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Ken Thompson

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Ken Thompson

Kenneth "Ken" Thompson (New Orleans (Louisiana), 4 februari 1943) is een elektrotechnisch ingenieur, bekend vanwege zijn bijdrage aan het UNIX-besturingssysteem en de programmeertalen B en Go. Zijn verdiensten worden vaak vermeld als duo met collega-informaticus Dennis Ritchie. Lees meer op Wikipedia

Zijn biografie is beschikbaar in 57 verschillende talen op Wikipedia (toegenomen van 56 in 2024). Ken Thompson staat op plaats 22 onder de meest populaire computerwetenschapper (gedaald van plaats 19 in 2024), plaats 1.672 onder de meest populaire biografieën uit Verenigde Staten (gedaald van plaats 1.368 in 2019) en op plaats 14 onder de populairste computerwetenschapper uit Verenigde Staten.

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Among Computerwetenschappers

Among computerwetenschappers, Ken Thompson ranks 22 out of 245. Before him are Ray Kurzweil, Marvin Minsky, John Cocke, Don Norman, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, and John Backus. After him are Alan Kay, Dorothy Vaughan, Vint Cerf, Larry Page, Sudha Murty, and George Dantzig.

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Ray Kurzweil
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 16
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

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ken Thompson ranks 97. Before him are Mohammed Badie, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Rodney Alcala, Piet Keizer, Roy Andersson, and Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov. After him are Colin Baker, Jean-Claude Killy, Hugh Thompson Jr., Superstar Billy Graham, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, and Thomas J. Sargent.

Others Born in 1943

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Mohammed Badie
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 91
Wanda Rutkiewicz
MOUNTAINEER
1943 - 1992
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 92
Rodney Alcala
EXTREMIST
1943 - 2021
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 93
Piet Keizer
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 94
Roy Andersson
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 95
Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov
MATHEMATICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 96
Ken Thompson
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 97
Colin Baker
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 98
Jean-Claude Killy
SKIER
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 99
Hugh Thompson Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1943 - 2006
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 100
Superstar Billy Graham
WRESTLER
1943 - 2023
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 101
Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 102
Thomas J. Sargent
ECONOMIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 103