GAME DESIGNER

Ron Gilbert

1964 - Today

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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. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.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 627,894 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Gilbert is the 36th most popular game designer (down from 34th in 2019), the 9,318th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,802nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ron Gilberts by language

Over the past year Ron Gilbert has had the most page views in the with 66,404 views, followed by German (12,646), and Spanish (5,314). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (186.89%), Basque (162.67%), and Slovak (76.22%)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Ron Gilbert ranks 36 out of 77. Before him are Masahiro Sakurai, John Carmack, Hideki Kamiya, John Romero, Steve Jackson, and Ed Boon. After him are Yuji Naka, David Cage, Tetsuya Nomura, Roberta Williams, Yuji Horii, and Todd Howard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Ron Gilbert ranks 364. Before him are Chokri Belaid, Miguel Alcubierre, Herman Gref, Amit Shah, Filip De Wilde, and Alexander Volkov. After him are Gérald Passi, Søren Malling, Gina McKee, Enrico Bertaggia, Astrid Carolina Herrera, and Philippe Montanier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron Gilbert ranks 9,318 out of 20,380. Before him are John Jakes (1932), Jesse Mashburn (1933), Slater Martin (1925), Hillary Scott (1983), Ben Foster (1980), and Huell Howser (1945). After him are John N. Bahcall (1934), Taylor Sheridan (1970), Una Merkel (1903), Elizabeth Ryan (1892), Rosemary Casals (1948), and Jonathan Kellerman (1949).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Ron Gilbert ranks 13. Before him are Will Wright (1960), Scott Cawthon (1971), John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), and Ed Boon (1964). After him are Roberta Williams (1953), Todd Howard (1971), Jordan Mechner (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Amy Hennig (1964), and John Tobias (1969).

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