1980 - Today
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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Among computer scientists, Shawn Fanning ranks 193 out of 201. Before 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.
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 187
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 188
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 189
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.11
Rank: 190
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 191
1956 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 192
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 193
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 194
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.34
Rank: 195
1972 - 1998
HPI: 35.20
Rank: 196
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 197
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 198
1933 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 199
Among people born in 1980, Shawn Fanning ranks 389. Before 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.
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.70
Rank: 383
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.68
Rank: 384
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.65
Rank: 385
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 386
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 387
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 388
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 389
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 390
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 391
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 392
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 393
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.51
Rank: 394
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 395
Among people born in United States, Shawn Fanning ranks 13,320 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 13,314
1920 - 2018
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 13,315
1914 - 1968
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 13,316
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 13,317
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 13,318
1982 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 13,319
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 13,320
2001 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 13,321
1995 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 13,322
1988 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 13,323
1963 - Present
HPI: 35.53
Rank: 13,324
1976 - Present
HPI: 35.53
Rank: 13,325
1977 - Present
HPI: 35.53
Rank: 13,326
Among computer scientists born in United States, Shawn Fanning ranks 103. Before 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).
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 97
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 98
1962 - 2000
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 99
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 100
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 101
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 102
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 103
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 104
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 105
1948 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 106
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.23
Rank: 107
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.36
Rank: 108
1989 - Present
HPI: 30.16
Rank: 109