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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Shawn Fanning

1980 - Today

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Shawn Fanning (born November 22, 1980) is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer ("P2P") file sharing platforms, in 1999. The popularity of Napster was widespread and Fanning was featured on the cover of Time magazine.The site in its initial free P2P incarnation was shut down in 2001 after the company's unsuccessful appeal of court orders arising from its encouraging the illegal sharing of copyrighted material. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shawn Fanning has received more than 1,589,208 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Shawn Fanning is the 193rd most popular computer scientist (down from 186th in 2019), the 13,320th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,928th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 20

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  • 3.05

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Shawn Fanning ranks 193 out of 201Before him are Chieko Asakawa, Craig Federighi, Christian Engström, Daphne Koller, Rodney Brooks, and Peter Norvig. After him are John Ousterhout, Martin Odersky, Tron, Brian Acton, Jon Lech Johansen, and Ruzena Bajcsy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Shawn Fanning ranks 389Before him are Vitali Kutuzov, Nicholas D'Agosto, David Lowery, Henrik Zetterberg, Wael Ghonim, and Cristiana Capotondi. After him are Claudio Maldonado, Kian Egan, Kaylani Lei, Stefano Mauri, Jan Kromkamp, and Claire Coffee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shawn Fanning ranks 13,320 out of 18,182Before him are Ryan McPartlin (1975), Lassie Lou Ahern (1920), Gerald Mohr (1914), Lisa Raymond (1973), Tyler Blackburn (1986), and Damon Wayans Jr. (1982). After him are Isabela Moner (2001), Zach LaVine (1995), Max Thieriot (1988), Brian Kemp (1963), Seamus Dever (1976), and Tyronn Lue (1977).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Shawn Fanning ranks 103Before him are E. Allen Emerson (1954), Jon Hall (1950), Phil Katz (1962), Douglas Crockford (1955), Hans Reiser (1963), and Craig Federighi (1969). After him are John Ousterhout (1954), Brian Acton (1972), Nancy Lynch (1948), Bram Cohen (1975), Danny Hillis (1956), and Katie Bouman (1989).

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