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Dan Bricklin

1951 - Today

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Daniel Singer Bricklin (born July 16, 1951) is an American businessman and engineer who is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program. He also founded Software Garden, Inc., of which he is currently president, and Trellix, which he left in 2004. He currently serves as the chief technology officer of Alpha Software. His book, Bricklin on Technology, was published by Wiley in May 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Bricklin is the 355th most popular inventor (down from 308th in 2019), the 8,160th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,946th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Dan Bricklin ranks 355 out of 426. Before him are Henry M. Leland, Thomas Wedgwood, Kálmán Tihanyi, Albrecht Berblinger, Kazimierz Prószyński, and John Fitch. After him are Per Georg Scheutz, Jay Miner, Margaret E. Knight, Joseph Bramah, František Křižík, and Phil Ramone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Dan Bricklin ranks 421. Before him are Nils Lofgren, Demetrios Christodoulou, Charlaine Harris, Silvi Vrait, Sanja Ilić, and Albert Salvadó. After him are Daniel Lanois, Dennis Frederiksen, Joe R. Lansdale, Fiorella Bonicelli, Peter Davison, and Alexander Rosenbaum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Bricklin ranks 8,162 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Alaimo (1942), Eleanor Powell (1912), Alex Rodriguez (1975), Jamie Hyneman (1956), Peyton List (1998), and John Fitch (1743). After him are Hank Mann (1888), Anne Smith (1959), Joshua Bell (1967), Austin Butler (1991), Hal Connolly (1931), and Brenda Bakke (1963).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Dan Bricklin ranks 90. Before him are Jack Northrop (1895), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Henry M. Leland (1843), and John Fitch (1743). After him are Jay Miner (1932), Margaret E. Knight (1838), Orville Gibson (1856), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Ken Olsen (1926), and Frank J. Sprague (1857).

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