1964 - Today
Ron Gilbert is an American video-game designer, programmer, and producer. His games are generally focused on interactive story-telling, and he is arguably best known for his work on several LucasArts adventure games, including Maniac Mansion and the first two Monkey Island games. While a student in 1983, he co-wrote Graphics BASIC, and he then worked on action games for HESware, which went out of business. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Gilbert has received more than 557,973 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ron Gilbert is the 34th most popular game designer (down from 31st in 2019), the 9,823rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,032nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Game Designer.
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Among game designers, Ron Gilbert ranks 34 out of 56. Before him are Eiji Aonuma, Tetsuya Nomura, Dave Arneson, Yuji Horii, Yuji Naka, and Hideki Kamiya. After him are Roberta Williams, Scott Cawthon, Ed Boon, Kazunori Yamauchi, Al Lowe, and Naoto Ohshima.
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 28
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 29
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 30
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 31
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 32
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 33
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 34
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 35
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 36
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 37
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 38
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 39
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1964, Ron Gilbert ranks 395. Before him are Kaj Leo Johannesen, Tom McGrath, Markku Kanerva, Ricardo Moniz, Marco Ballotta, and Kōsuke Fujishima. After him are Paul Graham, Anna-Maja Henriksson, Craig Bierko, Goran Prpić, Gigi Fernández, and Ron Harper.
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 389
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 390
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 391
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 392
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 393
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 394
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 395
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 396
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 397
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 398
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 399
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 400
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 401
Among people born in United States, Ron Gilbert ranks 9,823 out of 18,182. Before him are Matthew Daddario (1987), Joseph Stadler (1880), Albertson Van Zo Post (1866), Rick Rude (1958), Kathleen Kinmont (1965), and Mary L. Good (1931). After him are Kenneth Rogoff (1953), Yasmine Bleeth (1968), Carly Chaikin (1990), Jennette McCurdy (1992), Camryn Manheim (1961), and Steven Lisberger (1951).
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,817
1880 - 1950
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,818
1866 - 1938
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,819
1958 - 1999
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,820
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,821
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,822
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 9,823
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 9,824
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 9,825
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 9,826
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 9,827
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 9,828
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 9,829
Among game designers born in United States, Ron Gilbert ranks 10. Before him are Gary Gygax (1938), Steve Jackson (1953), Will Wright (1960), John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), and Dave Arneson (1947). After him are Roberta Williams (1953), Scott Cawthon (1971), Ed Boon (1964), Carol Shaw (1955), Tim Schafer (1967), and Todd Howard (1971).
1938 - 2008
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 8
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 14
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 15
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 16