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Jon Postel

1943 - 1998

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Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Postel has received more than 631,383 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jon Postel is the 246th most popular engineer (down from 187th in 2019), the 5,310th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,095th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Engineer.

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  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jon Postel ranks 246 out of 389. Before him are Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Anousheh Ansari, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Enrico Forlanini, Konstantin Kalinin, and Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. After him are Hans Moravec, Paul Mauser, Wilhelm Nusselt, Walter Thiel, Waloddi Weibull, and Pierre Cérésole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jon Postel ranks 376. Before him are Brian Ferneyhough, Leonid Ivashov, Michael Morpurgo, Boediono, John Draper, and Ilaiyaraaja. After him are Robert Axelrod, Tim Schenken, Mick Jackson, Kuniwo Nakamura, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly. Among people deceased in 1998, Jon Postel ranks 181. Before him are Ludvík Daněk, Galina Starovoytova, Jack Lord, Eva Bartok, Gene Autry, and Ernesto Grillo. After him are Zezé Moreira, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, António Ribeiro, Enoch Powell, Kim Ki-young, and Tammy Wynette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Postel ranks 5,310 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Bonds (1964), John King Fairbank (1907), Albert Collins (1932), Morgan Taylor (1903), William Daniels (1927), and Marie Colvin (1956). After him are Bret Harte (1836), Robert Axelrod (1943), Elizabeth Perkins (1960), Harry Langdon (1884), Bob Kiesel (1911), and Timothy Treadwell (1957).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Jon Postel ranks 21. Before him are Kelly Johnson (1910), Charles F. Brush (1849), Seymour Cray (1925), Ed Heinemann (1908), Kenneth Nichols (1907), and Aron Ralston (1975). After him are Butler Lampson (1943), Eugene Polley (1915), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Preston Tucker (1903), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), and Ransom E. Olds (1864).

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