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Andy Hertzfeld

1953 - Today

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Andrew Jay Hertzfeld (born April 6, 1953) is an American software engineer who was a member of Apple Computer's original Macintosh development team during the 1980s. After buying an Apple II in January 1978, he went to work for Apple Computer from August 1979 until March 1984, where he was a designer for the Macintosh system software. Since leaving Apple, Hertzfeld has co-founded three companies: Radius in 1986, General Magic in 1990, and Eazel in 1999. In 2002, he helped Mitch Kapor promote open-source software with the Open Source Applications Foundation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andy Hertzfeld is the 172nd most popular computer scientist (down from 161st in 2019), the 10,659th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,683rd in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Andy Hertzfeld ranks 172 out of 245. Before him are Leslie Valiant, Brewster Kahle, Audrey Tang, Noga Alon, Edward F. Moore, and Randy Pausch. After him are Luis von Ahn, Bruce Schneier, Katie Bouman, Bassel Khartabil, David Marr, and David Karp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Andy Hertzfeld ranks 494. Before him are Sally Menke, Heiner Lauterbach, Harumi Kori, Trip Hawkins, Miguel Ángel Guerra, and Freddie Aguilar. After him are Jan Möller, Valero Rivera López, Basanti Bisht, Ilkka Hanski, Mokhtar Naili, and Ken Burns.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andy Hertzfeld ranks 10,661 out of 20,380. Before him are Caleb Cushing (1800), Florence Henderson (1934), Roberta Peters (1930), Sheila Jordan (1928), Aja Naomi King (1985), and Eric Holder (1951). After him are Katharine Drexel (1858), M. Scott Peck (1936), Robert Craft (1923), David Del Tredici (1937), Myles Kennedy (1969), and Paul Johansson (1964).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Andy Hertzfeld ranks 97. Before him are Annie Easley (1933), Henriette Avram (1919), James H. Clark (1944), Brewster Kahle (1960), Edward F. Moore (1925), and Randy Pausch (1960). After him are Bruce Schneier (1963), Katie Bouman (1989), David Karp (1986), Peter Shor (1959), Jean E. Sammet (1928), and Scott Fahlman (1948).

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