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John McAfee

1945 - 2021

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John David McAfee ( MAK-ə-fee; 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was an American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John McAfee has received more than 14,002,316 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John McAfee is the 94th most popular businessperson (up from 289th in 2019), the 698th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,287th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 4.05

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John McAfee ranks 94 out of 601Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen, Ferdinand Piëch, Flavio Briatore, Paul Reuter, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Madam C. J. Walker. After him are Bertha Benz, Michele Ferrero, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Ivana Trump, Sam Walton, and Louis Chevrolet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, John McAfee ranks 51Before him are Viktor Saneyev, Steve Martin, Anselm Kiefer, Dési Bouterse, Adly Mansour, and Richard Thaler. After him are Keith Jarrett, José Feliciano, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Ernie Hudson, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Carmen Maura. Among people deceased in 2021, John McAfee ranks 61Before him are Larry Flynt, Manuel Santana, George Jung, E. O. Wilson, Idriss Déby, and Nawal El Saadawi. After him are Larry King, Edward de Bono, Noah Gordon, Dean Stockwell, Pat Hitchcock, and Norodom Ranariddh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John McAfee ranks 698 out of 7,765Before him are Brian Eno (1948), William Carey (1761), David Brewster (1781), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), Norman Angell (1872), and Niels Kaj Jerne (1911). After him are Jeremy Brett (1933), Bobby Robson (1933), Margaret of York (1446), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), and James May (1963).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, John McAfee ranks 9Before him are Thomas Cook (1808), Richard Branson (1950), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), Frank Williams (1942), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), and Stanley Rous (1895). After him are Brian Epstein (1934), Ron Dennis (1947), Thomas Lipton (1848), David Icke (1952), Vidal Sassoon (1928), and David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961).

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