GAME DESIGNER

Tom Hall

1964 - Today

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Tom Hall (born September 2, 1964) is an American game designer best known for his work with id Software on titles such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Commander Keen. He has also been the co-founder of Ion Storm, together with his friend and colleague John Romero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Hall has received more than 511,462 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Hall is the 65th most popular game designer (down from 58th in 2019), the 15,543rd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,076th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Tom Hall ranks 65 out of 77. Before him are Éric Chahi, Chris Sawyer, Michael Morhaime, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, and Patrice Désilets. After him are Jeff Kaplan, American McGee, Tim Cain, Johan Andersson, Jonathan Blow, and Toby Gard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Tom Hall ranks 792. Before him are Miguel España, Dieter Eckstein, Maria McKee, Juliet Cuthbert, John Ottman, and Monique Knol. After him are Lisa Wilcox, Jani Lane, Scott Silver, Henk Duut, Ulf Samuelsson, and Ian Gomez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Hall ranks 15,543 out of 20,380. Before him are Jake Lacy (1985), Zell Miller (1932), Betsy Nagelsen (1956), Mark N. Brown (1951), Brian Williams (1959), and Jordan Clarkson (1992). After him are Lou Antonio (1934), Katrina Bowden (1988), Kali Rocha (1971), Terry Hart (1946), Stephanie March (1974), and Aziz Ansari (1983).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Tom Hall ranks 23. Before him are Tim Schafer (1967), Amy Hennig (1964), John Tobias (1969), Chris Metzen (1973), Mark Cerny (1964), and Michael Morhaime (1967). After him are Jeff Kaplan (1972), American McGee (1972), Jonathan Blow (1971), Rob Pardo (1970), Matt Harding (1976), and Bruce Straley (1978).

American born Game Designers

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