GAME DESIGNER

Michael Morhaime

1967 - Today

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Michael Morhaime (born November 3, 1967) is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of Dreamhaven, located in Irvine, California. Morhaime is best known as the co-founder and the former president of Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., that was founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Morhaime has received more than 873,043 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Michael Morhaime is the 61st most popular game designer (down from 50th in 2019), the 14,357th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,181st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 37.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Michael Morhaime ranks 61 out of 77Before him are Michel Ancel, Chris Metzen, Mark Cerny, Goichi Suda, Éric Chahi, and Chris Sawyer. After him are Yoshiaki Koizumi, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Patrice Désilets, Tom Hall, Jeff Kaplan, and American McGee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Michael Morhaime ranks 614Before him are Shinkichi Kikuchi, Max Casella, Sylvie Fréchette, Brigitte McMahon, Paco Camarasa, and Jonathan Adams. After him are Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Claudinho, Darko Milanič, Cristina Adela Foișor, Andrius Mamontovas, and Marcelo Filippini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Morhaime ranks 14,357 out of 20,380Before him are Darvin Ham (1973), Dweezil Zappa (1969), Barbara Cook (1927), Willard Rice (1895), Ryan Adams (1974), and Faye Kellerman (1952). After him are Nicola Peltz (1995), Paul Ginsparg (1955), Dan Harmon (1973), Matthew Conger (1978), Roy Cooper (1957), and Doris Kenyon (1897).

Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Michael Morhaime ranks 22Before him are Jordan Mechner (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Amy Hennig (1964), John Tobias (1969), Chris Metzen (1973), and Mark Cerny (1964). After him are Tom Hall (1964), Jeff Kaplan (1972), American McGee (1972), Jonathan Blow (1971), Rob Pardo (1970), and Matt Harding (1976).