COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Edgar F. Codd

1923 - 2003

Edgar F. Codd

Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd (19 August 1923 – 18 April 2003) was a British computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases and relational database management systems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar F. Codd is the 30th most popular computer scientist (down from 13th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 750th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Computer Scientist.

Edgar F. Codd is most famous for his work on relational databases.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Edgar F. Codd ranks 30 out of 245. Before him are Dorothy Vaughan, Vint Cerf, Larry Page, Sudha Murty, George Dantzig, and Arthur Samuel. After him are Ward Cunningham, Richard E. Stearns, Sergey Brin, Hal Finney, Guido van Rossum, and Tony Hoare.

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Dorothy Vaughan
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Sudha Murty
1950 - Present
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George Dantzig
1914 - 2005
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Arthur Samuel
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1923 - 2003
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1936 - Present
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Sergey Brin
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Guido van Rossum
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Tony Hoare
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Edgar F. Codd ranks 74. Before him are Koji Miyata, Cliff Robertson, Zlatko Čajkovski, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Walter M. Miller Jr., and Norman Mailer. After him are Chuck Yeager, Hwang Jang-yop, Frederick Herzberg, Valentina Cortese, Conrad Bain, and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. Among people deceased in 2003, Edgar F. Codd ranks 62. Before him are William C. McCool, Rasul Gamzatov, John Schlesinger, André Claveau, June Carter Cash, and László Papp. After him are Valentin Pavlov, Anna Lindh, Ilan Ramon, Isao Iwabuchi, Annemarie Schimmel, and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.

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Koji Miyata
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1923 - Present
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Rank: 68
Cliff Robertson
ACTOR
1923 - 2011
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 69
Zlatko Čajkovski
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1923 - 1998
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Rank: 70
Chaleo Yoovidhya
BUSINESSPERSON
1923 - 2012
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 71
Walter M. Miller Jr.
WRITER
1923 - 1996
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 72
Norman Mailer
WRITER
1923 - 2007
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 73
Edgar F. Codd
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1923 - 2003
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 74
Chuck Yeager
PILOT
1923 - 2020
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 75
Hwang Jang-yop
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2010
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 76
Frederick Herzberg
PSYCHOLOGIST
1923 - 2000
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Valentina Cortese
ACTOR
1923 - 2019
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Conrad Bain
ACTOR
1923 - 2013
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Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2024
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William C. McCool
ASTRONAUT
1961 - 2003
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Rasul Gamzatov
WRITER
1923 - 2003
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 57
John Schlesinger
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2003
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 58
André Claveau
SINGER
1911 - 2003
HPI: 66.10
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June Carter Cash
ACTOR
1929 - 2003
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 60
László Papp
BOXER
1926 - 2003
HPI: 65.94
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Edgar F. Codd
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1923 - 2003
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Valentin Pavlov
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1937 - 2003
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Anna Lindh
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1957 - 2003
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Ilan Ramon
ASTRONAUT
1954 - 2003
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Isao Iwabuchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2003
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Rank: 66
Annemarie Schimmel
PHILOSOPHER
1922 - 2003
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Rank: 67
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
WRITER
1939 - 2003
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Rank: 68

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edgar F. Codd ranks 1,236 out of 8,785. Before him are Adelard of Bath (1075), Billy Idol (1955), James Dunlop (1793), Prince Michael of Kent (1942), Ian Curtis (1956), and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849). After him are Edmund Kean (1787), Sebastian Shaw (1905), Edward Whymper (1840), Gilbert Ryle (1900), R. D. Laing (1927), and William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184).

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Billy Idol
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James Dunlop
ASTRONOMER
1793 - 1848
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Prince Michael of Kent
NOBLEMAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.92
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Ian Curtis
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1956 - 1980
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Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime
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Sebastian Shaw
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