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Brian Kernighan

1942 - Today

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Brian Wilson Kernighan (; born January 30, 1942) is a Canadian computer scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. Kernighan's name became widely known through co-authorship of the first book on the C programming language (The C Programming Language) with Dennis Ritchie. Kernighan affirmed that he had no part in the design of the C language ("it's entirely Dennis Ritchie's work"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Kernighan is the 61st most popular computer scientist (down from 48th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 155th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Brian Kernighan ranks 61 out of 245. Before him are Leslie Lamport, Alan Perlis, Pierre Bézier, James Gosling, Amir Pnueli, and Yann LeCun. After him are J. C. R. Licklider, Vernor Vinge, Ron Rivest, Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, and Robert C. Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Brian Kernighan ranks 247. Before him are Richard Roundtree, Robert Weinberg, Gabriele Veneziano, Jorge Ben, Rinus Israël, and Richard Bohringer. After him are Lima, Norman Lamont, Susan Sullivan, Derek Jarman, Mike Markkula, and Mimis Domazos.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brian Kernighan ranks 183 out of 1,622. Before him are Robert D. Hare (1934), Ethel Smith (1907), William B. Davis (1938), Lorne Greene (1915), Nelly Furtado (1978), and Christian Cage (1973). After him are Evangeline Lilly (1979), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Alex Wilson (1905), Vanity (1959), and Maynard Ferguson (1928).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, Brian Kernighan ranks 2. Before him are James Gosling (1955). After him are Alfred Aho (1941), John Draper (1943), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Rob Pike (1956), Maria Klawe (1951), and Gilles Brassard (1955).

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