GAME DESIGNER

Scott Cawthon

1971 - Today

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Scott Braden Cawthon is an American video game developer, writer, and producer. He is best known for creating Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of survival horror video games which expanded into a media franchise. Cawthon began his career developing family-friendly Christian video games to minimal success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Cawthon has received more than 4,348,204 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Scott Cawthon is the 29th most popular game designer (up from 36th in 2019), the 7,479th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,312th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Scott Cawthon ranks 29 out of 77. Before him are Dave Arneson, Yu Suzuki, Kazunori Yamauchi, Carol Shaw, Eiji Aonuma, and Will Wright. After him are Masahiro Sakurai, John Carmack, Hideki Kamiya, John Romero, Steve Jackson, and Ed Boon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Scott Cawthon ranks 188. Before him are Christian Fittipaldi, Francisco Arce, Mario Cimarro, Isabelle Carré, Rick Yune, and Norbert Hofer. After him are Jyrki Katainen, Jussi Halla-aho, Corey Feldman, Liam Howlett, Dipendra of Nepal, and Holly Black.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Cawthon ranks 7,479 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Klinefelter (1912), America Ferrera (1984), Trip Hawkins (1953), Amber Valletta (1974), Edgar Kennedy (1890), and Roger Penske (1937). After him are Alice Faye (1915), Alan Hovhaness (1911), Lester del Rey (1915), Robert Moses (1888), Al Harker (1910), and Warren Jeffs (1955).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Scott Cawthon ranks 8. Before him are Gabe Newell (1962), Lizzie Magie (1866), Gary Gygax (1938), Dave Arneson (1947), Carol Shaw (1955), and Will Wright (1960). After him are John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), Ed Boon (1964), Ron Gilbert (1964), and Roberta Williams (1953).

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