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Douglas Engelbart

1925 - 2013

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Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbart's law, the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential, is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Engelbart is the 50th most popular inventor (up from 52nd in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from United States (down from 465th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Inventor.

Douglas Engelbart is most famous for inventing the computer mouse and the graphical user interface.

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Among inventors, Douglas Engelbart ranks 50 out of 426. Before him are Wilhelm Maybach, Herman Hollerith, Robert Fulton, Steve Wozniak, Karl Drais, and George Westinghouse. After him are Konrad Zuse, Hiram Maxim, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Richard Trevithick, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, and Adam Opel.

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Among people born in 1925, Douglas Engelbart ranks 32. Before him are Jack Lemmon, Robert F. Kennedy, Carlos Castaneda, Frantz Fanon, Rock Hudson, and Gerald Durrell. After him are Ananda Mahidol, Michel Piccoli, Peter Sellers, Julie Harris, Angela Lansbury, and Nílton Santos. Among people deceased in 2013, Douglas Engelbart ranks 22. Before him are Christian de Duve, J. J. Cale, Giuliano Gemma, François Jacob, Giulio Andreotti, and Paul Walker. After him are Djalma Santos, James Avery, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Boris Berezovsky, John Cornforth, and Julie Harris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Engelbart ranks 636 out of 20,380. Before him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Larry Ellison (1944), William Clark (1770), Robert A. Dahl (1915), Peter Fonda (1940), and Glen Campbell (1936). After him are Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Kurt Russell (1951), Margaret Hamilton (1902), Hiram Maxim (1840), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), and Stephen Lang (1952).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Douglas Engelbart ranks 13. Before him are Samuel Colt (1814), Bob Kahn (1938), Herman Hollerith (1860), Robert Fulton (1765), Steve Wozniak (1950), and George Westinghouse (1846). After him are Hiram Maxim (1840), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), Willis Carrier (1876), and Theodore Maiman (1927).

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