COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Jenova Chen

1981 - Today

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Xinghan Chen (Chinese: 陈星汉; pinyin: Chén Xīnghàn; born October 8, 1981), known professionally as Jenova Chen, is a Chinese video game designer. He is the designer of the award-winning games Cloud, Flow, Flower, and Journey, co-founder of Thatgamecompany as well as an advisor for Annapurna Interactive. Chen is from Shanghai, where he earned a bachelor's degree in computer science with a minor in digital art and design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jenova Chen has received more than 343,500 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jenova Chen is the 227th most popular computer scientist (down from 200th in 2019), the 1,226th most popular biography from China (down from 1,063rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Jenova Chen ranks 227 out of 245Before him are Ilya Sutskever, Bassel Khartabil, Mark Overmars, Shawn Fanning, Gottfrid Svartholm, and Ninoslav Marina. After him are Mihalis Yannakakis, Lex Fridman, Danny Hillis, Jon Lech Johansen, Theodore Ts'o, and David Heinemeier Hansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Jenova Chen ranks 699Before him are Narsha, Mirjam Weichselbraun, Nicholas Teo, Ashley Eckstein, Óscar Miñambres, and Rafał Brzozowski. After him are Bernhard Eisel, Emma Snowsill, Florent Serra, Ronald Raldes, Elisabeth Görgl, and Casey Neistat.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jenova Chen ranks 1,226 out of 1,610Before him are Zhang Linpeng (1989), Gong Lijiao (1989), Pang Qing (1979), Zhuang Yong (1972), Liu Fang (1974), and Jing Boran (1989). After him are Zhou Qunfei (1970), Gyaincain Norbu (1990), Lin Li (1970), Chen Xiexia (1983), Liu Xia (1979), and Guo Yue (1988).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In China

Among computer scientists born in China, Jenova Chen ranks 3Before him are Liu Gang (1961), and Fei-Fei Li (1976).