COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Anita Borg

1949 - 2003

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Anita Borg (January 17, 1949 – April 6, 2003) was an American computer scientist celebrated for advocating for women’s representation and professional advancement in technology. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anita Borg is the 138th most popular computer scientist (down from 104th in 2019), the 7,958th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,671st in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Anita Borg ranks 138 out of 245. Before her are Bill Joy, Robert Taylor, Christos Papadimitriou, Jack Dongarra, Andy Rubin, and Paul G. Comba. After her are Vitalik Buterin, James Rumbaugh, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Rudolf Bayer, Demis Hassabis, and Adam Osborne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Anita Borg ranks 493. Before her are Daniel DiNardo, Robert Pickton, Heather Menzies, Bwanga Tshimen, George Winston, and Maury Chaykin. After her are Ivo Linna, Debra Monk, Tabitha King, Arturo Sandoval, Nasser Hejazi, and Letizia Moratti. Among people deceased in 2003, Anita Borg ranks 262. Before her are Béla Kárpáti, Hedy Schlunegger, Donald Nicol, Pierre Graber, Bruno Heim, and Sydney Lassick. After her are Viguen, Jim Siedow, Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Sven Fahlman, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, and Little Eva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anita Borg ranks 7,960 out of 20,380. Before her are Dolph Schayes (1928), Virginia Grey (1917), Larry Lieber (1931), Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Rudy Rucker (1946), and Elizabeth Hartman (1943). After her are Tamina Snuka (1978), Grace Park (1974), Tisha Campbell-Martin (1968), Nancy Kress (1948), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), and William Ellery Channing (1780).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Anita Borg ranks 80. Before her are Edmund M. Clarke (1945), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Bill Joy (1954), Robert Taylor (1932), Jack Dongarra (1950), and Andy Rubin (1963). After her are James Rumbaugh (1947), Jack Dorsey (1976), Phil Zimmermann (1954), Robert Tarjan (1948), John L. Hennessy (1952), and Michael Stonebraker (1943).

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