1950 - Today
Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健, Kutaragi Ken, born 2 August 1950) is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman. He is the former chairman and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the video game division of Sony Group Corporation, and current president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", as he oversaw the development of the original console and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Kutaragi has received more than 581,577 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ken Kutaragi is the 36th most popular computer scientist (up from 37th in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from Japan (up from 656th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Ken Kutaragi ranks 36 out of 201. Before him are Tony Hoare, Ivan Sutherland, Barbara Liskov, J. C. R. Licklider, Luigi Federico Menabrea, and Peter Naur. After him are Maurice Wilkes, Brian Kernighan, Nolan Bushnell, Allen Newell, Jack Dorsey, and Frances E. Allen.
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 30
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 31
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 32
1915 - 1990
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 33
1809 - 1896
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 34
1928 - 2016
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 35
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 36
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 37
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 38
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 39
1927 - 1992
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 40
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 41
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 42
Among people born in 1950, Ken Kutaragi ranks 101. Before him are Ernesto Samper, Mory Kanté, Neda Ukraden, Roger Hodgson, Barbara Sukowa, and Camarón de la Isla. After him are David Duke, Googoosh, Neil Jordan, Martin Short, Steve Hackett, and Ubaldo Fillol.
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 95
1950 - 2020
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 96
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 97
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 98
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 99
1950 - 1992
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 100
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 101
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 102
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 103
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 104
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 105
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 106
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 107
Among people born in Japan, Ken Kutaragi ranks 578 out of 6,048. Before him are Yasuyuki Kuwahara (1942), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), and Takasugi Shinsaku (1839). After him are Daidō Moriyama (1938), Tadahiko Ueda (1947), Usaburo Hidaka (null), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Junji Ito (1963), and Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1902).
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 572
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 573
1709 - 1716
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 574
1559 - 1600
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 575
1712 - 1761
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 576
1839 - 1867
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 577
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 578
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 579
1947 - 2015
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 580
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 581
1889 - 1952
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 582
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 583
1902 - 1971
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 584
Among computer scientists born in Japan, Ken Kutaragi ranks 2. Before him are Satoshi Nakamoto (1975). After him are Yukihiro Matsumoto (1965) and Chieko Asakawa (1958).
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 3
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 4