COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Larry Ewing

1978 - Today

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Larry Ewing is an American computer programmer who is known as the creator of the Linux mascot, Tux. The artwork was created in 1996, while Ewing was a student at Texas A&M University, originally as a submission for a contest to create the Linux logo. Though Ewing's submission didn't win, his artwork was adopted as the Linux "brand character". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Ewing has received more than 52,105 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Ewing is the 235th most popular computer scientist (down from 207th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Larry Ewing ranks 235 out of 245Before him are Lex Fridman, Danny Hillis, Jon Lech Johansen, Theodore Ts'o, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Katie Bouman. After him are Denny Vrandečić, David Karp, John Resig, Dries Buytaert, Rosalind Picard, and Manindra Agrawal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Larry Ewing ranks 836Before him are Katherine Parkinson, Martin Koukal, Jesús María Lacruz, Ulugbek Bakayev, Elson Becerra, and Alison Balsom. After him are Ricardo Rocha, Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Charly Wegelius, Bok van Blerk, Alice Tumler, and Niklas Bäckström.

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