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Will Wright

1960 - Today

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William Ralph Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, which later became part of Electronic Arts. In April 2009, he left EA to run Stupid Fun Club Camp, an entertainment think tank in which Wright and EA are principal shareholders.The first computer game Wright designed was Raid on Bungeling Bay in 1984, but it was SimCity that brought him to prominence. The game was published by Maxis, which Wright co-formed with Jeff Braun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Wright has received more than 32,723 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Will Wright is the 23rd most popular game designer (down from 19th in 2019), the 6,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,131st in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Will Wright ranks 23 out of 56. Before him are Hironobu Sakaguchi, Klaus Teuber, Gary Gygax, Masahiro Sakurai, Peter Molyneux, and Steve Jackson. After him are John Carmack, Hidetaka Miyazaki, John Romero, Yu Suzuki, Eiji Aonuma, and Tetsuya Nomura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Will Wright ranks 239. Before him are Víctor Fernández, Serhiy Tihipko, Kee Marcello, Karim Rashid, Raşit Meredow, and Osvaldo Ríos. After him are Aldo Serena, Ahmed Jabari, John Schneider, Shinya Tsukamoto, Da-Wen Sun, and Michael Lewis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Wright ranks 6,816 out of 18,182. Before him are Julia Ward Howe (1819), Daniel Pearl (1963), David Ray Griffin (1939), Louis Clarke (1901), Akebono Tarō (1969), and Joanna Russ (1937). After him are Helene Madison (1913), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Michael Chapman (1935), Marilyn Miller (1898), Jenny McCarthy (1972), and Al Ernest Garcia (1887).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Will Wright ranks 6. Before him are Gabe Newell (1962), Jeff Kinney (1971), Lizzie Magie (1866), Gary Gygax (1938), and Steve Jackson (1953). After him are John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), Dave Arneson (1947), Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), and Scott Cawthon (1971).

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