Computer Scientist
Lotfi A. Zadeh
Electrical engineer and computer scientist
1921 - 2017
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Lotfi A. Zadeh
His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Lotfi A. Zadeh is the 14th most popular computer scientist (down from 10th in 2024), the 14th most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the most popular Azerbaijani Computer Scientist. Learn more about Lotfi A. Zadeh's academic impact at Rankless.
Lotfi A. Zadeh is most famous for his theory of fuzzy sets. He believed that in order to fully understand a concept, it is necessary to take into account the degree to which the concept is true.
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Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks #14 among 276 people in Pantheon born in Azerbaijan, inside the top 6% of that group.
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Among Computer Scientists
Among computer scientists, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 14 out of 269. Before him are Dennis Ritchie, Frances E. Allen, Donald Knuth, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Geoffrey Hinton, and Niklaus Wirth. After him are Linus Torvalds, Ray Kurzweil, Marvin Minsky, John Cocke, Don Norman, and Andrew S. Tanenbaum.
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Dennis Ritchie
1941 - 2011
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 8
Frances E. Allen
1932 - 2020
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 9
Donald Knuth
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 10
Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 - 2002
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
Geoffrey Hinton
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 12
Niklaus Wirth
1934 - 2024
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 13
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 - 2017
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 14
Linus Torvalds
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 15
Ray Kurzweil
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 16
Marvin Minsky
1927 - 2016
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 17
John Cocke
1925 - 2002
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 18
Don Norman
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 19
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 20
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1921, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 47. Before him are Deborah Kerr, Jane Russell, Marija Gimbutas, Vasily Stalin, Jean-Marie Balestre, and Alida Valli. After him are Georges Brassens, Kenneth Arrow, James Jones, Abdul Salam Arif, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Gérard Debreu. Among people deceased in 2017, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 45. Before him are Tzvetan Todorov, Louise Hay, Liliane Bettencourt, Emmanuelle Riva, Powers Boothe, and Chester Bennington. After him are Albert Speer, Kenneth Arrow, George A. Romero, Derek Walcott, Ryke Geerd Hamer, and Emma Morano.
Others Born in 1921
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Deborah Kerr
ACTOR
1921 - 2007
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 41
Jane Russell
ACTOR
1921 - 2011
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 42
Marija Gimbutas
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1921 - 1994
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 43
Vasily Stalin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1921 - 1962
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 44
Jean-Marie Balestre
JOURNALIST
1921 - 2008
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 45
Alida Valli
ACTOR
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 46
Lotfi A. Zadeh
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1921 - 2017
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 47
Georges Brassens
SINGER
1921 - 1981
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 48
Kenneth Arrow
ECONOMIST
1921 - 2017
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 49
James Jones
WRITER
1921 - 1977
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 50
Abdul Salam Arif
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1966
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 51
Sugar Ray Robinson
BOXER
1921 - 1989
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 52
Gérard Debreu
ECONOMIST
1921 - 2004
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 53
Others Deceased in 2017
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Tzvetan Todorov
HISTORIAN
1939 - 2017
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 39
Louise Hay
WRITER
1926 - 2017
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 40
Liliane Bettencourt
BUSINESSPERSON
1922 - 2017
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 41
Emmanuelle Riva
ACTOR
1927 - 2017
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 42
Powers Boothe
ACTOR
1948 - 2017
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 43
Chester Bennington
SINGER
1976 - 2017
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 44
Lotfi A. Zadeh
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1921 - 2017
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 45
Albert Speer
ARCHITECT
1934 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 46
Kenneth Arrow
ECONOMIST
1921 - 2017
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 47
George A. Romero
FILM DIRECTOR
1940 - 2017
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 48
Derek Walcott
WRITER
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 49
Ryke Geerd Hamer
PHYSICIAN
1935 - 2017
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 50
Emma Morano
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1899 - 2017
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 51
In Azerbaijan
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 14 out of 276. Before him are Arghun (1250), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), and Ivan Bagramyan (1897). After him are Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Artur Rasizade (1935), Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Pavel Florensky (1882), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), and Garegin Nzhdeh (1886).
Others born in Azerbaijan
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Arghun
POLITICIAN
1250 - 1291
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 8
Imadaddin Nasimi
WRITER
1369 - 1417
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 9
Nadezhda Alliluyeva
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1932
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 10
Abulfaz Elchibey
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2000
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 11
Zecharia Sitchin
WRITER
1920 - 2010
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 12
Ivan Bagramyan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1982
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 13
Lotfi A. Zadeh
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1921 - 2017
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 14
Mirza Fatali Akhundov
WRITER
1812 - 1878
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 15
Artur Rasizade
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 16
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
COMPOSER
1885 - 1948
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 17
Pavel Florensky
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1937
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 18
Ayaz Mutallibov
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2022
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 19
Garegin Nzhdeh
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1955
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 20
Among Computer Scientists In Azerbaijan
Among computer scientists born in Azerbaijan, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 1.
