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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Robert Tappan Morris

1965 - Today

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Robert Tappan Morris (born November 8, 1965) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Tappan Morris has received more than 775,051 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Robert Tappan Morris is the 156th most popular computer scientist (down from 151st in 2019), the 9,395th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,437th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 156 out of 201. Before him are Brewster Kahle, Christos Papadimitriou, Dave Cutler, Grady Booch, Sudha Murty, and Jean E. Sammet. After him are Andy Hertzfeld, Paul Graham, Peter Shor, Subhash Kak, Hal Abelson, and Alan Cox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 328. Before him are Anders Limpar, David Brabham, Cyrille Makanaky, Nitzan Horowitz, Dorin Mateuț, and Catherine Fulop. After him are Rui Barros, Cecilia Bolocco, Miquel Soler, Stefan Schwarzmann, Guy Forget, and Arabian Prince.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 9,395 out of 18,182. Before him are Jim Duggan (1954), Janice Rule (1931), Jeannie Pepper (1958), Larry Miller (1953), Mike Kelley (1954), and Virginia Christine (1920). After him are Elizabeth Peña (1959), Bess Meredyth (1890), Richie Kotzen (1970), Angus King (1944), James Deen (1986), and Robert Byrne (1928).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 92. Before him are Kent Beck (1961), Bruce Schneier (1963), Brewster Kahle (1960), Dave Cutler (1942), Grady Booch (1955), and Jean E. Sammet (1928). After him are Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Peter Shor (1959), Paul Buchheit (1977), Ralph Merkle (1952), E. Allen Emerson (1954), and Jon Hall (1950).

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