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Arfa Karim

1995 - 2012

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Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع عبد الکریم رندھاوا‎, Punjabi: ارفع عبد الکریم رندھاوا‎; 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records for her achievement. Arfa kept the title until 2008 and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the TechEd Developers Conference. She received Pakistan's highest literary award, the Presidential Pride of Performance from General Pervez Musharraf in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arfa Karim is the 244th most popular computer scientist (up from 246th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 205th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Arfa Karim ranks 244 out of 245. Before her are Hamza Bendelladj, Dries Buytaert, John Resig, Jamie Zawinski, Manindra Agrawal, and Ian Goodfellow. After her are Paul Buchheit, Blake Ross, Virgil Griffith, Joy Buolamwini, Ingo Molnár, and Coraline Ada Ehmke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Arfa Karim ranks 812. Before her are Smail Prevljak, Dmitriy Balandin, Fabian Bredlow, Liao Qiuyun, Maria Paseka, and Chiaka Ogbogu. After her are Zharnel Hughes, Darya Naumava, Corentin Jean, Petr Cornelie, Morisi Kvitelashvili, and Ignacio Pussetto. Among people deceased in 2012, Arfa Karim ranks 527. Before her are Sarah Burke, Jaspal Bhatti, Tony Greig, Gary Ablett, Víctor Cabedo, and Rémi Ochlik. After her are Taruni Sachdev, Ted Curson, and Ghazala Javed.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Arfa Karim ranks 204 out of 217. Before her are Atif Aslam (1983), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978), Inzamam-ul-Haq (1970), Muniba Mazari (1987), Mahira Khan (1984), and Waqar Younis (1971). After her are Amjad Sabri (1970), Arshad Nadeem (1997), Babar Azam (1994), Veena Malik (1984), Misbah-ul-Haq (1974), and Begum Jan (2000).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Pakistan

Among computer scientists born in Pakistan, Arfa Karim ranks 1. 

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