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Steve Wozniak

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Stephen Gary Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American electrical engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his early business partner Steve Jobs. Through his work at Apple in the 1970s and 1980s, he is widely recognized as one of the most prominent pioneers of the personal computer revolution.In 1975, Wozniak started developing the Apple I: 150  into the computer that launched Apple when he and Jobs first began marketing it the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Wozniak has received more than 14,550,067 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Wozniak is the 28th most popular inventor (up from 52nd in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from United States (up from 489th 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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  • 79

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  • 4.52

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Steve Wozniak ranks 28 out of 354Before him are Samuel Colt, Charles K. Kao, Thomas Newcomen, Antonio Meucci, Werner von Siemens, and James Naismith. After him are Denis Papin, Ernő Rubik, Bartolomeo Cristofori, George Westinghouse, Robert Fulton, and Joseph Marie Jacquard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Steve Wozniak ranks 6Before him are Narendra Modi, Viktor Yanukovych, Sergey Lavrov, Agnetha Fältskog, and Zaha Hadid. After him are Bill Murray, Abdullah Gül, Jay Leno, Stevie Wonder, Vicente del Bosque, and Anne, Princess Royal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Wozniak ranks 247 out of 18,182Before him are John Ford (1894), Ronnie James Dio (1942), Burt Lancaster (1913), Tony Curtis (1925), Desmond Doss (1919), and Robert Duvall (1931). After him are Lee Van Cleef (1925), William Howard Taft (1857), Joe Dassin (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Paul Samuelson (1915), and John Cage (1912).

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Steve Wozniak ranks 5Before him are Thomas Edison (1847), Henry Ford (1863), Samuel Morse (1791), and Samuel Colt (1814). After him are George Westinghouse (1846), Robert Fulton (1765), Herman Hollerith (1860), Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), Willis Carrier (1876), and Isaac Singer (1811).

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