1962 - 2000
Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000) was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the ZIP file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS. A copyright lawsuit between System Enhancement Associates (SEA) and Katz's company, PKWARE, was widely publicized in the BBS community in the late 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Katz has received more than 282,192 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Phil Katz is the 180th most popular computer scientist (down from 171st in 2019), the 11,997th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,941st in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Phil Katz ranks 180 out of 201. Before him are Ian Murdock, Jon Hall, Geir Ivarsøy, Kathleen Booth, Erich Gamma, and Theo de Raadt. After him are Bassel Khartabil, Douglas Crockford, Luis von Ahn, Sophie Wilson, Hans Reiser, and Werner Koch.
1973 - 2015
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 174
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 175
1957 - 2006
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 176
1922 - 2022
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 177
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 178
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 179
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 180
1981 - 2015
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 181
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 182
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 183
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 184
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 185
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 186
Among people born in 1962, Phil Katz ranks 515. Before him are Sergei Zalyotin, Elena Cattaneo, George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, Julien Nkoghe Bekale, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, and Tracey Thorn. After him are Zenon Jaskuła, John de Wolf, Norma Cruz, Jennifer Rubin, Anne Enright, and Melissa Rosenberg. Among people deceased in 2000, Phil Katz ranks 308. Before him are R. S. Thomas, Lynden Pindling, Joan Marsh, Mae Faggs, Marguerite Churchill, and Athanasios Vouros. After him are Shobhna Samarth, Gail Fisher, Joan Hartigan, Frances Drake, Vincent Canby, and Wilf Mannion.
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 509
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 510
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 511
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 512
1962 - 2009
HPI: 38.08
Rank: 513
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 514
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 515
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 516
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 517
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 518
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 519
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 520
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 521
1913 - 2000
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 302
1930 - 2000
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 303
1914 - 2000
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 304
1932 - 2000
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 305
1910 - 2000
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 306
1801 - 2000
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 307
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 308
1916 - 2000
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 309
1935 - 2000
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 310
1912 - 2000
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 311
1912 - 2000
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 312
1924 - 2000
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 313
1918 - 2000
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 314
Among people born in United States, Phil Katz ranks 11,997 out of 18,182. Before him are Bert I. Gordon (1922), Horton Foote (1916), Tommy Godwin (1920), Bridget Marquardt (1973), Gerry Ashworth (1942), and Thomas Ian Nicholas (1980). After him are Dennis Prager (1948), Brandon Flowers (1981), Bob Knight (1940), Rachel Miner (1980), Skylar Grey (1986), and Marcus Mumford (1987).
1922 - 2023
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 11,991
1916 - 2009
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 11,992
1920 - 2012
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 11,993
1973 - Present
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 11,994
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 11,995
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 11,996
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 11,997
1948 - Present
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 11,998
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 11,999
1940 - 2023
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 12,000
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 12,001
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 12,002
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 12,003
Among computer scientists born in United States, Phil Katz ranks 99. Before him are Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Peter Shor (1959), Paul Buchheit (1977), Ralph Merkle (1952), E. Allen Emerson (1954), and Jon Hall (1950). After him are Douglas Crockford (1955), Hans Reiser (1963), Craig Federighi (1969), Shawn Fanning (1980), John Ousterhout (1954), and Brian Acton (1972).
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 93
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 94
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 95
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 96
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 97
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 98
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 99
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 100
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 101
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 102
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 103
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 104
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 105