COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Pat Hanrahan

1954 - Today

Photo of Pat Hanrahan

Icon of person Pat Hanrahan

Patrick M. Hanrahan (born May 8, 1955) is an American computer graphics researcher, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on rendering algorithms, graphics processing units, as well as scientific illustration and visualization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat Hanrahan has received more than 270,453 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pat Hanrahan is the 185th most popular computer scientist (down from 171st in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Pat Hanrahan ranks 185 out of 245. Before him are Henriette Avram, Luis von Ahn, Sugata Mitra, Edward F. Moore, Noga Alon, and Andrew Morton. After him are Geir Ivarsøy, Brian Acton, Bruce Perens, Hans Reiser, Elizabeth J. Feinler, and Douglas Crockford.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Pat Hanrahan ranks 564. Before him are Baburam Bhattarai, Maatia Toafa, Allison Anders, Valentina Sidorova, Vilis Krištopans, and John Hencken. After him are Hans-Günter Bruns, Maria Ștefan, Peter Laird, Marc Vann, Alex Cox, and Paulo Sérgio.

Others Born in 1954

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous