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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 3,327,180 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. John Carmack is the 24th most popular game designer (up from 26th in 2019), the 6,869th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,965th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, John Carmack ranks 24 out of 56. Before him are Klaus Teuber, Gary Gygax, Masahiro Sakurai, Peter Molyneux, Steve Jackson, and Will Wright. After him are Hidetaka Miyazaki, John Romero, Yu Suzuki, Eiji Aonuma, Tetsuya Nomura, and Dave Arneson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, John Carmack ranks 143. Before him are Gianluca Pessotto, Fazıl Say, Han Kang, Rui Vitória, Saulius Skvernelis, and Fabio Casartelli. After him are Winston Bogarde, Nicola Sturgeon, Kim Hye-soo, Skeet Ulrich, Igor Cavalera, and Muhammad Gaddafi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Carmack ranks 6,869 out of 18,182. Before him are Mark Frost (1953), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Arthur Barnard (1929), Justin Gatlin (1982), Christopher Jones (1941), and Michael Lerner (1941). After him are Janis Ian (1951), Sid Caesar (1922), Shawn Crahan (1969), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), and James J. Jeffries (1875).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, John Carmack ranks 7. Before him are Gabe Newell (1962), Jeff Kinney (1971), Lizzie Magie (1866), Gary Gygax (1938), Steve Jackson (1953), and Will Wright (1960). After him are John Romero (1967), Dave Arneson (1947), Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), Scott Cawthon (1971), and Ed Boon (1964).

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