COMPUTER SCIENTIST
Tony Hoare
1934 - Today
Tony Hoare
Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare (Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare) (born 11 January 1934) is a British computer scientist who has made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, formal verification, and concurrent computing. His work earned him the Turing Award, usually regarded as the highest distinction in computer science, in 1980. Hoare developed the sorting algorithm quicksort in 1959–1960. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Hoare has received more than 997,266 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Tony Hoare is the 29th most popular computer scientist (up from 36th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Computer Scientist.
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1.0M
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56.76
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
3.95
Effective Languages (L*)
3.82
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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Among computer scientists, Tony Hoare ranks 29 out of 201. Before him are Alan Kay, John Backus, Ward Cunningham, Jef Raskin, Leonard Kleinrock, and Kevin Mitnick. After him are Ivan Sutherland, Barbara Liskov, J. C. R. Licklider, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Peter Naur, and Ken Kutaragi.
Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia
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Alan Kay
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 23
John Backus
1924 - 2007
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 24
Ward Cunningham
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 25
Jef Raskin
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 26
Leonard Kleinrock
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 27
Kevin Mitnick
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 28
Tony Hoare
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 29
Ivan Sutherland
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 30
Barbara Liskov
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 31
J. C. R. Licklider
1915 - 1990
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 32
Luigi Federico Menabrea
1809 - 1896
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 33
Peter Naur
1928 - 2016
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 34
Ken Kutaragi
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 35
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1934, Tony Hoare ranks 108. Before him are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Garry Marshall, Howard Martin Temin, Leonard Kleinrock, Vladimir Posner, and Ornella Vanoni. After him are Ken Rosewall, Kisho Kurokawa, Fredric Jameson, Kenzo Ohashi, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and Lucien Bianchi.
Others Born in 1934
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Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 102
Garry Marshall
1934 - 2016
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 103
Howard Martin Temin
1934 - 1994
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 104
Leonard Kleinrock
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 105
Vladimir Posner
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 106
Ornella Vanoni
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 107
Tony Hoare
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 108
Ken Rosewall
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 109
Kisho Kurokawa
1934 - 2007
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 110
Fredric Jameson
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 111
Kenzo Ohashi
1934 - 2015
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 112
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
1934 - 2012
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 113
Lucien Bianchi
1934 - 1969
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 114
In Sri Lanka
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Tony Hoare ranks 6 out of 44. Before him are Patanjali (-200), Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954), Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877), and Anagarika Dharmapala (1864). After him are Jack Churchill (1906), Aryadeva (200), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), William Chester Minor (1834), and Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945).
Others born in Sri Lanka
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Patanjali
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 2
Velupillai Prabhakaran
1954 - 2009
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 3
Ananda Coomaraswamy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 4
Anagarika Dharmapala
1864 - 1933
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5
Tony Hoare
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 6
Jack Churchill
1906 - 1996
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 7
Aryadeva
200 - 250
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
Mahinda Rajapaksa
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 9
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 10
William Chester Minor
1834 - 1920
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 11
Chandrika Kumaratunga
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 12
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Sri Lanka
Among computer scientists born in Sri Lanka, Tony Hoare ranks 1.
