COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alan Perlis

1922 - 1990

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Alan Jay Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist and professor at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. He is best known for his pioneering work in programming languages and was the first recipient of the Turing Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Perlis is the 56th most popular computer scientist (down from 39th in 2019), the 3,641st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,791st in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Alan Perlis ranks 56 out of 245. Before him are Paul Graham, Joseph Weizenbaum, Bruce Perens, Allen Newell, Leonard Kleinrock, and Leslie Lamport. After him are Pierre Bézier, James Gosling, Amir Pnueli, Yann LeCun, Brian Kernighan, and J. C. R. Licklider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Alan Perlis ranks 168. Before him are Michael Ansara, Bea Arthur, Hussein Onn, Susanna Agnelli, Maila Nurmi, and Alexander Kazhdan. After him are Khiuaz Dospanova, Howard Zinn, Mauro Bolognini, Elissa Aalto, Gilberto Agustoni, and Jack Klugman. Among people deceased in 1990, Alan Perlis ranks 102. Before him are Paul Ariste, Stefano Casiraghi, Carlos Peucelle, Hussein Onn, Gordon Bunshaft, and Semyon Kurkotkin. After him are Grethe Ingmann, Mariano Rumor, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Juan José Arévalo, Tom Fogerty, and Hayedeh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Perlis ranks 3,641 out of 20,380. Before him are Maxie Long (1878), George Koval (1913), Royal Rife (1888), John Anderson (1907), Barry Manilow (1943), and Terence McKenna (1946). After him are Leonard Susskind (1940), John C. Bogle (1929), Nichelle Nichols (1932), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738), and Amy Irving (1953).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Alan Perlis ranks 34. Before him are David Patterson (1947), Thomas E. Kurtz (1928), Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), Allen Newell (1927), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), and Leslie Lamport (1941). After him are J. C. R. Licklider (1915), Vernor Vinge (1944), Ron Rivest (1947), Jean Bartik (1924), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), and Leonard Adleman (1945).

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