Computer Scientist

Tim Berners-Lee

1955 - today

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Tim Berners-Lee

His biography is available in 140 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 136 in 2024). Tim Berners-Lee is the 5th most popular computer scientist (down from 3rd in 2024), the 322nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Computer Scientist.

Tim Berners-Lee is most famous for inventing the World Wide Web. He is also a founding director of the World Wide Web Foundation.

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Among Computer Scientists

Among computer scientists, Tim Berners-Lee ranks 5 out of 245. Before him are Alan Turing, Richard Stallman, Grace Hopper, and Satoshi Nakamoto. After him are John McCarthy, Barbara Liskov, Dennis Ritchie, Frances E. Allen, Donald Knuth, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and Geoffrey Hinton.

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Alan Turing
1912 - 1954
HPI: 85.14
Rank: 1
Richard Stallman
1953 - Present
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 2
Grace Hopper
1906 - 1992
HPI: 80.29
Rank: 3
Satoshi Nakamoto
1975 - Present
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 4
Tim Berners-Lee
1955 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 5
John McCarthy
1927 - 2011
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 6
Barbara Liskov
1939 - Present
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 7
Dennis Ritchie
1941 - 2011
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 8
Frances E. Allen
1932 - 2020
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 9
Donald Knuth
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 10
Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 - 2002
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
Geoffrey Hinton
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Tim Berners-Lee ranks 14. Before him are Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, Pietro Parolin, Bill Paxton, and Jair Bolsonaro. After him are Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Ornella Muti, Akira Toriyama, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and Willem Dafoe.

Others Born in 1955

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Michel Platini
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 8
Kevin Costner
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 9
Rowan Atkinson
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 10
Pietro Parolin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 11
Bill Paxton
ACTOR
1955 - 2017
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 12
Jair Bolsonaro
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 13
Tim Berners-Lee
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1955 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 14
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
NOBLEMAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 15
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 16
Ornella Muti
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 17
Akira Toriyama
COMIC ARTIST
1955 - 2024
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 18
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 19
Willem Dafoe
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 20

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Berners-Lee ranks 322 out of NaN. Before him are Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), Robert Shaw (1927), Kate Bush (1958), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944). After him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Francis Crick (1916), Ben Kingsley (1943), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), and Anthony Eden (1897).

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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
COMPANION
1901 - 2004
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 316
Robert Shaw
ACTOR
1927 - 1978
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 317
Kate Bush
SINGER
1958 - Present
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 318
Charlotte, Princess Royal
COMPANION
1766 - 1828
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 319
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
ASTRONOMER
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 320
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 321
Tim Berners-Lee
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1955 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 322
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
POLITICIAN
1519 - 1536
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 323
Frederick North, Lord North
POLITICIAN
1732 - 1792
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 324
Francis Crick
BIOLOGIST
1916 - 2004
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 325
Ben Kingsley
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 326
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
COMPANION
1887 - 1969
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 327
Anthony Eden
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1977
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 328