COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Peter Norton

1943 - Today

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Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943) is an American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for the computer programs and books that bear his name and portrait. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Norton has received more than 537,560 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Norton is the 115th most popular computer scientist (down from 104th in 2019), the 6,264th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,161st in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Peter Norton ranks 115 out of 245. Before him are John Hopcroft, Robert Taylor, David A. Huffman, Liu Gang, Rasmus Lerdorf, and Scott Fahlman. After him are Kenneth E. Iverson, Kateryna Yushchenko, Lynn Conway, Shafi Goldwasser, Robert Fano, and Bram Moolenaar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Peter Norton ranks 434. Before him are Motiur Rahman Nizami, Dante Spinotti, Jamie Gillis, Domenico Calcagno, Peter Carey, and Ibrahim al-Hamdi. After him are Charles Hallahan, Shinobu Sekine, Susan Clark, Rick Danko, Catherine Cesarsky, and Bert Jansch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Norton ranks 6,264 out of 20,380. Before him are Ashrita Furman (1954), John McIntire (1907), Zane Grey (1872), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Constance Bennett (1904), and Wayne Rogers (1933). After him are Robert John Burke (1960), Gregg Toland (1904), Billy Barty (1924), Hamilton Luske (1903), Jenny Holzer (1950), and Carolee Schneemann (1939).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Peter Norton ranks 68. Before him are Adele Goldberg (1945), Robert W. Floyd (1936), John Hopcroft (1939), Robert Taylor (1932), David A. Huffman (1925), and Scott Fahlman (1948). After him are Lynn Conway (1938), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Jack Dongarra (1950), Arthur Samuel (1901), Bill Joy (1954), and Andy Rubin (1963).

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