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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Martin Hellman

1945 - Today

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Martin Edward Hellman (born October 2, 1945) is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Hellman has received more than 351,084 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Hellman is the 77th most popular computer scientist (down from 62nd in 2019), the 4,695th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,231st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Martin Hellman ranks 77 out of 201. Before him are Ron Rivest, Judea Pearl, James H. Wilkinson, Leonard Adleman, Ed Roberts, and Ivar Jacobson. After him are Geoffrey Hinton, Stephen Cook, Edward Feigenbaum, Rasmus Lerdorf, David A. Huffman, and Evelyn Berezin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Martin Hellman ranks 262. Before him are Celestino Aós Braco, Leonard Adleman, Katja Ebstein, Lydia Shum, Adrienne Barbeau, and Jeremy Bulloch. After him are Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Sam Anderson, David Chase, Elvin Hayes, Sadakazu Tanigaki, and Gordon Thomson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Hellman ranks 4,695 out of 18,182. Before him are Kevin Nash (1959), James Denton (1963), Harry Morgan (1915), Ralph Ellison (1914), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), and Danai Gurira (1978). After him are Eric Betzig (1960), Ray Walston (1914), George Andrew Reisner (1867), Val Valentino (1956), Larry Coryell (1943), and Jonathan Littell (1967).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Martin Hellman ranks 47. Before him are Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), John Henry Holland (1929), John Cocke (1925), Ron Rivest (1947), Leonard Adleman (1945), and Ed Roberts (1941). After him are Stephen Cook (1939), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), David A. Huffman (1925), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Eric S. Raymond (1957), and Richard M. Karp (1935).

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