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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

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 327,234 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Cook is the 79th most popular computer scientist (down from 65th in 2019), the 4,781st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,381st in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Stephen Cook ranks 79 out of 201. Before him are James H. Wilkinson, Leonard Adleman, Ed Roberts, Ivar Jacobson, Martin Hellman, and Geoffrey Hinton. After him are Edward Feigenbaum, Rasmus Lerdorf, David A. Huffman, Evelyn Berezin, Adi Shamir, and Eric S. Raymond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Stephen Cook ranks 259. Before him are Ivar Jacobson, Chögyam Trungpa, Sandro Salvadore, Igor Chislenko, Yury Glazkov, and Claudette Colvin. After him are Gösta Ekman, Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Judy Collins, Norma Cappagli, José Emilio Pacheco, and James Mancham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Cook ranks 4,781 out of 18,182. Before him are Gilbert Baker (1951), Tyler, the Creator (1991), Fay Bainter (1893), Roy Raymond (1947), Edmund Randolph (1753), and Dennis Frederiksen (1951). After him are Robert Wisdom (1953), Norma Talmadge (1894), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Leo Frank (1884), Lee Falk (1911), and Saul Zaentz (1921).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Stephen Cook ranks 48. Before him are John Henry Holland (1929), John Cocke (1925), Ron Rivest (1947), Leonard Adleman (1945), Ed Roberts (1941), and Martin Hellman (1945). After him are Edward Feigenbaum (1936), David A. Huffman (1925), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Richard M. Karp (1935), and Ruth Teitelbaum (1924).

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