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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Peter Shor

1959 - Today

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Peter Williston Shor (born August 14, 1959) is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Shor has received more than 400,567 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Shor is the 159th most popular computer scientist (down from 152nd in 2019), the 9,892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,452nd in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Peter Shor ranks 159 out of 201. Before him are Grady Booch, Sudha Murty, Jean E. Sammet, Robert Tappan Morris, Andy Hertzfeld, and Paul Graham. After him are Subhash Kak, Hal Abelson, Alan Cox, Paul Buchheit, Sugata Mitra, and Andrew Morton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Peter Shor ranks 394. Before him are Ken Kirzinger, Fyodor Cherenkov, Trond Sollied, Anil Ambani, Juan Barbas, and Andy McNab. After him are Urs Meier, Peter Doig, Paul Kaba Thieba, John Lauridsen, Dave Schultz, and Omar Hakim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Shor ranks 9,892 out of 18,182. Before him are Rick Berman (1945), Esther Ralston (1902), Lyle Campbell (1942), Clem Burke (1954), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), and Peter Ryan (1940). After him are Kevin Williamson (1965), Carl Shy (1908), Zach Roerig (1985), Anna Belknap (1972), Ron Harper (1964), and Clarence Gilyard (1955).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Peter Shor ranks 94. Before him are Brewster Kahle (1960), Dave Cutler (1942), Grady Booch (1955), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Robert Tappan Morris (1965), and Andy Hertzfeld (1953). After him are Paul Buchheit (1977), Ralph Merkle (1952), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Jon Hall (1950), Phil Katz (1962), and Douglas Crockford (1955).

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