jay Miner ranks 217Before him are Bud Houser, Rolf Singer, Max Petitpierre, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, and Hermann Josef Abs. After him are Gilbert Roland, Gennady Voronov, Charlotte Auerbach, William Higinbotham, Alain Daniélou, and Alfredo Pérez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay Miner ranks 6,262 out of 18,182Before him are Harold Brown (1927), Seth Godin (1960), Billy Campbell (1959), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), Bill Carr (1909), and Caleb Deschanel (1944). After him are Cara Williams (1925), James Haven (1973), Lawrence Summers (1954), Vernon A. Walters (1917), Billie Dove (1903), and James Coco (1930).

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Jay Miner ranks 80Before him are Henry M. Leland (1843), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Lynn Conway (1938), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), and John Fitch (1743). After him are Robert S. Langer (1948), Marion Donovan (1917), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Margaret E. Knight (1838), Ken Olsen (1926), and Joseph Engelberger (1925).