COMPUTER SCIENTIST

John Cocke

1925 - 2002

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John Cocke (May 30, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American computer scientist at IBM and recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cocke has received more than 134,626 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). John Cocke is the 46th most popular computer scientist (up from 70th in 2019), the 3,148th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,308th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, John Cocke ranks 46 out of 245. Before him are Frances E. Allen, Edmund M. Clarke, Charles Bachman, Amir Pnueli, J. C. R. Licklider, and Joseph Weizenbaum. After him are James Gosling, Brian Kernighan, Nolan Bushnell, Fred Brooks, Leslie Lamport, and Geoffrey Hinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, John Cocke ranks 159. Before him are Donald O'Connor, Olof Thunberg, Ahmad Shamlou, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Rabah Bitat, and Mario Merz. After him are Bill Gates Sr., Emilio Eduardo Massera, Johnny Carson, Kalle Svensson, Bauer, and Nancy Roman. Among people deceased in 2002, John Cocke ranks 111. Before him are Văn Tiến Dũng, Domènec Balmanya, Barbara Valentin, Joseph Bonanno, Brad Dexter, and Joseph Luns. After him are Humaira Begum, Zaid ibn Shaker, Herb Ritts, Dudley Moore, David Riesman, and Michel Henry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Cocke ranks 3,148 out of 20,380. Before him are Janet Jagan (1920), Wilder Penfield (1891), Fred Rogers (1928), J. Presper Eckert (1919), Dabbs Greer (1917), and Lindsey Buckingham (1949). After him are Paul Robeson (1898), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Kathleen Kennedy (1953), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), and Leon Panetta (1938).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, John Cocke ranks 28. Before him are Jef Raskin (1943), Alan Perlis (1922), Frances E. Allen (1932), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), Charles Bachman (1924), and J. C. R. Licklider (1915). After him are Nolan Bushnell (1943), Fred Brooks (1931), Leslie Lamport (1941), Edwin Catmull (1945), Vernor Vinge (1944), and Don Norman (1935).

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