COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Charles P. Thacker

1943 - 2017

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Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer. He designed the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles P. Thacker is the 103rd most popular computer scientist (down from 65th in 2019), the 5,787th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,905th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Charles P. Thacker ranks 103 out of 245. Before him are Betty Holberton, Judea Pearl, Marlyn Meltzer, Ed Roberts, Robin Milner, and Alan Cox. After him are Eric S. Raymond, Stephen Wolfram, John Draper, Subhash Kak, Alan Cooper, and Manuel Blum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Charles P. Thacker ranks 372. Before him are Maceo Parker, Wolfgang Nordwig, Jon Postel, Terry Venables, Juan Giménez, and Joe Haldeman. After him are John Bryson, Emile Ardolino, Héctor Chumpitaz, Andrea True, Denílson Custódio Machado, and Milan Nenadić. Among people deceased in 2017, Charles P. Thacker ranks 284. Before him are Prodigy, Ruth Pfau, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Haruo Nakajima, Ulli Lommel, and Hubert Dreyfus. After him are Amotz Zahavi, Anne-Marie Colchen, Björn Granath, Adam Darius, Paul J. Weitz, and Cuthbert Sebastian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles P. Thacker ranks 5,787 out of 20,380. Before him are Frances Marion (1888), Vincent Gallo (1961), George Sidney (1916), Tiffany Trump (1993), Jennifer Esposito (1973), and Vanessa Hudgens (1988). After him are Platt Adams (1885), William Daniels (1901), John Bryson (1943), Elizabeth Strout (1956), Benny Urquidez (1952), and Savannah (1970).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Charles P. Thacker ranks 62. Before him are Edward Feigenbaum (1936), Gary Kildall (1942), Stephen Cook (1939), Betty Holberton (1917), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), and Ed Roberts (1941). After him are Eric S. Raymond (1957), Alan Cooper (1952), Robert W. Floyd (1936), John Hopcroft (1939), Lynn Conway (1938), and Danny Hillis (1956).

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