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Alan Kay

1940 - heden

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Alan Kay

Alan Curtis Kay (Springfield (Massachusetts), 17 mei 1940) is een Amerikaans informaticus en de uitvinder van de programmeertaal Smalltalk. Ook stond hij aan de wieg van de grafische gebruikersomgeving en de eerste laptopcomputer. In 2003 ontving hij de ACM Turing Award voor zijn werk met betrekking tot objectgeoriënteerd programmeren. Kay ontwikkelde met zijn studenten aan het MIT de $100-laptop voor studenten over de hele wereld. Lees meer op Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Kay is the 23rd most popular computerwetenschapper, the 1,745th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,689th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Computerwetenschapper.

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Among Computerwetenschappers

Among computerwetenschappers, Alan Kay ranks 23 out of 245. Before him are Marvin Minsky, John Cocke, Don Norman, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, John Backus, and Ken Thompson. After him are Dorothy Vaughan, Vint Cerf, Larry Page, Sudha Murty, George Dantzig, and Arthur Samuel.

Most Popular Computerwetenschappers in Wikipedia

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Marvin Minsky
1927 - 2016
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 17
John Cocke
1925 - 2002
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 18
Don Norman
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 19
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 20
John Backus
1924 - 2007
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 21
Ken Thompson
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 22
Alan Kay
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 23
Dorothy Vaughan
1910 - 2008
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 24
Vint Cerf
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 25
Larry Page
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 26
Sudha Murty
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 27
George Dantzig
1914 - 2005
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 28
Arthur Samuel
1901 - 1990
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 29

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Alan Kay ranks 99. Before him are Gary Gilmore, Masahiro Hamazaki, Edward C. Prescott, Jair da Costa, George Akerlof, and Lothar de Maizière. After him are Dionne Warwick, Joseph L. Goldstein, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Linda Gray, Richard Lynch, and Mamnoon Hussain.

Others Born in 1940

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Gary Gilmore
EXTREMIST
1940 - 1977
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 93
Masahiro Hamazaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2011
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 94
Edward C. Prescott
ECONOMIST
1940 - 2022
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 95
Jair da Costa
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2025
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 96
George Akerlof
ECONOMIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 97
Lothar de Maizière
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 98
Alan Kay
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 99
Dionne Warwick
SINGER
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 100
Joseph L. Goldstein
CHEMIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 101
Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 102
Linda Gray
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 103
Richard Lynch
ACTOR
1940 - 2012
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 104
Mamnoon Hussain
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2021
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 105