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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 849,504 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Tappan Morris is the 141st most popular computer scientist (up from 156th in 2019), the 8,183rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,374th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 850k

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  • 53.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 141 out of 245. Before him are Michael Stonebraker, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Robert Tarjan, Jaron Lanier, Silvio Micali, and Subhash Kak. After him are Thomas E. Kurtz, David Patterson, Christos Papadimitriou, Leslie Valiant, Richard Garriott, and Kent Beck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 274. Before him are Samuel Le Bihan, Toninho, Daniela Mercury, Doug Liman, Alessandro Gassmann, and Natalie Dessay. After him are José Morais, Anke Engelke, Momoko Sakura, Ľubomír Moravčík, Shinichirō Watanabe, and Matt Biondi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 8,183 out of 20,380. Before him are David Ayer (1968), Tony Gilroy (1956), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Sharon Mitchell (1956), Laura Prepon (1980), and Larry Storch (1923). After him are Morrison Waite (1816), Bert Schneider (1897), Bill Bradley (1943), Talia Balsam (1959), Tovah Feldshuh (1952), and John Keel (1930).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Tappan Morris ranks 84. Before him are Jack Dorsey (1976), James Rumbaugh (1947), Annie Easley (1933), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Robert Tarjan (1948), and Jaron Lanier (1960). After him are Thomas E. Kurtz (1928), David Patterson (1947), Kent Beck (1961), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Randy Pausch (1960), and James H. Clark (1944).

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