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John Hopcroft

1939 - Today

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John Edward Hopcroft (born October 7, 1939) is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation (also known as the Cinderella book) and data structures are regarded as standards in their fields. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hopcroft has received more than 214,880 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Hopcroft is the 109th most popular computer scientist (down from 99th in 2019), the 5,875th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,827th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, John Hopcroft ranks 109 out of 245. Before him are Paul G. Comba, Anita Borg, Adele Goldberg, Robert W. Floyd, Kristen Nygaard, and Eugene Kaspersky. After him are Robert Taylor, David A. Huffman, Liu Gang, Rasmus Lerdorf, Scott Fahlman, and Peter Norton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John Hopcroft ranks 348. Before him are Vivi Bach, Richard Posner, Yves Boisset, Helen Prejean, Breyten Breytenbach, and Günther Herrmann. After him are Ernie Terrell, Adrienne Clarkson, Theo Waigel, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ernst Zündel, and István Kozma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hopcroft ranks 5,875 out of 20,380. Before him are Tay Garnett (1894), David Baldacci (1960), Usher (1978), Lawrence Roberts (1937), Sandy Koufax (1935), and Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884). After him are Annabella Sciorra (1960), Bob Guccione (1930), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), Anna Katharine Green (1846), The Ultimate Warrior (1959), and Leonard Rosenman (1924).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, John Hopcroft ranks 64. Before him are Ed Roberts (1941), Betty Holberton (1917), Jean Bartik (1924), Anita Borg (1949), Adele Goldberg (1945), and Robert W. Floyd (1936). After him are Robert Taylor (1932), David A. Huffman (1925), Scott Fahlman (1948), Peter Norton (1943), Lynn Conway (1938), and Shafi Goldwasser (1958).

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