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Patrick Volkerding

1966 - Today

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Patrick Volkerding (born October 20, 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Volkerding has received more than 251,772 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Patrick Volkerding is the 729th most popular businessperson (down from 621st in 2019), the 12,815th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,684th in 2019) and the 256th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Patrick Volkerding ranks 729 out of 847Before him are Reggie Fils-Aimé, Cindy McCain, George Newnes, Shuhei Yoshida, Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, and Nita Ambani. After him are Tim Sweeney, A. H. Albut, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., Suzanne Farrell, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, and Marillyn Hewson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Patrick Volkerding ranks 509Before him are Katherine LaNasa, Filip Šovagović, Lyubov Yegorova, Anne Fletcher, Yumi Tōma, and Wang Xiaoshuai. After him are Ashley Laurence, Douglas G. Hurley, Cédric Kahn, Valeri Kamensky, Teresa Forcades, and Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Volkerding ranks 12,815 out of 20,380Before him are Tampa Red (1903), Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), Joe DeLoach (1967), Jeff Gordon (1971), Gabourey Sidibe (1983), and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953). After him are Mike Bantom (1951), Mario Lopez (1973), Mary Kay Bergman (1961), Vin Scully (1927), Beth Behrs (1985), and Larry Craig (1945).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Patrick Volkerding ranks 256Before him are Ashley Biden (1981), Charles Erwin Wilson (1890), Tory Burch (1966), Katherine Maher (1983), Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961), and Cindy McCain (1954). After him are Tim Sweeney (1970), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), Suzanne Farrell (1945), Marillyn Hewson (1953), Tom Wolf (1948), and Harold Camping (1921).