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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 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Arfa Karim is the 260th most popular computer scientist (down from 246th in 2024), the 215th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 205th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Arfa Karim ranks 260 out of 245. Before her are John Resig, Jamie Zawinski, Timnit Gebru, Justin Frankel, Manindra Agrawal, and Ian Goodfellow. After her are Dina Katabi, Paul Buchheit, Blake Ross, Erik Demaine, Virgil Griffith, and Joy Buolamwini.

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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 528. 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 215 out of 217. Before her are Abia Akram (1985), Inzamam-ul-Haq (1970), Muniba Mazari (1987), Mahira Khan (1984), Asad Qaiser (1969), and Waqar Younis (1971). After her are Amjad Sabri (1970), Arshad Nadeem (1997), Babar Azam (1994), Veena Malik (1984), Laila Haidari (null), and Priya Gill (1977).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Pakistan

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

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