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Adi Shamir

1952 - Today

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Adi Shamir (Hebrew: עדי שמיר; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adi Shamir is the 77th most popular computer scientist (down from 71st in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Israel (up from 238th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Adi Shamir ranks 77 out of 245. Before him are Jef Raskin, Richard M. Karp, Fred Brooks, Alfred Aho, Martin Fowler, and Ian Murdock. After him are Warren Weaver, Evelyn Berezin, Ruzena Bajcsy, Edwin Catmull, Larry Tesler, and Nolan Bushnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Adi Shamir ranks 214. Before him are David Petraeus, Harold Faltermeyer, Vinnie Vincent, Pat Cox, Wolfgang Rihm, and Jacob Miller. After him are Randy Savage, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Francesco Graziani, Salam Fayyad, Marky Ramone, and David Richards.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Adi Shamir ranks 207 out of 466. Before him are Yaakov Ziv (1931), Justus of Tiberias (35), Hasan Salama (1912), Ahron Daum (1951), May Ziade (1886), and Alfonso of Brienne (1227). After him are Ralph Bakshi (1938), Gali Atari (1953), Pinchas Zukerman (1948), Izhar Cohen (1951), Naomi Shemer (1930), and Gabi Ashkenazi (1954).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Israel

Among computer scientists born in Israel, Adi Shamir ranks 2. Before him are Amir Pnueli (1941). After him are Judea Pearl (1936), Noga Alon (1956), and Daphne Koller (1968).

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