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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Stephen Wolfram

1959 - Today

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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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  • 48.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Stephen Wolfram ranks 92 out of 201Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Stephen Wolfram ranks 170Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Wolfram ranks 2,895 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United Kingdom

Among computer scientists born in United Kingdom, Stephen Wolfram ranks 7Before 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).

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