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John L. Hennessy

1952 - Today

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John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist who is chairman of Alphabet Inc. (Google). Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Technologies and Atheros, and also the tenth President of Stanford University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John L. Hennessy has received more than 1,105,208 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John L. Hennessy is the 128th most popular computer scientist (down from 116th in 2019), the 6,925th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,716th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, John L. Hennessy ranks 128 out of 245. Before him are Robert C. Martin, Jack Dongarra, Arthur Samuel, Bill Joy, Andy Rubin, and Phil Zimmermann. After him are Hal Finney, Jack Dorsey, Sudha Murty, James Rumbaugh, Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, and Annie Easley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, John L. Hennessy ranks 382. Before him are Jean-Christophe Rufin, Benny Hinn, Raisa Smetanina, Ricardo Tormo, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and David Ho. After him are Henry Padovani, Stanislav Seman, Rosario Livatino, Michael Hirst, Christopher Loeak, and Martin Dempsey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John L. Hennessy ranks 6,925 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Shugart (1930), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Frances Spence (1922), William Stevenson (1900), Bud Houser (1901), and Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892). After him are Mary Lou Williams (1910), Steve Miller (1943), Benjamin Banneker (1731), Charles W. Juels (1944), George Moscone (1929), and Harriet Bland (1915).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, John L. Hennessy ranks 76. Before him are Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Jack Dongarra (1950), Arthur Samuel (1901), Bill Joy (1954), Andy Rubin (1963), and Phil Zimmermann (1954). After him are Hal Finney (1956), Jack Dorsey (1976), James Rumbaugh (1947), Annie Easley (1933), Michael Stonebraker (1943), and Robert Tarjan (1948).

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