1954 - Today
John Kenneth Ousterhout (, born October 15, 1954) is a professor of computer science at Stanford University. He founded Electric Cloud with John Graham-Cumming. Ousterhout was a professor of computer science at University of California, Berkeley where he created the Tcl scripting language and the Tk platform-independent widget toolkit, and proposed the idea of coscheduling. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ousterhout has received more than 182,090 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Ousterhout is the 194th most popular computer scientist (down from 184th in 2019), the 13,409th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,582nd in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, John Ousterhout ranks 194 out of 201. Before him are Craig Federighi, Christian Engström, Daphne Koller, Rodney Brooks, Peter Norvig, and Shawn Fanning. After him are Martin Odersky, Tron, Brian Acton, Jon Lech Johansen, Ruzena Bajcsy, and Jenova Chen.
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 188
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 189
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.11
Rank: 190
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 191
1956 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 192
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 193
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 194
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.34
Rank: 195
1972 - 1998
HPI: 35.20
Rank: 196
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 197
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 198
1933 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 199
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.96
Rank: 200
Among people born in 1954, John Ousterhout ranks 594. Before him are Blanka Paulů, Cynthia Lummis, John Hencken, Mohamed Kedir, Felice Mariani, and Jad Fair. After him are Ted Jensen, Hidehiko Shimizu, Gregory C. Johnson, Phil Thompson, Huda Zoghbi, and Brigitte Rohde.
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.75
Rank: 588
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 589
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.56
Rank: 590
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.51
Rank: 591
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 592
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 593
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 594
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.27
Rank: 595
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 596
1954 - Present
HPI: 34.98
Rank: 597
1954 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 598
1954 - Present
HPI: 34.76
Rank: 599
1954 - Present
HPI: 34.75
Rank: 600
Among people born in United States, John Ousterhout ranks 13,409 out of 18,182. Before him are Atticus Shaffer (1998), Aries Merritt (1985), Mickie James (1979), Richard J. Terrile (1951), John M. Berrien (1781), and Laurie Bartram (1958). After him are India Eisley (1993), NF (1991), Henry Schoolcraft (1793), Robert J. Cenker (1948), JC Chasez (1976), and Ronnie Milsap (1943).
1998 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 13,403
1985 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 13,404
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 13,405
1951 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 13,406
1781 - 1856
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 13,407
1958 - 2007
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 13,408
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 13,409
1993 - Present
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 13,410
1991 - Present
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 13,411
1793 - 1864
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 13,412
1948 - Present
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 13,413
1976 - Present
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 13,414
1943 - Present
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 13,415
Among computer scientists born in United States, John Ousterhout ranks 104. Before him are Jon Hall (1950), Phil Katz (1962), Douglas Crockford (1955), Hans Reiser (1963), Craig Federighi (1969), and Shawn Fanning (1980). After him are Brian Acton (1972), Nancy Lynch (1948), Bram Cohen (1975), Danny Hillis (1956), Katie Bouman (1989), and John Resig (1984).
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 98
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 99
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 100
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 101
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 102
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 103
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 104
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 105
1948 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 106
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.23
Rank: 107
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.36
Rank: 108
1989 - Present
HPI: 30.16
Rank: 109
1984 - Present
HPI: 30.15
Rank: 110