GAME DESIGNER

Jeff Kaplan

1972 - Today

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Jeffrey Kaplan is an American video game designer and former vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, a position he held until he left the company in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Kaplan has received more than 990,646 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jeff Kaplan is the 66th most popular game designer (down from 60th in 2019), the 15,753rd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,634th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Jeff Kaplan ranks 66 out of 77Before him are Chris Sawyer, Michael Morhaime, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Patrice Désilets, and Tom Hall. After him are American McGee, Tim Cain, Johan Andersson, Jonathan Blow, Toby Gard, and Adrian Carmack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Jeff Kaplan ranks 776Before him are Jennifer Hale, Hamzah Idris, Wojciech Kowalczyk, Magnus Kihlstedt, Dagur B. Eggertsson, and Iztok Čop. After him are Margarita Fullana, Daniel Šarić, Dean Potter, Jill Scott, Peder Fredricson, and Balázs Kiss.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Kaplan ranks 15,753 out of 20,380Before him are Michelle Johnson (1965), Antonio Pettigrew (1967), Emily Rose (1981), Monica Keena (1979), Michael De Luca (1965), and Taffy Abel (1900). After him are Steven Swanson (1960), Fred Brown (1948), Marisa Ramirez (1977), Michael McCaul (1962), Cynthia McKinney (1955), and Ben Schwartz (1981).

Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Jeff Kaplan ranks 24Before him are Amy Hennig (1964), John Tobias (1969), Chris Metzen (1973), Mark Cerny (1964), Michael Morhaime (1967), and Tom Hall (1964). After him are American McGee (1972), Jonathan Blow (1971), Rob Pardo (1970), Matt Harding (1976), and Bruce Straley (1978).