1959 - Today
Stephen Wolfram ( WUUL-frəm; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American metamathematician, mathematician, computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Wolfram has received more than 1,633,241 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Wolfram is the 92nd most popular computer scientist (down from 63rd in 2019), the 2,895th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,436th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Stephen Wolfram ranks 92 out of 201. Before him are Richard M. Karp, Liviu Librescu, Ruth Teitelbaum, Eugene Kaspersky, Robert W. Floyd, and Robert Taylor. After him are Marlyn Meltzer, Radia Perlman, Joseph Sifakis, Eugene Garfield, Manuel Blum, and Edmund M. Clarke.
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 86
1930 - 2007
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 87
1924 - 1986
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 88
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 89
1936 - 2001
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 90
1932 - 2017
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 91
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 92
1922 - 2008
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 93
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 94
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 95
1925 - 2017
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 96
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 97
1945 - 2020
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 98
Among people born in 1959, Stephen Wolfram ranks 170. Before him are Aidan Quinn, Gustavo Cerati, Bradley Whitford, László Kövér, Anthony LaPaglia, and Yoshitomo Nara. After him are Renée Fleming, Henry Czerny, Lars Høgh, John Hawkes, Marwan Barghouti, and Adrian Paul.
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 164
1959 - 2014
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 165
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 166
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 167
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 168
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 169
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 170
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 171
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 172
1959 - 2021
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 173
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 174
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 175
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 176
Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Wolfram ranks 2,895 out of 7,765. Before him are Quentin Blake (1932), Harriet Walter (1950), William Froude (1810), Johnny Clegg (1953), Steve McManaman (1972), and Alan Cumming (1965). After him are John Neville Keynes (1852), Anthony Caro (1924), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Roy Harper (1941), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), and Arthur Brown (1942).
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 2,889
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 2,890
1810 - 1879
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2,891
1953 - 2019
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2,892
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2,893
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2,894
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2,895
1852 - 1949
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 2,896
1924 - 2013
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 2,897
1552 - 1616
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 2,898
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 2,899
1816 - 1892
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 2,900
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 2,901
Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Stephen Wolfram ranks 7. Before him are Alan Turing (1912), Tim Berners-Lee (1955), Edgar F. Codd (1923), Maurice Wilkes (1913), James H. Wilkinson (1919), and Geoffrey Hinton (1947). After him are Karen Spärck Jones (1935), Robin Milner (1934), Gary McKinnon (1966), Richard Garriott (1961), Martin Fowler (1963), and Paul Graham (1964).
1912 - 1954
HPI: 83.83
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 2
1923 - 2003
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 3
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 4
1919 - 1986
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 7
1935 - 2007
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 8
1934 - 2010
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 13