1961 - Today
Liu Gang (born 30 January 1961) is a Chinese-born American aerospace engineer, computer scientist, optical physicist, political activist, and writer. He founded the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation. He was a prominent student leader at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Liu holds an M.A. in physics from Peking University and an M.A. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liu Gang has received more than 197,066 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Liu Gang is the 121st most popular computer scientist (up from 142nd in 2019), the 842nd most popular biography from China (down from 795th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Liu Gang ranks 121 out of 201. Before him are Adele Goldberg, John L. Hennessy, Vitalik Buterin, Annie Easley, Abraham Lempel, and Paul G. Comba. After him are Arthur Samuel, Kathleen Antonelli, Michael Dertouzos, Phil Zimmermann, Shafi Goldwasser, and Richard E. Stearns.
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 115
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 116
1994 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 117
1933 - 2011
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 118
1936 - 2023
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 119
1926 - 2017
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 120
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 121
1901 - 1990
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 122
1921 - 2006
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 123
1936 - 2001
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 124
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 125
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 126
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 127
Among people born in 1961, Liu Gang ranks 221. Before him are Darryl Jones, Marc-André Hamelin, Jonathan Coe, Matjaž Kek, Abhijit Banerjee, and Larry Mullen Jr.. After him are Greg Egan, Anna Oxa, Darren Star, John Stockwell, Hironobu Kageyama, and Florent Pagny.
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 215
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 216
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 217
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 218
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 219
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 220
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 221
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 222
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 223
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 224
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 225
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 226
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 227
Among people born in China, Liu Gang ranks 842 out of 1,392. Before him are Nina Li Chi (1961), Li Changchun (1944), Flossie Wong-Staal (1946), John Baptist Wu (1925), Da-Wen Sun (1960), and Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952). After him are Wu Xueqian (1921), Hu Die (1908), Hui Liangyu (1944), John Hersey (1914), Lin Shu (1852), and He Guoqiang (1943).
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 836
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 837
1946 - 2020
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 838
1925 - 2002
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 839
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 840
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 841
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 842
1921 - 2008
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 843
1908 - 1989
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 844
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 845
1914 - 1993
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 846
1852 - 1924
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 847
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 848
Among computer scientists born in China, Liu Gang ranks 1. After him are Jenova Chen (1981).