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Andrew Viterbi

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Andrew James Viterbi (born Andrea Giacomo Viterbi, March 9, 1935) is an electrical engineer and businessman who co-founded Qualcomm Inc. and invented the Viterbi algorithm. He is the Presidential Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, which was named in his honor in 2004 in recognition of his $52 million gift. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Viterbi is the 369th most popular inventor (up from 372nd in 2019), the 3,914th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,893rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Andrew Viterbi ranks 369 out of 426. Before him are Andy Bechtolsheim, Norman Joseph Woodland, Ken Olsen, Giovanni Caselli, Frank J. Sprague, and Amar Bose. After him are Karl Jatho, Edward Craven Walker, Harry Ferguson, Tabitha Babbitt, Patricia Bath, and John Milne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Andrew Viterbi ranks 422. Before him are Candy Barr, Dariush Shayegan, Enzo Robotti, Story Musgrave, Boris Stenin, and Kazimierz Paździor. After him are Philip Agee, Malcolm Bilson, Laurynas Stankevičius, Núria Espert, Carlo Facetti, and Avtandil Koridze.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrew Viterbi ranks 3,915 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Speciale (1876), Paolo Bettini (1974), Vitantonio Liuzzi (1980), Giovanni Saldarini (1924), Guido Crosetto (1963), and Paolo Cannavaro (1981). After him are Salvatore Morale (1938), Salvatore Sirigu (1987), Francesco Rutelli (1954), Morgan De Sanctis (1977), Sergio Gori (1946), and Mauro Maur (1958).

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Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Andrew Viterbi ranks 10. Before him are Antonio Meucci (1808), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), Angelo Moriondo (1851), Max Valier (1895), and Giovanni Caselli (1815).

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