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Don Norman

1935 - Today

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Donald Arthur Norman (born December 25, 1935) is an American researcher, professor, and author. Norman is the director of The Design Lab at University of California, San Diego. He is best known for his books on design, especially The Design of Everyday Things. He is widely regarded for his expertise in the fields of design, usability engineering, and cognitive science, and has shaped the development of the field of cognitive systems engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Norman is the 19th most popular computer scientist (up from 55th in 2019), the 1,410th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,541st in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Don Norman ranks 19 out of 245. Before him are Niklaus Wirth, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Linus Torvalds, Ray Kurzweil, Marvin Minsky, and John Cocke. After him are Andrew S. Tanenbaum, John Backus, Ken Thompson, Alan Kay, Dorothy Vaughan, and Vint Cerf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Don Norman ranks 50. Before him are Miroslav Blažević, Adnan Khashoggi, Danilo Kiš, Elsa Martinelli, Akira Kitaguchi, and Artur Rasizade. After him are Harrison Schmitt, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Viktor Bryukhanov, Jerry Lee Lewis, Udo Lattek, and Abdou Diouf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Norman ranks 1,410 out of 20,380. Before him are Howard H. Aiken (1900), Virginia Apgar (1909), Tex Watson (1945), Sam Elliott (1944), Meat Loaf (1947), and Kevin Hart (1979). After him are Alicia Keys (1981), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Robert Englund (1947), William Morris Davis (1850), William J. Burns (1956), and E. Donnall Thomas (1920).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Don Norman ranks 11. Before him are Dennis Ritchie (1941), Frances E. Allen (1932), Donald Knuth (1938), Ray Kurzweil (1948), Marvin Minsky (1927), and John Cocke (1925). After him are Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), John Backus (1924), Ken Thompson (1943), Alan Kay (1940), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), and Vint Cerf (1943).

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