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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 237,150 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Patrick Volkerding is the 621st most popular businessperson (down from 549th in 2019), the 11,711th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,484th in 2019) and the 228th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Patrick Volkerding ranks 621 out of 601Before him are Jérôme Kerviel, Suzanne Farrell, Eugene Roshal, Tony Fernandes, Bakary Gassama, and Reggie Fils-Aimé. After him are Ken Bates, Joi Ito, Andrew Ng, Lynn Hill, George Newnes, and Ellen Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Patrick Volkerding ranks 446Before him are Pamela Adlon, Yoshinori Kitase, Ibrahim Hassan, Mário Centeno, Stéphane Brizé, and Cas Anvar. After him are Emiko Kubo, Luc Leblanc, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Shawn Drover, Roger Ljung, and Yelena Nikolayeva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Volkerding ranks 11,711 out of 18,182Before him are Edmund Lowe (1890), Herbert Goldstein (1922), Blake Griffin (1989), Ron Freeman (1947), Nate Diaz (1985), and Auliʻi Cravalho (2000). After him are Hank Williams Jr. (1949), Will Forte (1970), John J. Crittenden (1787), Russell Simmons (1957), Kristy McNichol (1962), and Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Patrick Volkerding ranks 228Before him are Tom Wolf (1948), Eric Trump (1984), Harold Camping (1921), Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), Suzanne Farrell (1945), and Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961). After him are Lynn Hill (1961), Ellen Stewart (1919), Tory Burch (1966), Billy Mays (1958), Ray Ozzie (1955), and Herb Kohl (1935).