1984 - Today
Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Randall Munroe has received more than 1,342,592 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Randall Munroe is the 348th most popular engineer (down from 323rd in 2019), the 16,195th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,245th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Engineer.
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Among engineers, Randall Munroe ranks 348 out of 323. Before him are Ted Jensen, James Guthrie, Julien Simon-Chautemps, Sam Michael, Douglas H. Wheelock, and Jonathan James. After him are Elián González and Alia Sabur.
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.27
Rank: 342
1953 - Present
HPI: 34.12
Rank: 343
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 344
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.03
Rank: 345
1960 - Present
HPI: 32.05
Rank: 346
1983 - 2008
HPI: 30.40
Rank: 347
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.65
Rank: 348
1993 - Present
HPI: 24.20
Rank: 349
1989 - Present
HPI: 18.25
Rank: 350
Among people born in 1984, Randall Munroe ranks 822. Before him are Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Laurent Didier, Derlis Florentín, Thomas Vanek, Jürgen Säumel, and Martin Smedberg-Dalence. After him are Alexandru Gațcan, Nayanthara, Steve Missillier, Tatiana Guderzo, Hanna-Maria Seppälä, and Amad Al-Hosni.
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.78
Rank: 816
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.78
Rank: 817
1984 - 2010
HPI: 27.77
Rank: 818
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.76
Rank: 819
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.75
Rank: 820
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.68
Rank: 821
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.65
Rank: 822
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.65
Rank: 823
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.60
Rank: 824
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.57
Rank: 825
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.57
Rank: 826
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.57
Rank: 827
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.56
Rank: 828
Among people born in United States, Randall Munroe ranks 16,195 out of 18,182. Before him are Columbus Short (1982), Austin Aries (1978), Richard Jefferson (1980), Joe Greene (1967), Bob Ehrlich (1957), and Phoebe Bridgers (1994). After him are Justin Meram (1988), Dylan Penn (1991), Josh Hawley (1979), Wes Ball (1980), Vincent Piazza (1976), and Matthew Mercer (1982).
1982 - Present
HPI: 27.67
Rank: 16,189
1978 - Present
HPI: 27.66
Rank: 16,190
1980 - Present
HPI: 27.66
Rank: 16,191
1967 - Present
HPI: 27.66
Rank: 16,192
1957 - Present
HPI: 27.66
Rank: 16,193
1994 - Present
HPI: 27.66
Rank: 16,194
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.65
Rank: 16,195
1988 - Present
HPI: 27.64
Rank: 16,196
1991 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 16,197
1979 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 16,198
1980 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 16,199
1976 - Present
HPI: 27.62
Rank: 16,200
1982 - Present
HPI: 27.61
Rank: 16,201
Among engineers born in United States, Randall Munroe ranks 45. Before him are Robert Zubrin (1952), Tom Dowd (1925), John Houbolt (1919), Ted Jensen (1954), Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), and Jonathan James (1983). After him are Alia Sabur (1989).
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 39
1925 - 2002
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 40
1919 - 2014
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 41
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.27
Rank: 42
1960 - Present
HPI: 32.05
Rank: 43
1983 - 2008
HPI: 30.40
Rank: 44
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.65
Rank: 45
1989 - Present
HPI: 18.25
Rank: 46