1952 - Today
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 340,674 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ralph Merkle is the 166th most popular computer scientist (down from 149th in 2019), the 10,673rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,381st in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Ralph Merkle ranks 166 out of 201. Before him are Subhash Kak, Hal Abelson, Alan Cox, Paul Buchheit, Sugata Mitra, and Andrew Morton. After him are Yoshua Bengio, Alexandra Elbakyan, Bruce Perens, E. Allen Emerson, Pat Hanrahan, and Leslie Valiant.
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 160
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 161
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 162
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 163
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 164
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 165
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 166
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 167
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 168
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 169
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 170
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 171
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 172
Among people born in 1952, Ralph Merkle ranks 526. Before him are Daniel Bautista, Thomas Sjöberg, Jean Rouaud, Roger Stone, Uri Ariel, and Mirandinha. After him are Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Milena Duchková, Andrzej Fischer, Bill Farmer, Kathryn C. Thornton, and Klaus-Dietrich Flade.
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 520
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 521
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 522
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 523
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 524
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 525
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 526
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 527
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 528
1952 - 2018
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 529
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.32
Rank: 530
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 531
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 532
Among people born in United States, Ralph Merkle ranks 10,673 out of 18,182. Before him are Brendan Hines (1976), Alex Hannum (1923), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), Richard Edson (1954), James Seddon (1815), and Johnny Thomson (1922). After him are Bob Kenney (1931), Post Malone (1995), Alexander Courage (1919), Dyanna Lauren (1965), Ed Flanders (1934), and Gar Samuelson (1958).
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 10,667
1923 - 2002
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 10,668
1821 - 1872
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 10,669
1954 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 10,670
1815 - 1880
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 10,671
1922 - 1960
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 10,672
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 10,673
1931 - 2014
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 10,674
1995 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 10,675
1919 - 2008
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 10,676
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 10,677
1934 - 1995
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 10,678
1958 - 1999
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 10,679
Among computer scientists born in United States, Ralph Merkle ranks 96. Before him are Grady Booch (1955), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Robert Tappan Morris (1965), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Peter Shor (1959), and Paul Buchheit (1977). After him are E. Allen Emerson (1954), Jon Hall (1950), Phil Katz (1962), Douglas Crockford (1955), Hans Reiser (1963), and Craig Federighi (1969).
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 90
1928 - 2017
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 91
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 92
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