COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Larry Wall

1954 - Today

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Larry Arnold Wall (born September 27, 1954) is an American computer programmer, linguist and author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Wall has received more than 597,132 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Larry Wall is the 57th most popular computer scientist (up from 61st in 2019), the 3,583rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,008th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Larry Wall ranks 57 out of 245. Before him are Leslie Lamport, Geoffrey Hinton, Edwin Catmull, Vernor Vinge, Don Norman, and Warren Weaver. After him are Ole-Johan Dahl, James H. Wilkinson, Alfred Aho, Pierre Bézier, Ron Rivest, and Jay Wright Forrester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Larry Wall ranks 149. Before him are Scott Bakula, Benoît Sokal, Haluk Bilginer, Branko Ivanković, Brigitte Lin, and Simonetta Stefanelli. After him are Peter MacNicol, Juliane Koepcke, Didier Six, Viktor Zolotov, Will Patton, and Bobby Sands.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Wall ranks 3,583 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Martinet (1955), Pat Boone (1934), R. A. Salvatore (1959), David Harbour (1975), Melissa Etheridge (1961), and Elmore James (1918). After him are David Graeber (1961), James Rebhorn (1948), Ona Munson (1903), Paula Abdul (1962), Arnold Gesell (1880), and Richard Williams (1942).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Larry Wall ranks 36. Before him are Fred Brooks (1931), Leslie Lamport (1941), Edwin Catmull (1945), Vernor Vinge (1944), Don Norman (1935), and Warren Weaver (1894). After him are Ron Rivest (1947), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), Charles P. Thacker (1943), Dana Scott (1932), and Martin Hellman (1945).

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