1954 - Today
Sidney K. Meier ( MIRE; born February 24, 1954) is an American businessman and computer programmer. A programmer, designer, and producer of several strategy video games and simulation video games, including the Civilization series, Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 with Bill Stealey and is the Director of Creative Development of Firaxis Games, which he co-founded with Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sid Meier has received more than 2,061,351 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Sid Meier is the 12th most popular game designer (down from 10th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Canada (down from 141st in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Game Designer.
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Among game designers, Sid Meier ranks 12 out of 56. Before him are Jeff Kinney, Gunpei Yokoi, Satoru Iwata, Masayuki Uemura, Alexey Pajitnov, and Satoshi Tajiri. After him are Lizzie Magie, Toru Iwatani, Shigesato Itoi, Shinji Mikami, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Klaus Teuber.
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 6
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 7
1959 - 2015
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 8
1943 - 2021
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 12
1866 - 1948
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 15
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 16
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 17
1952 - 2023
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 18
Among people born in 1954, Sid Meier ranks 109. Before him are Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Marco Tardelli, Plastic Bertrand, Jeff Porcaro, Catherine Samba-Panza, and Peter MacNicol. After him are Al Di Meola, Annie Sprinkle, Scott Bakula, Elvis Costello, Patty Hearst, and Dieter Müller.
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 103
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 104
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 105
1954 - 1992
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 106
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 107
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 108
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 109
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 110
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 111
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 112
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 113
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 114
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 115
Among people born in Canada, Sid Meier ranks 144 out of 1,350. Before him are Tom Cavanagh (1963), Eric McCormack (1963), Shawn Mendes (1998), Lorne Greene (1915), Katheryn Winnick (1977), and Jordan Peterson (1962). After him are Henry Taube (1915), Eugene Levy (1946), Joe Shuster (1914), Deanna Durbin (1921), Raymond Burr (1917), and Marie Dressler (1868).
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 138
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 139
1998 - Present
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 140
1915 - 1987
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 141
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 142
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 143
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 144
1915 - 2005
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 145
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 146
1914 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 147
1921 - 2013
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 148
1917 - 1993
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 149
1868 - 1934
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 150
Among game designers born in Canada, Sid Meier ranks 1. After him are Chris Taylor (1950).