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Stephen Cook

1939 - Today

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Stephen Arthur Cook (born December 14, 1939) is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Cook has received more than 353,547 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Stephen Cook is the 72nd most popular computer scientist (up from 79th in 2019), the 4,309th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,769th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Stephen Cook ranks 72 out of 245. Before him are Dana Scott, Martin Hellman, Gary Kildall, Leonard Adleman, Evelyn Berezin, and Adi Shamir. After him are Richard M. Karp, Sergey Lebedev, Judea Pearl, Richard E. Stearns, Jan Koum, and Kathleen Antonelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Stephen Cook ranks 253. Before him are Peter Mayle, Patrick Wayne, Roy Buchanan, Ljiljana Petrović, Gila Almagor, and Ileana Cotrubaș. After him are Tigran Mansurian, Ryozo Suzuki, Ekaterina Maximova, James Burton, Yuri Bezmenov, and Viorica Viscopoleanu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Cook ranks 4,309 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Wallard (1910), Ray Dalio (1949), Eve Meyer (1928), Meriwether Lewis (1774), Cyrus West Field (1819), and Brock Lesnar (1977). After him are Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Paul Mazursky (1930), Lynn Cohen (1933), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Aaron Russo (1943), and Tyne Daly (1946).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Stephen Cook ranks 46. Before him are Charles P. Thacker (1943), Dana Scott (1932), Martin Hellman (1945), Gary Kildall (1942), Leonard Adleman (1945), and Evelyn Berezin (1925). After him are Richard M. Karp (1935), Richard E. Stearns (1936), Radia Perlman (1951), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Gil Amelio (1943), and Marlyn Meltzer (1922).

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