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Randy Pausch

1960 - 2008

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Randolph Frederick Pausch () (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pausch learned he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006. In August 2007, he was given a terminal diagnosis: "three to six months of good health left". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Randy Pausch has received more than 1,578,528 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Randy Pausch is the 154th most popular computer scientist (down from 133rd in 2019), the 9,059th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,000th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

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  • 44.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Randy Pausch ranks 154 out of 245. Before him are Paul Graham, Rudolf Bayer, Vitalik Buterin, E. Allen Emerson, David Marr, and Kathleen Booth. After him are Raj Reddy, Martin Fowler, James H. Clark, Bertrand Meyer, Tim Paterson, and Steve Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Randy Pausch ranks 370. Before him are Shinji Tanaka, Joachim Winkelhock, Kazuo Ozaki, Mikhail Tyurin, Andrei Kobyakov, and Da-Wen Sun. After him are Brad Garrett, Jaap van Zweden, Jon Landau, Karra Elejalde, Guido Bontempi, and Stanley Tong. Among people deceased in 2008, Randy Pausch ranks 314. Before him are Jimmy Stewart, Jo Stafford, Gábor Delneky, Tony Rolt, Cachao, and Estelle Reiner. After him are Walter Haummer, Lilyan Chauvin, Tony Hillerman, Anatoly Karatsuba, Albin Planinc, and Halszka Osmólska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Randy Pausch ranks 9,059 out of 20,380. Before him are Virginia Pearson (1886), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), T. R. Knight (1973), Sarah Orne Jewett (1849), Ray Mercer (1961), and Jerry Sanders (1936). After him are Herman Glass (1880), Brad Garrett (1960), D. A. Pennebaker (1925), Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850), Candice King (1987), and Dustin Moskovitz (1984).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Randy Pausch ranks 89. Before him are Jaron Lanier (1960), Robert Tappan Morris (1965), Thomas E. Kurtz (1928), David Patterson (1947), Kent Beck (1961), and E. Allen Emerson (1954). After him are James H. Clark (1944), Steve Russell (1937), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Bruce Schneier (1963), Grady Booch (1955), and Jean E. Sammet (1928).

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