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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Kevin Mitnick

1963 - 2023

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Kevin David Mitnick (August 6, 1963 – July 16, 2023) was an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker. He is best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crimes. Mitnick's pursuit, arrest, trial, and sentence along with the associated journalism, books, and films were all controversial. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Mitnick has received more than 4,758,754 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Kevin Mitnick is the 29th most popular computer scientist (up from 49th in 2019), the 2,119th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,312th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Kevin Mitnick ranks 29 out of 201. Before him are Alan Kay, John Backus, Satoshi Nakamoto, Ward Cunningham, Jef Raskin, and Leonard Kleinrock. After him are Tony Hoare, Ivan Sutherland, Barbara Liskov, J. C. R. Licklider, Luigi Federico Menabrea, and Peter Naur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Kevin Mitnick ranks 61. Before him are Félix Tshisekedi, Gaspar Noé, David Thewlis, Satoshi Kon, Mikael Persbrandt, and Seal. After him are Liu Cixin, Park Chan-wook, Karl Malone, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Andrej Kiska, and Geert Wilders. Among people deceased in 2023, Kevin Mitnick ranks 81. Before him are David Crosby, Antonio Carbajal, Frank Borman, Dubravka Ugrešić, Jan Jongbloed, and Roger Whittaker. After him are Mark Margolis, Mary Quant, Sinéad O'Connor, Wayne Shorter, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, and Gianluca Vialli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin Mitnick ranks 2,119 out of 18,182. Before him are Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Saul Bass (1920), and Jane Jacobs (1916). After him are Michael Emerson (1954), Paul Revere (1735), Roberta Flack (1937), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Sojourner Truth (1797), and Lady Randolph Churchill (1854).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Kevin Mitnick ranks 19. Before him are Marvin Minsky (1927), Alan Kay (1940), John Backus (1924), Ward Cunningham (1949), Jef Raskin (1943), and Leonard Kleinrock (1934). After him are Ivan Sutherland (1938), Barbara Liskov (1939), J. C. R. Licklider (1915), Nolan Bushnell (1943), Allen Newell (1927), and Jack Dorsey (1976).

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