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Jean E. Sammet

1928 - 2017

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Jean E. Sammet (March 23, 1928 – May 20, 2017) was an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962. She was also one of the developers of the influential COBOL programming language. She received her B.A. in Mathematics from Mount Holyoke College in 1948 and her M.A. in Mathematics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean E. Sammet has received more than 125,724 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean E. Sammet is the 168th most popular computer scientist (down from 155th in 2019), the 10,362nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,271st in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Jean E. Sammet ranks 168 out of 245. Before her are Michael Dertouzos, Bruce Schneier, Hal Abelson, Gary McKinnon, Grady Booch, and Rob Pike. After her are Ruzena Bajcsy, Brewster Kahle, Jon Hall, Evan Williams, Ralph Merkle, and Dave Cutler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jean E. Sammet ranks 530. Before her are Jerry Bock, Robert Byrne, Manuel Muñoz, Vilayat Khan, Jean-François Deniau, and Malachi Throne. After her are Władysław Hasior, Cy Young, Ernestine Anderson, Imre Hódos, Samuel Adler, and Stig Sjölin. Among people deceased in 2017, Jean E. Sammet ranks 522. Before her are Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Lisbeth Korsmo, Roger Smith, Josef Augusta, Don Gordon, and Seija Simola. After her are Lars-Erik Skiöld, Cipriano Chemello, Cy Young, Giorgio Capitani, Adolph Kiefer, and Spartaco Landini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean E. Sammet ranks 10,362 out of 20,380. Before her are John Dean (1938), Janet L. Kavandi (1959), Scott Rudin (1958), Ja Rule (1976), Kate Smith (1907), and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986). After her are Robert Reid (1862), Gar Samuelson (1958), Rob Schroeder (1926), Irene Rich (1891), Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904), and Edwin Hawkins (1943).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Jean E. Sammet ranks 95. Before her are Randy Pausch (1960), James H. Clark (1944), Steve Russell (1937), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Bruce Schneier (1963), and Grady Booch (1955). After her are Brewster Kahle (1960), Jon Hall (1950), Evan Williams (1972), Ralph Merkle (1952), Dave Cutler (1942), and Alan Cooper (1952).

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