COMPUTER SCIENTIST
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 - 2017
Lotfi A. Zadeh
Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (; Azerbaijani: Lütfi Rəhim oğlu Ələsgərzadə; Persian: لطفی علیعسکرزاده; 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, and professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lotfi A. Zadeh has received more than 1,067,393 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Lotfi A. Zadeh is the 5th most popular computer scientist (up from 9th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Azerbaijani Computer Scientist.
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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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
37
Languages Editions (L)
4.47
Effective Languages (L*)
3.49
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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Among computer scientists, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 5 out of 201. Before him are Alan Turing, Grace Hopper, Tim Berners-Lee, and Richard Stallman. After him are Dennis Ritchie, Donald Knuth, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Niklaus Wirth, George Dantzig, Linus Torvalds, and John McCarthy.
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Richard Stallman
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1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 5
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HPI: 62.11
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1921, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 29. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Aaron T. Beck, Deborah Kerr, Satyajit Ray, John Glenn, and Vasily Stalin. After him are Gianni Agnelli, Nancy Reagan, Kenneth Arrow, Patricia Highsmith, Kurt Knispel, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 2017, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 26. Before him are Glen Campbell, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Jerry Lewis, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Martin Landau, and Mário Soares. After him are George A. Romero, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Tzvetan Todorov, Kenneth Arrow, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Roman Herzog.
Others Born in 1921
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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
1921 - 2011
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 23
Aaron T. Beck
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 24
Deborah Kerr
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 25
Satyajit Ray
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 26
John Glenn
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 27
Vasily Stalin
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 28
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 29
Gianni Agnelli
1921 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 30
Nancy Reagan
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 31
Kenneth Arrow
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 32
Patricia Highsmith
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 33
Kurt Knispel
1921 - 1945
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 34
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 35
Others Deceased in 2017
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Glen Campbell
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 20
Ali Abdullah Saleh
1947 - 2017
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 21
Jerry Lewis
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 22
Hans Georg Dehmelt
1922 - 2017
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 23
Martin Landau
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 24
Mário Soares
1924 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 25
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 26
George A. Romero
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 27
Nicolaas Bloembergen
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 28
Tzvetan Todorov
1939 - 2017
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 29
Kenneth Arrow
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 30
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 31
Roman Herzog
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 32
In Azerbaijan
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 12 out of 189. Before him are Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Arghun (1250), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Garry Kasparov (1963), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), and Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901). After him are Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884), and Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812).
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Zecharia Sitchin
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 6
Arghun
1250 - 1291
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
Mstislav Rostropovich
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 8
Garry Kasparov
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 9
Imadaddin Nasimi
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 10
Nadezhda Alliluyeva
1901 - 1932
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 11
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 12
Abulfaz Elchibey
1938 - 2000
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 13
Ivan Bagramyan
1897 - 1982
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 14
Ayaz Mutallibov
1938 - 2022
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 15
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
1885 - 1948
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 16
Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh
1884 - 1955
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 17
Mirza Fatali Akhundov
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 18
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Azerbaijan
Among computer scientists born in Azerbaijan, Lotfi A. Zadeh ranks 1.
