GAME DESIGNER

John Carmack

1970 - Today

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John D. Carmack II (born August 21, 1970) is an American computer programmer and video game developer. He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels. Carmack made innovations in 3D computer graphics, such as his Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes. In 2013, he resigned from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR as their CTO. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Carmack has received more than 3,549,924 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. John Carmack is the 31st most popular game designer (down from 24th in 2019), the 7,817th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,855th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, John Carmack ranks 31 out of 77. Before him are Kazunori Yamauchi, Carol Shaw, Eiji Aonuma, Will Wright, Scott Cawthon, and Masahiro Sakurai. After him are Hideki Kamiya, John Romero, Steve Jackson, Ed Boon, Ron Gilbert, and Yuji Naka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, John Carmack ranks 185. Before him are Louis Koo, Michael Shanks, Jason Orange, Charisma Carpenter, Masahiro Sakurai, and Sviatoslav Shevchuk. After him are Julieta Venegas, Teemu Selänne, Jamie Kennedy, Abraham Olano, Kevin Sussman, and Rick Hoffman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Carmack ranks 7,817 out of 20,380. Before him are Julie Garwood (1946), Tess Harper (1950), Dale Earnhardt (1951), David S. Goyer (1965), Randy Edelman (1947), and Arthur Crudup (1905). After him are Raymond E. Brown (1928), Daniel Henney (1979), Walter Reed (1851), George Thorogood (1950), Richie Ramone (1957), and Jeff Sessions (1946).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, John Carmack ranks 9. Before him are Lizzie Magie (1866), Gary Gygax (1938), Dave Arneson (1947), Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), and Scott Cawthon (1971). After him are John Romero (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), Ed Boon (1964), Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), and Todd Howard (1971).

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