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Tron

1972 - 1998

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Boris Floricic (8 June 1972 – 17 October 1998), better known by his pseudonym Tron, was a German hacker and phreaker whose death in unclear circumstances has led to various conspiracy theories. He is also known for his Diplom thesis presenting one of the first public implementations of a telephone with built-in voice encryption, the "Cryptophon". Floricic's pseudonym was a reference to the eponymous character in the 1982 Disney film Tron. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tron has received more than 5,365,320 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tron is the 196th most popular computer scientist, the 5,302nd most popular biography from Germany and the 5th most popular German Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Tron ranks 196 out of 201. Before him are Daphne Koller, Rodney Brooks, Peter Norvig, Shawn Fanning, John Ousterhout, and Martin Odersky. After him are Brian Acton, Jon Lech Johansen, Ruzena Bajcsy, Jenova Chen, Nancy Lynch, and Bram Moolenaar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Tron ranks 575. Before him are James Key, Laurent Gaudé, Sergei Gurenko, Arjun Rampal, Roberto Palacios, and Koji Kondo. After him are Svetlana Ishmouratova, Hocine Soltani, Phil O'Donnell, Mustapha Adib, Brigitta Boccoli, and Paul Okon. Among people deceased in 1998, Tron ranks 297. Before him are Reidar Kvammen, Matthew Shepard, Tony Shelly, Gene Raymond, Dane Clark, and Syd Owen. After him are Keith Newton, Lawton Chiles, Terry Sanford, Protima Bedi, and Peter Sillett.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tron ranks 5,302 out of 6,142. Before him are Jeanette Biedermann (1980), Christine Wachtel (1965), Bettina Zimmermann (1975), Frank Wieneke (1962), Igor Petrenko (1977), and Dirk Schuster (1967). After him are Ronald Weigel (1959), Anja Karliczek (1971), Andreas Kappes (1965), Oliver Baumann (1990), Andreas Scheuer (1974), and Ingrid Klimke (1968).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Germany

Among computer scientists born in Germany, Tron ranks 5. Before him are Joseph Weizenbaum (1923), Daniel Domscheit-Berg (1978), Ian Murdock (1973), and Werner Koch (1961).

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