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David A. Huffman

1925 - 1999

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David Albert Huffman (August 9, 1925 – October 7, 1999) was an American pioneer in computer science, known for his Huffman coding. He was also one of the pioneers in the field of mathematical origami. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David A. Huffman is the 125th most popular computer scientist (down from 111th in 2019), the 6,931st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,050th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, David A. Huffman ranks 125 out of 245. Before him are Adele Goldberg, Eugene Kaspersky, Eugene Garfield, Liviu Librescu, Gil Amelio, and Sergey Lebedev. After him are Ivar Jacobson, Karen Spärck Jones, Peter Norton, Edmund M. Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, and Abraham Lempel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, David A. Huffman ranks 330. Before him are Yury Trifonov, Carlo Di Palma, Marlen Khutsiev, Nat Lofthouse, Virginia E. Johnson, and András Kovács. After him are Geraldine Brooks, Wolfgang Unzicker, P. Bhanumathi, Carlo Annovazzi, Abel Muzorewa, and William Wharton. Among people deceased in 1999, David A. Huffman ranks 194. Before him are Nahum Stelmach, Henry Carlsson, István Nagy, Ruth Roman, Primo Nebiolo, and Yvette Cauchois. After him are Shel Silverstein, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, Quentin Crisp, John Berry, Ashley Montagu, and János Parti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David A. Huffman ranks 6,933 out of 20,380. Before him are Luther Vandross (1951), Jeanne Eagels (1890), Patricia Wettig (1951), David White (1916), Joseph Stadler (1880), and Edward M. House (1858). After him are Emily Kinney (1985), Liao Zhongkai (1877), Gracie Abrams (1999), Geraldine Brooks (1925), Ron Ely (1938), and Jacob Epstein (1880).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, David A. Huffman ranks 72. Before him are John Hopcroft (1939), Lynn Conway (1938), Danny Hillis (1956), Adele Goldberg (1945), Eugene Garfield (1925), and Gil Amelio (1943). After him are Peter Norton (1943), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Bill Joy (1954), Robert Taylor (1932), and Jack Dongarra (1950).

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