1931 - 2023
Jacob Ziv (Hebrew: יעקב זיו; 27 November 1931 – 25 March 2023) was an Israeli electrical engineer and information theorist who developed the LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms alongside Abraham Lempel. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yaakov Ziv has received more than 23,235 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yaakov Ziv is the 301st most popular engineer (down from 271st in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Israel (down from 259th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Engineer.
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Among engineers, Yaakov Ziv ranks 301 out of 323. Before him are Louis Armand, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Christopher Cockerell, Robert H. Dennard, John R. Pierce, and Franciszek Rychnowski. After him are Aldo Costa, Mario Theissen, Yahya Ayyash, Joseph Bazalgette, Ove Arup, and Willy Ley.
1905 - 1971
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 295
1898 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 296
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 297
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 298
1910 - 2002
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 299
1850 - 1929
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 300
1931 - 2023
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 301
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 302
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 303
1966 - 1996
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 304
1819 - 1891
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 305
1895 - 1988
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 306
1906 - 1969
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 307
Among people born in 1931, Yaakov Ziv ranks 414. Before him are Jimmy Stewart, Thorvald Strömberg, Sven Delblanc, Jackie McLean, Giovanni Battista Rabino, and Leyla Erbil. After him are Pierre Chambon, E. C. George Sudarshan, Mirja Hietamies, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Eva Bosáková, and Te Atairangikaahu. Among people deceased in 2023, Yaakov Ziv ranks 312. Before him are C. R. Rao, Bill Richardson, Michael Bishop, B. V. Doshi, Anita Thallaug, and Danilo Astori. After him are Ernesto Castano, Francis Lee, Trevor Francis, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Jerónimo Saavedra, and Friedel Lutz.
1931 - 2008
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 408
1931 - 2010
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 409
1931 - 1992
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 410
1931 - 2006
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 411
1931 - 2020
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 412
1931 - 2013
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 413
1931 - 2023
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 414
1931 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 415
1931 - 2018
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 416
1931 - 2013
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 417
1931 - 2019
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 418
1931 - 1991
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 419
1931 - 2006
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 420
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 306
1947 - 2023
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 307
1945 - 2023
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 308
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 309
1938 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 310
1940 - 2023
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 311
1931 - 2023
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 312
1939 - 2023
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 313
1944 - 2023
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 314
1954 - 2023
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 315
1928 - 2023
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 316
1936 - 2023
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 317
1939 - 2023
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 318
Among people born in Israel, Yaakov Ziv ranks 276 out of 430. Before him are Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944), Nahum Stelmach (1936), Shlomo Artzi (1949), Avishai Cohen (1970), Aviv Kochavi (1964), and Netta Barzilai (1993). After him are Rina Mor (1956), Ronit Elkabetz (1964), Giora Spiegel (1947), Moshe Castel (1909), Gilad Shalit (1986), and Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936).
1944 - 2012
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 270
1936 - 1999
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 271
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 272
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 273
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 274
1993 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 275
1931 - 2023
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 276
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 277
1964 - 2016
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 278
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 279
1909 - 1991
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 280
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 281
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 282
Among engineers born in Israel, Yaakov Ziv ranks 2. Before him are Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1947).