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Steve Wozniak

1950 - Today

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Stephen Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his early business partner Steve Jobs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Wozniak has received more than 14,846,950 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Steve Wozniak is the 29th most popular inventor (down from 28th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from United States (down from 247th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Inventor.

Steve Wozniak is most famous for being the co-founder of Apple Inc. He is also a philanthropist and a programmer.

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  • 15M

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  • 69.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Steve Wozniak ranks 29 out of 426. Before him are Samuel Colt, Ernő Rubik, Ismail al-Jazari, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Antonio Meucci, and Denis Papin. After him are Joseph Marie Jacquard, Thomas Newcomen, Nicolas Appert, Eli Whitney, George Westinghouse, and Igor Sikorsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Steve Wozniak ranks 7. Before him are Narendra Modi, Viktor Yanukovych, Zaha Hadid, Jay Leno, Sergey Lavrov, and Agnetha Fältskog. After him are Abdullah Gül, Goran Bregović, Vicente del Bosque, Stevie Wonder, Ed Harris, and Robbie Coltrane.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Wozniak ranks 277 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Wilson (1942), Robert Duvall (1931), Susan Sarandon (1946), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Gloria Stuart (1910), and Chuck Berry (1926). After him are Tony Curtis (1925), Colonel Sanders (1890), Orson Welles (1915), George Marshall (1880), Gertrude Stein (1874), and William Howard Taft (1857).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Steve Wozniak ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Edison (1847), Henry Ford (1863), Samuel Morse (1791), and Samuel Colt (1814). After him are Eli Whitney (1765), George Westinghouse (1846), Robert Fulton (1765), Ruth Handler (1916), Jimmy Wales (1966), Willis Carrier (1876), and Herman Hollerith (1860).

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