COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Abraham Lempel

1936 - 2023

Abraham Lempel

Abraham Lempel (Hebrew: אברהם למפל; 10 February 1936 – 4 February 2023) was an Israeli computer scientist and one of the fathers of the LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Lempel is the 131st most popular computer scientist (down from 92nd in 2019), the 740th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 605th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Abraham Lempel ranks 131 out of 245. Before him are David A. Huffman, Ivar Jacobson, Karen Spärck Jones, Peter Norton, Edmund M. Clarke, and E. Allen Emerson. After him are Bill Joy, Robert Taylor, Christos Papadimitriou, Jack Dongarra, Andy Rubin, and Paul G. Comba.

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David A. Huffman
1925 - 1999
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 125
Ivar Jacobson
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 126
Karen Spärck Jones
1935 - 2007
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 127
Peter Norton
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 128
Edmund M. Clarke
1945 - 2020
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 129
E. Allen Emerson
1954 - 2024
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 130
Abraham Lempel
1936 - 2023
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 131
Bill Joy
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 132
Robert Taylor
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 133
Christos Papadimitriou
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 134
Jack Dongarra
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 135
Andy Rubin
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 136
Paul G. Comba
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 137

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Abraham Lempel ranks 373. Before him are Alfredo Zitarrosa, Aurelio Galfetti, Teatao Teannaki, C. Gordon Fullerton, Erich Hof, and Med Hondo. After him are Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Ben Pon, Nh. Dini, Anatoly Mikhaylov, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Guillermo Escalada. Among people deceased in 2023, Abraham Lempel ranks 357. Before him are Charles W. Misner, John Devitt, Gennady Zhidko, Ion Druță, Maurizio Costanzo, and Herschel Savage. After him are Gilles Perrault, Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, Simone Segouin, Harry Frankfurt, Henrik Nordbrandt, and Barry Humphries.

Others Born in 1936

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Alfredo Zitarrosa
WRITER
1936 - 1989
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 367
Aurelio Galfetti
ARCHITECT
1936 - 2021
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 368
Teatao Teannaki
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2016
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 369
C. Gordon Fullerton
ASTRONAUT
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 370
Erich Hof
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 1995
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 371
Med Hondo
FILM DIRECTOR
1936 - 2019
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 372
Abraham Lempel
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1936 - 2023
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 373
Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 374
Ben Pon
RACING DRIVER
1936 - 2019
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 375
Nh. Dini
WRITER
1936 - 2018
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 376
Anatoly Mikhaylov
ATHLETE
1936 - 2022
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 377
Jean-Pierre Changeux
BIOLOGIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 378
Guillermo Escalada
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 379