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Mark Cerny

1964 - Today

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Mark Evan Cerny ( SUR-nee; born 1963 or 1964) is an American video game designer, programmer, producer and media proprietor. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cerny attended UC Berkeley before dropping out to pursue a career in video games. In his early years, he spent time at Atari, Sega, Crystal Dynamics and Universal Interactive Studios before becoming an independent consultant under his own company Cerny Games in 1998. While at Sega, he established Sega Technical Institute, working on games including Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Mark Cerny is the 57th most popular game designer, the 13,111th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,624th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Mark Cerny ranks 57 out of 77. Before him are Neil Druckmann, Yoshinori Kitase, Al Lowe, David Cage, Jordan Mechner, and Goichi Suda. After him are Éric Chahi, Keiichiro Toyama, John Tobias, Michel Ancel, Amy Hennig, and Tetsuya Takahashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Mark Cerny ranks 620. Before him are Simon Singh, Ludmila Engquist, Emilia Eberle, Bonnie Blair, Yūko Mizutani, and Edith Lucie Bongo. After him are Valeri Tikhonenko, Abdelkader El Brazi, Bharrat Jagdeo, Phil Hellmuth, Rinaldo Capello, and Ilija Najdoski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Cerny ranks 13,115 out of 20,380. Before him are Lily Rabe (1982), Alex Karras (1935), Liza Koshy (1996), Ian Bohen (1976), IJustine (1984), and Frank Brian (1923). After him are Richard Libertini (1933), Karyn Parsons (1966), Jason Behr (1973), Thomas McKean (1734), John-David F. Bartoe (1944), and Tampa Red (1903).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Mark Cerny ranks 18. Before him are Dave Arneson (1947), Jeff Kaplan (1972), Scott Cawthon (1971), Ron Gilbert (1964), Ed Boon (1964), and Jordan Mechner (1964). After him are John Tobias (1969), Amy Hennig (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Tom Hall (1964), Rebecca Heineman (1963), and Michael Morhaime (1967).

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