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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Paul G. Comba

1926 - 2017

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Paul G. Comba (1926 – April 5, 2017) was an Italian-American computer scientist, an amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Tunisia to Italian parents in 1926, and moved to Italy at a young age. Admitted to university studies at the age of 17, He attended the University of Turin (1943–46). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul G. Comba has received more than 31,333 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Paul G. Comba is the 120th most popular computer scientist (down from 101st in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Paul G. Comba ranks 120 out of 201Before him are Jean Bartik, Adele Goldberg, John L. Hennessy, Vitalik Buterin, Annie Easley, and Abraham Lempel. After him are Liu Gang, Arthur Samuel, Kathleen Antonelli, Michael Dertouzos, Phil Zimmermann, and Shafi Goldwasser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Paul G. Comba ranks 319Before him are Hermann Kant, Armand Penverne, Zig Ziglar, David Tudor, Sverre Stenersen, and Keith Michell. After him are Roberto Goyeneche, Bernhard Klodt, Lucien Sève, Joseíto, Metaksia Simonyan, and John Gardner. Among people deceased in 2017, Paul G. Comba ranks 343Before him are Lola Albright, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Károly Makk, Kim Joo-hyuk, Armand Gatti, and Fernando Birri. After him are Vinod Khanna, Geoff Nicholls, Patrick Nève, Vladimir Shainsky, Santiago Vernazza, and Vladimir Makanin.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Paul G. Comba ranks 83 out of 179Before him are Bahi Ladgham (1913), Rachid Sfar (1933), Faouzi Benzarti (1950), Anouar Brahem (1957), Philippe Séguin (1943), and Moufida Tlatli (1947). After him are Taos Amrouche (1913), Tommaso Costantino (1885), Tarak Dhiab (1954), Brigitte Engerer (1952), Ali Laarayedh (1955), and Alberto Pellegrino (1930).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Tunisia

Among computer scientists born in Tunisia, Paul G. Comba ranks 1