1961 - Today
Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (né Garriott; born 4 July 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and space tourist. Garriott, who is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, was originally a game designer and programmer, and is now involved in a number of aspects of computer-game development. On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the International Space Station as a private astronaut, returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Garriott has received more than 1,326,080 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Richard Garriott is the 140th most popular computer scientist (down from 107th in 2019), the 4,172nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,520th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Richard Garriott ranks 140 out of 201. Before him are Audrey Tang, Jaron Lanier, James Rumbaugh, David Patterson, Rob Pike, and Robert Tarjan. After him are Kristen Nygaard, Bertrand Meyer, Steve Russell, Martin Fowler, Raj Reddy, and Kent Beck.
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 134
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 135
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 136
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 137
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 138
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 139
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 140
1926 - 2002
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 141
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 142
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 143
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 144
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 145
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 146
Among people born in 1961, Richard Garriott ranks 306. Before him are Noriyuki Abe, Aldo Costa, William C. McCool, Frank Bruno, Jon Ola Sand, and Vik Muniz. After him are Kim Deal, Rebecca Solnit, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Bill Camp, Jaroslav Šilhavý, and Roberto Cabañas.
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 300
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 301
1961 - 2003
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 302
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 303
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 304
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 305
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 306
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 307
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 308
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 309
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 310
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 311
1961 - 2017
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 312
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Garriott ranks 4,172 out of 7,765. Before him are Roy Bentley (1924), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), Rachel Portman (1960), Daniel Tammet (1979), Bradley James (1983), and Jackie Milburn (1924). After him are Holly Johnson (1960), Steve Jackson (1951), Joanne Harris (1964), George Abbot (1562), William Ames (1576), and Muriel Robb (1878).
1924 - 2018
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 4,166
1883 - 1941
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 4,167
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 4,168
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 4,169
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 4,170
1924 - 1988
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 4,171
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 4,172
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 4,173
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 4,174
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 4,175
1562 - 1633
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 4,176
1576 - 1633
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 4,177
1878 - 1907
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 4,178
Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Richard Garriott ranks 11. Before him are James H. Wilkinson (1919), Geoffrey Hinton (1947), Stephen Wolfram (1959), Karen Spärck Jones (1935), Robin Milner (1934), and Gary McKinnon (1966). After him are Martin Fowler (1963), Paul Graham (1964), Alan Cox (1968), Andrew Morton (1959), Kathleen Booth (1922), and Sophie Wilson (1957).
1919 - 1986
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 7
1935 - 2007
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 8
1934 - 2010
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 13
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 14
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 15
1922 - 2022
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 16
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 17