COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Paul Graham

1964 - Today

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Paul Graham (; born November 13, 1964) is an English-American computer scientist, writer, entrepreneur and investor. His work has included the programming language Arc, the startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), co-founding the startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Graham has received more than 51,540 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Graham is the 148th most popular computer scientist (up from 158th in 2019), the 4,473rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,747th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Computer Scientist.

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  • 52k

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  • 45.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Paul Graham ranks 148 out of 245Before him are Thomas E. Kurtz, David Patterson, Christos Papadimitriou, Leslie Valiant, Richard Garriott, and Kent Beck. After him are Rudolf Bayer, Vitalik Buterin, E. Allen Emerson, David Marr, Kathleen Booth, and Randy Pausch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Paul Graham ranks 338Before him are Todd Field, David Cross, Zurab Noghaideli, Doug Emhoff, Craig Bierko, and Carlos Aguilera. After him are Dieter Hecking, Michael Gross, Cedric the Entertainer, Mark Coleman, Patrick Fabian, and Mauro Gianetti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Graham ranks 4,473 out of 8,785Before him are Howard Jones (1955), Simon Schama (1945), George Galloway (1954), Monty Norman (1928), Charles Williams (1886), and Andy Mackay (1946). After him are Chris Craft (1939), Tommy Gemmell (1943), Paul Carrack (1951), Anne-Marie Duff (1970), John Aitken (1839), and Augustus John (1878).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United Kingdom

Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Paul Graham ranks 11Before him are Geoffrey Hinton (1947), James H. Wilkinson (1919), Robin Milner (1934), Karen Spärck Jones (1935), Stephen Wolfram (1959), and Richard Garriott (1961). After him are David Marr (1945), Kathleen Booth (1922), Martin Fowler (1963), Gary McKinnon (1966), Andrew Morton (1959), and Alan Cox (1968).