COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ralph Merkle

1952 - Today

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Ralph C. Merkle (born February 2, 1952) is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is one of the inventors of public-key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, and more recently a researcher and speaker on cryonics. Merkle is a renowned cryptographer, known for devising Merkle's Puzzles, co-inventing the Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem, and inventing cryptographic hashing (Merkle–Damgård construction) and Merkle trees. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Merkle has received more than 373,030 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ralph Merkle is the 173rd most popular computer scientist (down from 166th in 2019), the 10,657th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,650th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Ralph Merkle ranks 173 out of 245. Before him are Rob Pike, Jean E. Sammet, Ruzena Bajcsy, Brewster Kahle, Jon Hall, and Evan Williams. After him are Dave Cutler, Alan Cooper, Peter Shor, Yoshua Bengio, Audrey Tang, and Henriette Avram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ralph Merkle ranks 567. Before him are Ole Rasmussen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Christine Korsgaard, Andrey Zhelyazkov, Al Parker, and Rosa Díez. After him are Juice Newton, Elvira Saadi, Jenny Shipley, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Dahir Riyale Kahin, and Adrian Biddle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Merkle ranks 10,657 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Baumgartner (1960), Anita Baker (1958), Edward Ferry (1941), Justin Hartley (1977), Martin Feldstein (1939), and Randall Park (1974). After him are Malcolm Bilson (1935), F. Gary Gray (1969), Maxi Mounds (1964), Amory Lovins (1947), Mike Colter (1976), and Sam Jones (1924).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Ralph Merkle ranks 99. Before him are Bruce Schneier (1963), Grady Booch (1955), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Brewster Kahle (1960), Jon Hall (1950), and Evan Williams (1972). After him are Dave Cutler (1942), Alan Cooper (1952), Peter Shor (1959), Henriette Avram (1919), Edward F. Moore (1925), and Brian Acton (1972).

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