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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

John L. Hennessy

1952 - Today

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John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist who is chairperson 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 1,036,698 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John L. Hennessy is the 116th most popular computer scientist (down from 115th in 2019), the 6,730th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,135th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 25

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  • 3.22

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  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, John L. Hennessy ranks 116 out of 201. Before him are James H. Clark, Michael Stonebraker, Karen Spärck Jones, Robin Milner, Jean Bartik, and Adele Goldberg. After him are Vitalik Buterin, Annie Easley, Abraham Lempel, Paul G. Comba, Liu Gang, and Arthur Samuel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, John L. Hennessy ranks 347. Before him are Michael Behe, Lee Hae-chan, Wojciech Fibak, Patrick Strzoda, Valery Khalilov, and Rachel Chagall. After him are Jenny Agutter, Karen Shakhnazarov, Benny Hinn, Art Malik, Tomas Ledin, and Linda Martin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John L. Hennessy ranks 6,730 out of 18,182. Before him are Arthur L. Newton (1883), Lois Weber (1879), Edgar Winter (1946), Jacqueline Mars (1939), Dan Bilzerian (1980), and John Pope (1822). After him are Ben Bova (1932), David Rice Atchison (1807), Justin Bartha (1978), Richard Russo (1949), Gary Dourdan (1966), and Harvey S. Firestone (1868).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, John L. Hennessy ranks 70. Before him are Peter Norton (1943), Scott Fahlman (1948), James H. Clark (1944), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Jean Bartik (1924), and Adele Goldberg (1945). After him are Annie Easley (1933), Arthur Samuel (1901), Phil Zimmermann (1954), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Richard E. Stearns (1936), and Andy Rubin (1963).

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